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Mark Lindeman

Verified Voting's policy and strategy director; a specialist in risk-limiting election audits.

Kansas counties hand-counted ballots from 10% of precincts in six close races ordered on 4 November; Lindeman's Verified Voting favours risk-limiting audits, which check a statistical sample until the reported winner is confirmed.

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Background

Lindeman is policy and strategy director at Verified Voting. He holds a PhD in political Science from Columbia University and co-wrote A Gentle Introduction to Risk-Limiting Audits.

He advises legislators and election officials on audit methods and has sat on the Election Verification Network's coordinating committee since 2010, Verified Voting states.

His group favours risk-limiting audits over fixed-percentage hand counts like those Kansas ran in 2026 in six races decided by 1% or less, including Chris Mann's win over Attorney General Kris Kobach. Johnson County alone hand-counted about 125,000 ballots in a day, Labour a sampled audit is designed to cut.

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What is a risk-limiting audit?
An audit that hand-checks a statistical sample of ballots until it confirms the reported winner.Source: Verified Voting
Who is Mark Lindeman?
Policy and strategy director at Verified Voting and a specialist in risk-limiting audits.Source: Verified Voting
Why did Kansas hand-count ballots in 2026?
Kansas law sends races decided by 1% or less to a close-race audit with partial hand counts; Secretary of State Scott Schwab named six races on 4 November.Source: KCUR
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