Why & How to Check Election Results
Channel: Lang1234
Date: 2022-05-07

See updated video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLIeLUDx8fg
Script & citations for anything surprising: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-pFmnV3QrumpUMaNEn_SeycKQSnnKPzdyn46gnMprtw/edit?usp=sharing

How to observe election processes yourself: https://scrutineers.org/after
Groups working for better elections in your state: http://www.votewell.net/state.htm

Citations (These are also in plain text at end of script link, above)
Brennan Center found hundreds of errors nationwide: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/design-deficiencies-and-lost-votes with more recent examples at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voting_in_the_United_States#Errors_in_optical_scans 
The state told us to check just one or two contests; and we hand-counted 2%: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_audit#Table_of_audit_rules 
More and more places give electronic copies to the public: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ballot-foia.png
Samples’ chance of catching errors: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KRSIzmY_Ip5VhnpVf_SVvVwKcZlCe9BOKiF5cHt6McE/edit?usp=sharing 
YouTubes about lockpicking: https://www.youtube.com/embed/ULUz4u5FLYg?start=166&end=179 
children bypassing seals, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaOVIFnoljo
Russians hacking security cameras https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idOpgrq9czc
Verified Voting says that same-day checking is ideal. https://verifiedvoting.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Checking-The-Paper-Record-A-Guide-For-Public-Oversight-Of-Tabulation-Audits.pdf

Animals: 
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