Academy
Safeguards
The layered defences that make a result checkable: paper trails, audits, recounts, observers, and the courts that resolve disputes.
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The paper trail: why elections keep paper
A paper record of every vote is the anchor of a trustworthy count — the thing that lets a result be checked by hand, independent of any computer that could fail or be hacked.
Intro8 min read
What an election audit is
An audit checks a reported result against the paper record. A risk-limiting audit does it efficiently — hand-counting a random sample of ballots to confirm the winner, or trigger a full recount.
Intermediate8 min read