Paper on Batch Reports via ElectionAudits for NIST workshop

Written for ElectionAudits by Neal McBurnett on 2009-11-19

At NIST's Common Data Format workshop, Neal McBurnett presented a paper on "Obtaining Batch Reports for Audits from Election Management Systems: ElectionAudits and the Boulder 2008 Election". Read it at
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/electionaudits/electionaudits-formats.pdf

It tied in nicely with a recent announcement from an Audit Working Group that we convened at the American Statistical Association, which called for audit reports on small batches: "Data requirements for vote-tabulation audits: Statement to NIST" - http://electionaudits.org/niststatement

This has also led to the beginnings of support for the Election Markup Language (EML), an XML format, in ElectionAudits.

Updated on 2009-11-19.