@Unpublished{Riv07a, replaced-by = { APR08 }, author = { Ronald L. Rivest }, title = { On Auditing Elections When Precincts Have Different Sizes }, date = { 2007-04-29 }, OPTyear = { 2007 }, OPTmonth = { April 29, }, note = { Unpublished draft. }, abstract = { We address the problem of auditing an election when precincts may have different sizes, and suggest methods for picking a sample of precincts to audit that precinct size into account. One method yields \emph{optimal} auditing strategies together with an exact measure of its effectiveness (probability of detecting corruption of a given size). }, }