2022/05/29 by Blom, Michelle, Stark, Philip B., Stuckey, Peter J. +2
#Applications (stat.AP) #Computers and Society (cs.CY) #FOS: Computer and information sciences
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2205.14634
This paper explains the main principles and some of the technical details for auditing the scanning and digitisation of the Australian Senate ballot papers. We give a short summary of the motivation for auditing paper ballots, explain the necessary supporting steps for a rigorous and transparent audit, and suggest some statistical methods that would be appropriate for the Australian Senate. 22 June 2022 Update: The update includes analysis of Senate preference data from the 2022 Australian election.