What a risk-limiting election audit actually proves
A risk-limiting audit does not check every ballot — it hand-counts just enough of them to guarantee, with a stated confidence, that a wrong outcome would be caught.
Civictech
Civictech examines the technology governments use to serve people: application portals, identity verification, case management systems, data sharing and the contracts behind them. Coverage weighs accessibility, uptime, cost and documented failures. Useful for agency technologists, procurement officers, service designers and advocates representing users locked out of digital systems.
Benefits portals, identity systems, case management platforms and agency data reviewed for usability, accessibility, procurement cost and past failures.
How 311 systems turn your complaint into a city work order
That pothole report you file at 7 a.m. becomes a numbered, routed, and tracked service request — here is the machinery behind the confirmation code.
How election results get certified, county by county
Media outlets call races on election night, but nothing is official until county canvasses and state certification boards sign off — a process that takes weeks, not hours.