Statistical methods | Vote counting
Vote counting is the process of counting votes in an election. It can be done manually or by machines. In the United States, the compilation of election returns and validation of the outcome that forms the basis of the official results is called canvassing. Counts are simplest in elections where just one choice is on the ballot, and these are often counted manually. In elections where many choices are on the same ballot, counts are often done by computers to give quick results. Tallies done at distant locations must be carried or transmitted accurately to the central election office. Manual counts are usually accurate within one percent. Computers are at least that accurate, except when they have undiscovered bugs, broken sensors scanning the ballots, paper misfeeds, or hacks. Officials keep election computers off the internet to minimize hacking, but the manufacturers are on the internet. They and their annual updates are still subject to hacking, like any computers. Further voting machines are in public locations on election day, and often the night before, so they are vulnerable. Paper ballots and computer files of results are stored until they are tallied, so they need secure storage, which is hard. The election computers themselves are stored for years, and briefly tested before each election. Despite the challenges to the U.S. voting process integrity in recent years, including multiple claims by Republican Party members of error or voter fraud in 2020 and 2021, a robust examination of the voting process in multiple U.S. states, including Arizona (where claims were most strenuous) found no basis in truth for those claims. The absence of error and fraud is partially attributable to the inherent checks and balances in the voting process itself, which are, as with democracy, built into the system to reduce their likelihood. (Wikipedia).
(New Version Available) Introduction to Voting Theory and Preference Tables
Updated Version: https://youtu.be/WdtH_8lAqQo This video introduces voting theory and explains how to make a preference table from voting ballots. Site: http://mathispower4u.com
From playlist Voting Theory
Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained - Christina Greer
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/does-your-vote-count-the-electoral-college-explained-christina-greer You vote, but then what? Discover how your individual vote contributes to the popular vote and your state's electoral vote in different ways--and see how votes are counted on b
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Voting Theory: Approval Voting
This video explains how to apply the approval voting method to determine the winner of an election. Site: http://mathispower4u.com Content Source: http://www.opentextbookstore.com/mathinsociety/
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Voting Theory: Instant Runoff Voting
This video explains how to determine the winner of an election using instant runoff voting. Site: http://mathispower4u.com
From playlist Voting Theory
Voting in America - From Barkers to Booths - Extra History
Wanna learn more? Swoop on over to @LegalEagle at https://youtu.be/KYVw9lPiCHQ to find out about how the electoral college works... or doesn't. Voting can be a bit of an ordeal in America, but that's been true for as long as we've decided to put the chips down on democracy. Before secret
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Introduction to Weighted Voting
The video provided an introduction to weighted voting. Short hand notation is discusses as well as the definitions of a dictactor, veto power, and dummy players. Site: http://mathispower4u
From playlist Weighted Voting
Prove A Vote - Applied Cryptography
This video is part of an online course, Applied Cryptography. Check out the course here: https://www.udacity.com/course/cs387.
From playlist Applied Cryptography
Math for Liberal Studies: Plurality and Majority
In this video, we practice finding the plurality winner of an election, and determine whether or not that winner received a majority. For more info, visit the Math for Liberal Studies homepage: http://webspace.ship.edu/jehamb/mls/index.html
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From playlist Mathematics of Voting
23C3: Hacking the Electoral Law
Speaker: Ulrich Wiesner How the Ministry of the Interior turns fundamental election principals into their opposite, without even asking the parliament. Public control and transparency of elections, not trust, are well established principles to prevent electoral fraud in a democracy. Wi
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22C3: e-Voting: The silent decline of public control
Speaker: Ulrich Wiesner Why German voting machines do not meet the requirements of democratic elections. The voting machines widely used in Germany's recent elections fail to follow both fundamental democratic principles and German legal requirements. Highlights of a recent Irish report
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25c3: eVoting after Nedap and Digital Pen
Speaker: Ulrich Wiesner Why cryptography might not fix the issue of transparent elections Cryptographic methods have been suggested as a solution of the transparency and auditability issues in electronic voting. This talk introduces some of the suggested approaches and explains why such
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How To Create A Voting dApp Using Ethers.js | Session 03 | Blockchain
Don't forget to subscribe! This Project series is about creating a voting dApp using Ethers.js, you will learn to create a decentralized voting smart contract in the solidity programming language and interact with the smart contract via Ether.JS an alternative to web3.js For such kind of
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Would Voting Be Better On A Blockchain
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How To Create A Voting dApp Using Ethers.js | Session 04 | Blockchain
Don't forget to subscribe! This Project series is about creating a voting dApp using Ethers.js, you will learn to create a decentralized voting smart contract in the solidity programming language and interact with the smart contract via Ether.JS an alternative to web3.js For such kind of
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Will the President’s Lawsuits Overturn the Election?
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This video explains how to apply the Borda count method to determine the winner of an election. Site: http://mathispower4u.com
From playlist Voting Theory
Math Explorations Ep17, Efficiency Gap (Mar 4, 2022)
This is a recording of a live class for Math 1015, Mathematics: An Exploration, an undergraduate course for non-technical majors at Fairfield University, Spring 2022. The major topics are voting, gerrymandering, and graph theory. Handouts and homework are at the class website. Class web
From playlist Math 1015 (Mathematical Explorations) Spring 2022
Math for Liberal Studies: Instant-Runoff Voting
In this video, we see some examples using instant-runoff voting to find the winner of an election. For more info, visit the Math for Liberal Studies homepage: http://webspace.ship.edu/jehamb/mls/index.html
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