How Can We Ensure the Accuracy of Vote Counts?, Working Paper, July 4, 2005 (18 pages, PDF), by Kathy Dopp, MS Mathematics, University of Utah, President of USCountVotes’ National Election Data Archive Project – ElectionArchive.org.
Abstract: “Some methods which are thought to ensure election integrity, such as logic and accuracy testing of voting equipment, do not effectively ensure accurate vote counts. On the other hand, methods commonly used in banking and retail applications, such as routine independent randomly selected audits of duplicate paper records, could be employed to effectively ensure accurate vote counts. It is questionable if such an independent audit system can even be built for Diebold because Diebold’s paper roll record of ballots may not be countable. Diebold has never demonstrated any system to count its paper rolls, did not provide any bid for a system for counting its paper rolls, and has never tested a system for counting its paper rolls in any election.”
