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Al Schmidt: “It's either 2% or 2,000 ballots in a county, depending on…”

Featuring: Al Schmidt, Republican | Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Explained: PA audits EVERY election TWICE | Ep. 4 – Feat. Al Schmidt, Secretary of the Commonwealth

Published | Video Starts at 00:19

The one, as you describe it, and shorthand, we call it the 2% audit. It's a 2% audit of all ballots that were cast and recorded to ensure those results are accurate. It's either 2% or 2,000 ballots in a county, depending on total number of votes. So? So that is one method to ensure that the tabulated results are accurate. The other is something called a risk limiting audit, which is a scientifically designed auditing system … (00:19–00:26)

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