Primary definition
A electronic process that removes duplicate ballots from a single voter prior to counting; used by some Internet voting systems as one of three phases of counting.
Also known asdeduplication · ballot deduplication · duplicate removal · voter deduplication
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— Independent Panel on Internet Voting ReportView source
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A electronic process that removes duplicate ballots from a single voter prior to counting; used by some Internet voting systems as one of three phases of counting.
Independent Panel on Internet Voting Report · 2024
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Cleansing. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 20, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/cleansing
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Independent Panel on Internet Voting Report
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