Audit Report Guide

The audit report generated by Arlo after the completion of a risk-limiting audit contains all of the audit data.  This guide explains the data found in each section.
Election Info Section
This election info section provides the basic election information for the audit.
Organization - name of jurisdiction conducting audit
Election Name - name of election being audited
State - State of jurisdiction conducting audit
Contests Section
This contests section provides the tabulated results for each contest subject to audit.
Contest Name - name of contest audited
Targeted? - indicates whether a contest was targeted and subject to the risk limit or opportunistic and not subject to the risk limit
Number of Winners - number of winners in contest audited
Votes Allowed - number of votes allowed in contest audited
Total Ballots - total number of ballots in contest audited. For hybrid audits, total votes will also be listed for each CVR and Non-CVR segment.
Tabulated Votes - tabulated vote totals for each candidate in contest audited.  For hybrid audits, tabulated votes will also be listed for each CVR and Non-CVR segment.
Audit Settings Section
The audit settings section provides all of the settings that were selected to drive the audit.
Audit Name - name of the audit
Audit Type - risk-limiting audit type selected.  Audit types include: 
Ballot Comparison
Ballot Polling
Hybrid (Ballot Comparison & Ballot Polling)
Batch Comparison
Audit Math Type - math type selected - most audit types have one math type.  Math types include: 
​SUPERSIMPLE - Ballot Comparison
​BRAVO - Ballot Polling type
​Minerva - Ballot Polling type
​SUITE - Ballot Comparison & Ballot Polling Hybrid
​MACRO - Batch Comparison
Risk Limit - risk limit set by the audit administrator
Random Seed - random number generated to start the audit
Online Data Entry? - indicates whether an audit administrator selected online data entry, requiring audit boards to enter data for each ballot individually, or offline data entry, allowing the jurisdiction manager to enter sample totals 
Audit Boards Section
This audit boards section provides the names and party affiliation (when required) of each audit board.
Jurisdiction Name - name of the audit board’s jurisdiction
Audit Board Name - name of the audit board
Member 1 & 2 Name - names of the audit board members
Member 1 & 2 Affiliation - party affiliation of audit board members (when required)
Rounds Section
The rounds section includes the data completed for each round of the audit.
Round Number - number of the round
Contest Name - name of the contest being audited
Targeted? - indicates whether a contest was targeted and subject to the risk limit or opportunistic and not subject to the risk limit
Sample Size - number of ballots retrieved for that contest during the round specified
Risk-Limit Met? - Yes/No indicator if the sample met the risk limit
P-Value - risk measurement for the round and contest specified
Start Time - time the round was launched
End Time - time the last audit board signed off in the round specified
Audited Votes - audited sample vote totals for the round and contest specified
Sampled Ballots Section
The sampled ballots section includes data on each ballot sampled.
Jurisdiction Name - name of the ballot’s jurisdiction
Container - container the ballot was retrieved from (if applicable)
Tabulator - tabulator used to scan the ballot (if applicable)
Batch Name - name of the batch the ballot was retrieved from (may include container name)
Ballot Position - position in the batch of ballots the ballot was retrieved from 
Imprinted ID - tabulator imprint ID according to the voting system (if applicable)
Ticket Numbers - order in which the ballot was randomly selected
Audited? - ballot audited status.  Audited status includes:
AUDITED - Ballot was audited
NOT_AUDITED - Ballot was not audited
NOT_FOUND - Ballot audit was attempted, ballot was not found.
Audit Result - vote(s) recorded from that ballot for that contest.  In addition to candidate/proposal votes, audit result includes:
BLANK - No votes were cast in that contest
CONTEST_NOT_ON_BALLOT - Contest was not on the ballot audited
CVR Result -  vote(s) as found in the voting system’s Cast Vote Record (CVR) for the ballot audited (if applicable)Discrepancy - Y indicator of a discrepancy between the audit result and CVR result
Discrepancy - Y indicator of a discrepancy between the audit result and CVR result