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Accuracy For Voting Systems

Accuracy For Voting Systems: Ability of the system to capture, record, store, consolidate and report the specific selections and absence of selections, made…

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Ability of the system to capture, record, store, consolidate and report the specific selections and absence of selections, made by the voter for each ballot position without error. Required accuracy is defined in terms of an error rate that for testing purposes represents the maximum number of errors allowed while processing a specified volume of data.

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The “ability of the system to capture, recor d, store, consolidate and report the specific selections and absence of selections, made by the voter for each ballot position without error. Required accuracy is defined in terms of an erro r rate that for testing purposes represents the maximum number of errors allowed while pr ocessing a specified volume of data.” 2005 VVSG GLOSSARY.

Source: Electronic Voting GlossaryType: external

Sources

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Glossary of Election Terms, U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
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Glossary for Voting Systems, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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EAC Glossary of Terms
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EAC Glossary of Election Terms
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Electronic Voting Glossary
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