Recommendations for Improving Election Data Transparency

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This data inaccessibility has the following consequences:

• 限制公众获取有关选举管理的重要信息, stifling the public's ability to assess government undertakings.

• Increases difficulty in assessing government actions, reducing electoral engagement among potential voters.

• 侵蚀了公众对选举的信任，增加了虚假信息的效力 在这里 和 这里) 和 undermining the electoral process.

• 阻止社区组织进行重要的选举管理研究，降低他们提高选民参与的能力.

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• 允许选民确保他们登记投票，并纠正他们的选民登记的任何问题, t在这里by improving voter participation.

• 使社区组织能够进行研究，确定选举管理可以改进的地方，同时也允许他们组织选民并提高选民投票率.

• 增加公众对选举过程的信任，减少错误和虚假信息的传播, 保护美国的选举进程，提高潜在选民参与政治体系的意愿.

To improve the quality 和 accessibility of our democracy, 忧思617888九五至尊娱乐家联盟(Union of Concerned Scientists)的617888九五至尊娱乐与517888九五至尊娱乐中心(Center for 617888九五至尊娱乐 和 517888九五至尊娱乐)根据最新的选举617888九五至尊娱乐整理了一份建议清单.

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Election 617888九五至尊娱乐 Recommendations on Data Transparency

Voter File Maintenance

选举官员应在登记截止日期前至少30天和选举日前30天公开不活跃登记名单和删除名单.

• 确保登记记录包括更新的选民联系信息，以加快沟通和选票验证.

• Ensure voter files also include registration method, registration status, party registration, 和 voting method from prior elections.

投票处理

Election officials should take the following actions:

• Provide shapefiles (digital geographic files necessary for mapping; see Figure below for an example) to the public so electoral data can be visualized geographically.

• 采用选票跟踪技术，允许通过邮寄方式投票的选民跟踪他们的选票进度.

• 投票开始后，每天更新选民文件，并将这些数据以机器可读的格式发布.g.(CSV)格式.

• Release election results, including vote counts 和 under-/over-votes, in a machine-readable format in a timely manner.

Ballot Curing, Auditing, 和 Certification

行政人员、县和选举官员应采取以下行动:

• Release ballot rejection alerts 和 records of rejected ballots, 并招募社区组织协助进行外展，以验证选票/纠正错误.

• Conduct audits to determine the accuracy of vote counts.

  • 进行风险限制审计，审查有代表性的投票样本.

  • Publish the results of audits prior to election certification.

作者

Lisa Van Theemsche 是加州大学洛杉矶分校617888九五至尊娱乐与517888九五至尊娱乐中心的华盛顿代表.