Post-Election Audits Heat Up in Arizona Last week, Arizona took a step towards strengthening its post-election audit process by enacting Senate Bill 1342 which provides a series of steps to allow every county to conduct their statutorily required post-election audit. Verified Voting advocates for post-election audits, which are a regular check on vote counting machines. Well-designed post-election audits can provide solid evidence to support the reported election outcome. When implemented alongside other best practices, post-election audits of paper ballots provide solid evidence for the initi ..read more

Download PDF April 2, 2024  House Ways and Means General Fund Committee  Alabama Legislature  11 South Union Street  Montgomery, AL 36130  Via email  Dear Chairman Reynolds and Committee Members,  On behalf of Verified Voting, I submit these comments on House Bill 259 which would require a post-election audit after each county and statewide general election. Verified Voting is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization whose mission is to strengthen democracy for all voters and has particular expertise in post-election auditing. Since our founding in 2004 by comp ..read more

Download PDF U.S. Election Assistance Commission 633 3rd Street NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20001 Attn: EAVS Submitted electronically April 2, 2024 2024 Election Administration and Voting Survey Docket ID: EAC–2024–0001 Dear U.S. Election Assistance Commissioners, Verified Voting submits the following suggestions regarding the 2024 Election Administration Voting Survey (EAVS) and Election Administration Policy Survey drafts. Since the founding of our organization in 2004 by computer scientists, we have used data from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) surveys in our work. We appr ..read more

Download PDF The Honorable Katie Hobbs Governor of Arizona 1700 W. Washington St. Phoenix, AZ 85007 via email SB1342 – Request for Signature Dear Governor Hobbs: We write in support of Senate Bill 1342, which facilitates county participation in the statutorily required, routine post-election audit. SB1342 is an important step toward enhancing election verification and security by ensuring the completion of post-election audits throughout Arizona. After the 2020 General Election, only 10 of the 15 Arizona counties were able to conduct the post-election audit because an insufficient number of a ..read more

Download PDF March 1, 2024 Connecticut Government Administrations and Elections Committee Legislative Office Building, Room 2200 Hartford, CT 06106 Via online portal Dear Committee Members: On behalf of Verified Voting, I write in support of S.B. No. 254 regarding risk-limiting audits. Verified Voting is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization whose mission is to strengthen democracy for all voters by promoting the responsible use of technology in elections. Since its founding by computer scientists in 2004, Verified Voting has promoted voter-verified paper ballots and routine, rigorous post-ele ..read more

Download PDF February 29, 2024 The Honorable Ash Kalra Chair Assembly Judiciary Committee The Honorable Christopher Ward, Chair Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development Att: Nicholas.Liedtke@asm.ca.gov Sent to both offices via email Verified Voting Urges Rejection of Assembly Bill 2159 On behalf of Verified Voting, I write in opposition to AB 2159, which would allow electronic return of voted ballots for homeowners’ associations. Verified Voting, founded by computer scientists, is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization whose mission is to strengthen democracy for all voters by pr ..read more

Download PDF February 26, 2024  Colorado House of Representatives  State, Civic, Military & Veteran Affairs Committee Legislative Services Building A  200 E. 14th Avenue Denver, CO    via electronic mail RE: Verified Voting Urges Passage of H.B. 1147  Dear Chair Woodrow and Members of the Committee:   On behalf of Verified Voting, I write in support of House Bill 1147, which will help protect voters by creating a regulatory framework for the use of deepfakes in political campaign advertising. Verified Voting’s mission is to strengthen democracy ..read more

Download PDF February 20, 2024 Maryland Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee 2 West Miller Senate Office Building Annapolis, Maryland 21401 via electronic submission Verified Voting Testimony on SB 523 Postelection Tabulation Audits – Risk-Limiting Audits Position: Favorable Dear Chair Feldman and Members of the Committee: On behalf of Verified Voting, I write in support of SB 523 regarding Postelection Tabulation Audits – Risk-Limiting Audits. Verified Voting’s mission is to strengthen democracy for all voters by promoting the responsible use of technology in elections. Since our ..read more

Primaries, caucuses, conventions, and oh so many campaign ads—the big election year is finally here. This year, though, voters are encountering something that sets this election cycle apart from years past: the rise of generative artificial intelligence.  The field of AI broadly as an academic discipline is decades old, and today many people interact with forms of AI on a daily basis. Non-generative AI is already used in limited ways with heavy human oversight for election administration, such as helping officials answer voter questions, and it’s possible that AI—if deployed responsibly ..read more

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