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Resolving The Unexpected In Elections: Election Officials' Options, S. Candice Hoke, Matt Bishop, Mark Graff, David Jefferson, Sean Peisert Oct 2008

Resolving The Unexpected In Elections: Election Officials' Options, S. Candice Hoke, Matt Bishop, Mark Graff, David Jefferson, Sean Peisert

Law Faculty Reports and Comments

This paper seeks to assist election officials and their lawyers in effectively handling the technical issues that can be difficult to understand and analyze, allowing them to protect themselves and the public interest from unfair accusations, inaccuracies in results, and conspiracy theories. The paper helps to empower officials to recognize which types of voting system events and indicators need a more structured analysis and what steps to take to set up the evaluations (or forensic assessments) using computer experts.


Documentation Assessment Of The Diebold Voting System, S. Candice Hoke, Dave Kettyle Jul 2007

Documentation Assessment Of The Diebold Voting System, S. Candice Hoke, Dave Kettyle

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The California Secretary of State commissioned a comprehensive, independent evaluation of the electronic voting systems certified for use within the State. This team, working as part of the “Top to Bottom” Review (“TTBR”), evaluated the documentation supplied by Diebold Election System, Inc.


Collaborative Public Audit Of The November 2006 General Election, S. Candice Hoke, Collaborative Audit Committee Apr 2007

Collaborative Public Audit Of The November 2006 General Election, S. Candice Hoke, Collaborative Audit Committee

Law Faculty Reports and Comments

We hope that this Audit Report will assist the Ohio Secretary of State, all Ohio local Boards of Election, election reform organizations, and other election officials nationwide in seeing how an independent audit process can be created and function at the local level. Additionally, we hope the public will recognize that this Report contains the kind of information that all election administrative agencies need to better achieve the public charge for producing accurate election results and to facilitate sound improvements in election administrative practices.


Final Report Of The Cuyahoga County Election Review Panel, S. Candice Hoke, Ronald B. Adrine, Tom J. Hayes Jan 2006

Final Report Of The Cuyahoga County Election Review Panel, S. Candice Hoke, Ronald B. Adrine, Tom J. Hayes

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The Panel was charged with identifying the deficiencies in the May 2, 2006 Cuyahoga County election, ascertain the causes and contributing factors of those deficiencies and provide recommendations to remedy the deficiencies.