Final Report

2022 November General, Somerset County, MD

Audit Engine version:'v2.32.X'

Run Date: 2026-09-10 19:10:54.354503 Copyright (c) Citizens' Oversight


Final Report -- Master Index

This report provides a central location for all reports produced by AuditEngine.

General Parameters

The table below lists the attributes of this election. If the audit was run in cooperative workflow prior to any statement of the "Total Ballots Cast" then it will be missing below until that value is added to the job settings file.

Election Name 2022 November General, Somerset County, MD
District Population 24620
District Population Year 2020
Registered Voters 14112
Total ballots cast (official report) 6958
Voter Turnout of Registered Voters 49.31%
Voter Turnout of Population 28.26%
District Partisan Bias Red (36% D vs 60% R)
Voting Equipment Vendor ES&S
Job folder (required) s3://us-east-1-audit-engine-jobs/US/MD/US_MD_Somerset_20221108_ocrmapped/
Workflow methodology public_oversight
Archives folder (required) s3://us-east-1-audit-engine-election-data/US/MD/US_MD_Somerset_General_20221108/
Number of LAT Images Archives spec'd 1
Number of LAT Results Files spec'd 2
EIF File Specified (required) EIF_US_MD_Somerset_20221108_ocrmapped.csv
Number of style_masters archives spec'd 1
Number of Ballot Archives spec'd 0
Number of CVR files 1
Number of Verification Archives spec'd 0
Narrative Report Narrative Report (Not Available)
Ballot Viewer App BallotViewer (Not Available)
AdjudiTally App AdjudiTally (Not Available)

Main Reports

The following automatically generated reports are the most important reports for casual reviewers of the audit results.

Stage / Report Report Description
gen_final_report
Final Consolidated Report
This report provides a list of all reports available in the Audit.
gen_source_audit_report
source_Totals_Report
This report provides a review of each contest in detail based on the ballot images in the 'source' archives. If the CVR is available when this report is created, then the totals from the CVR will be included with the difference provided.
gen_cmpcvr_report
Reconciliation Report
This report provides details of disagreements between the voting system and the auditing result, as well as variants, such as write-ins, overvotes, and ballots which are 'gray-flagged' by AuditEngine for potential further review. This version of this report includes comparisons with the CVR, any manual results, and any adjudications.

Stage reports produced by AuditEngine

The reports listed here are in the same order as the pipeline stages that were executed to produce these audit results. Many of these reports exist to allow for auditing analysts to check the progress of the audit.
All other supporting files and intermediate files can be found in the "Pipeline Report". Most users may find what they need under "Main Reports", above.

Stage / Report Report Description
precheck
precheck Report
gen_biabif
Ballot Image Archive Metadata Report
This report details information about the ballot image archives provided by the election district in terms of the metadata regarding each image file and its size, as well as the number of images in each file, repeated image files, etc.
preparse_cvr
CVR Parsed Report
This report describes the CVR files that have been parsed, showing the number of records in each file.
parse_eif
Election Information File (EIF) Parse Report
The Election Information File (EIF) contains the full description of the election in terms of what contests are included and what options are listed for each contest. The EIF file is usually generated from the CVR, if it is available (Public Oversight Workflow) or from other sources, such as the Logic and Accuracy Test results, in Cooperative Workflow. The EIF file can also be edited by hand, and commonly the number of write-ins need to be modified.
gen_fullbif
gen_fullbif Delegation Report
This is an internal report that provides the total number of delegations, their run time, and estimated cost for this stage.
imagematch
Image_Match_Report
This report is the result of a complete examination of all ballot images to create a cryptographic hash of each image file, to make it easy to local duplicated image files. There will be a hash value for each side of each sheet, but sometimes no "back" image is provided, so these may not be the same. When repeated images are detected, the first images detected are kept and all repeats of those are "skipped". If repeated images are detected, then it could have been caused by uploading results from the same machine multiple times.
gen_bif_report
bif: Combined Metadata Report
This report is similar to the "nocvr_bif: Combined Metadata Report" but now the CVR information has been combined and correlated.
writein_inspection_report
Write-in inspection report
This report shows write-in ballot images next to their OCR'd text, for manually reviewing whether the audit's write-in reading is accurate.
gen_template_tasklists
Generate Templates Tasklist Report
This report lists the style/page tasks queued for template generation, before the (often long-running) gentemplates stage actually runs them.
gentemplates
gentemplates Delegation Report
gen_templates_report
Templates Report
This report shows the generated ballot style templates -- the target/oval positions AuditEngine will use to read votes -- for visual review before extraction.
detect_ml_targets
ML Targets Detection Report
This report shows the oval/target positions detected by the machine-learning detector, for visual review before they're used for option mapping.
gen_ml_detect_redlined_proofs
Oval Detection Report
This report shows detected oval positions overlaid on style page images, for visual review of the detector's accuracy.
map_option_names_ocr
map_option_names_ocr Delegation Report
gen_ocr_mapping_report
OCR Mapping Reports Index
This report indexes the per-style OCR-based option-name mapping reports, for reviewing how ballot text was matched to EIF option names before TargetMapper promotion.
register_job_with_frontend
Run TargetMapper App
Link to launch the TargetMapper app for this job, for manually reviewing and promoting AI/OCR- proposed option-name mappings.
gen_option_proofs_report
Option Proofs Report
This report is to allow human-eye review of each option on all styles. We find that human-perception is particularly adept at finding any deviations among many that are the same.
gen_styles_report
Style Redline Proofs Report
This report is also called the "Redline Proofs report" and it provides an image of every style with the oval outlined with a rectangle and then marked with the name of the contest and options of that contest. We have found this report is relatively hard for human perception to review, and thus we have also the Option Proofs Report, which is much easier to check that each option is correctly mapped. However, it may be the case that an oval is left out, and it would not be shown at all on the option proofs report. Therefore, we still need this report, which should be reviewed only to verify that all ovals have been redlined.
bmd_map_report
BMD map report
This report shows how each BMD (Ballot Marking Device) summary page's printed contest and option text was matched to the EIF, for review before extraction relies on that mapping.
gen_acre_report
ACRE Report
This report launches the ACRE (All Contests Review & Evaluation) ballot-by-ballot review: a bounded sample of ballots, drawn to cover every contest option, undervote, overvote, and write-in-used check across every ballot style, grouped into review-priority rounds. Open the ACRE Review App from here to compare each selected ballot's image against its CVR record and record findings.
gen_acre_report
ACRE Statistics Report
This report documents the ACRE sample's run parameters, methodology, and coverage in detail: how many ballots were selected and why, the review-tier/round breakdown, oval and strata coverage progress, and per-contest margin, RLA sample size, and coverage statistics. Use this report to verify the sample itself was sound, not to review individual ballots.
gen_acre_report
ACRE Review App (link for reviewers)
Opens the standalone ACRE Review App with this run's ballot sample already loaded: compare each selected ballot's image against its CVR record, filter by round or contest, mark each contest as matching or not, and export the review.
extractvote
extractvote Delegation Report
This is an internal report that provides the total number of delegations, their run time, and estimated cost for this stage.
gen_source_audit_report
source_Totals_Report
This report provides a review of each contest in detail based on the ballot images in the 'source' archives. If the CVR is available when this report is created, then the totals from the CVR will be included with the difference provided.
parse_results_stdresults
results Results Parsing Report
import_adjudications_cmpcvr
import_adjudications_cmpcvr Report
This report is available if adjudications have been imported after the comparison process. Once data has been imported, an adjudicated column will appear which corrects the Audit system results.
gen_cmpcvr_report
Reconciliation Report
This report provides details of disagreements between the voting system and the auditing result, as well as variants, such as write-ins, overvotes, and ballots which are 'gray-flagged' by AuditEngine for potential further review. This version of this report includes comparisons with the CVR, any manual results, and any adjudications.
gen_final_report
Final Consolidated Report
This report provides a list of all reports available in the Audit.
Pipeline Report
Pipeline Report
This report is updated as the processing pipeline is run, and provides the versions of all input files and outputs from each stage.