Identify the target
Name the specific claim, page, or section
A usable challenge should point to the exact place in the publication that you believe is wrong or incomplete.
Challenge And Correction Standard
Challenge The Audit
Readers are invited to challenge the publication, but challenges should identify the exact record at issue and provide evidence strong enough to test or correct the claim.
Bring the record
Supply a source or archived source
Link the primary record, official artifact, or archived copy you believe changes the published result.
Explain the change
State the proposed correction clearly
Explain what should change and why the evidence supports that change better than the current record set.
Minimum standard for a challenge
- Identify the claim ID, section, page, or table you are challenging.
- Cite the source record you believe is controlling, including an archive link if the live source is unstable.
- Explain whether the issue is a factual error, a source mismatch, a basis mismatch, or an omission.
- Describe the proposed correction precisely enough that it could be logged in public release history.
Practical review path
- Open the relevant claim, section, or source page so the exact record under dispute is identified.
- Compare the published wording against the linked source, decision, and open-question trail.
- Write the narrowest correction the evidence supports, rather than a broader policy objection.
- Check the corrections page to see how a valid challenge should appear in public release history.
What is not enough
Opinion-only objections, broad political disagreement, or unsupported claims that a figure feels too high or too low are not enough to correct the publication.
The standard is evidence-first: if a challenge is sound, it should survive direct comparison against the linked claim, source, decision, and open-question trail.
Submit a correction or challenge
Email corrections@thecitizenaudit.org with the subject line Citizen Audit Correction Challenge.
- Claim or page being challenged
- Source or archive link
- Explanation of the proposed correction
- Whether the issue is factual, methodological, citation-related, or wording-related