ORS 254.532
Risk-limiting audit

  • procedures
  • rules

(1)

As used in this section:

(a)

“Incorrect election outcome” means an election outcome that differs from the election outcome that would result from an accurate hand count of all validly cast ballots.

(b)

“Risk” means the probability that an audit procedure would fail to detect an incorrect election outcome.

(c)

“Risk limit” means the largest acceptable risk.

(d)

“Risk-limiting audit” means a set of procedures to ensure that the risk does not exceed the risk limit.

(2)

At each primary election, general election or special election, the county clerk for each county shall make a determination on whether to conduct a hand count of ballots in the manner described in ORS 254.529 (Choice of conducting hand recount of ballots or risk-limiting audit) or to conduct a risk-limiting audit in the manner described in this section.

(3)

If the county clerk makes a determination under subsection (2) of this section to conduct a risk-limiting audit, the county clerk shall conduct a risk-limiting audit for one or more single-county election contests. For an election contest involving more than one county, the county clerk may request that the Secretary of State or the county clerks in the other counties holding the election coordinate for the purpose of conducting a multicounty risk-limiting audit.

(4)

A risk-limiting audit conducted under this section must:

(a)

Permit members of the public to observe the procedures and verify the results of the audit;

(b)

Ensure that the entity directly involved in tabulating or examining ballots during the audit does not have the sole authority to establish the policies and regulations for the audit or to judge whether an audit has satisfied those policies and regulations;

(c)

Ensure that all ballots tabulated or examined during an audit are protected from loss, substitution, alteration or addition;

(d)

Ensure that the audit takes into account all forms of validly cast ballots, including accepted provisional ballots;

(e)

Include mechanisms that permit the entity conducting the audit to respond to particular allegations regarding election irregularities;

(f)

Be conducted in a timely manner that permits the initially reported outcome to be corrected before an election contest is certified;

(g)

Ensure that no change or error in technology used to assist with the audit could result in an undetected change in the results of the audit; and

(h)

Be based on direct visual human examination of elector-marked ballots.

(5)

A risk-limiting audit conducted under this section may not rely on a scanned image of a ballot or a machine interpretation of marks on a ballot to determine elector intent.

(6)

The Secretary of State, in consultation with county clerks and individuals or entities with significant statistical expertise in conducting audits, shall establish rules for the implementation of this section, including:

(a)

Setting the risk limit; and

(b)

Establishing the procedures to be used for conducting a risk-limiting audit. [2019 c.562 §2]

Source: Section 254.532 — Risk-limiting audit; procedures; rules, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors254.­html.

254.005
Definitions
254.016
Elections conducted under this chapter
254.025
Construction of statutes applicable to primary elections
254.035
Time and place of elections for city officers
254.046
Expense of city election
254.056
Date and purpose of general election and primary election
254.065
Person receiving most votes nominated or elected
254.068
Simulated election for individuals under 18 years of age
254.071
Information regarding ballot format and method of voting ballot
254.074
County elections security plan
254.076
Register of candidates for nomination
254.085
Secretary of State’s statement of offices, candidates and measures
254.095
City elections officers’ statements of offices, candidates and measures
254.098
Expenses for change in information filed under ORS 254.085 or 254.095
254.103
Filing of measures referred by county governing body
254.108
Numbering county, city and district measures
254.115
Official primary election ballot
254.125
Nominating ballot for candidates to nonpartisan office
254.135
Official general or special election ballots
254.145
Design and contents of official ballots
254.155
Order of candidate names on ballot
254.165
Adjusting ballot when vacancy occurs
254.175
Providing ballot title and financial estimates in lieu of printing on ballot
254.185
Printing or furnishing of ballots by county clerk
254.195
Ballot specifications
254.235
Testing of voting machines and vote tally systems
254.321
Providing map of proposed boundaries for election on establishing or changing county or city boundaries
254.365
Voting at primary election by major party members and nonaffiliated electors
254.370
Record of nonaffiliated electors
254.408
Procedure for voting by person for whom no evidence of registration is found
254.411
Voting after name change
254.415
Challenging ballot of person offering to vote
254.426
Procedure on challenged ballot
254.431
Special procedure for ballots challenged due to failure to sign return envelope or nonmatching signature
254.445
Assistance in marking ballot
254.458
Alternatives to return identification envelope procedures
254.465
Elections to be conducted by mail
254.470
Procedures for conducting election by mail
254.471
Extension of deadline for returning ballots in case of emergency
254.472
Compartments for marking ballots
254.473
State payment for return of ballots by mail
254.474
Voting booths for primary and general elections
254.476
Personnel for counting ballots
254.478
Preparation for counting ballots
254.480
Replacement ballots
254.482
Persons authorized to watch receiving and counting of votes
254.483
Ballot security
254.485
Tally of ballots
254.495
Tally and return sheets
254.500
Tally of write-in votes
254.505
Ballots to be counted
254.515
Counting ballots marked “Federal only.”
254.525
Test of vote tally system
254.529
Choice of conducting hand recount of ballots or risk-limiting audit
254.532
Risk-limiting audit
254.535
Preservation of certain materials
254.545
Duties of county clerk after election
254.546
Duties of county clerk after recall election
254.548
Individual nominated or elected by write-in votes
254.555
Secretary of State’s duties after election
254.565
Duties of city elections officer after election
254.568
Certificate of election required before taking oath of office
254.575
Procedure when tie vote
254.650
Special election in case of death of nominee of major political party within 47 days of general election
254.655
Order calling special election
254.660
Conduct of special election
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