Election Management System
Election Management System: Set of processing functions and databases within a voting system that defines, develops and maintains election databases, performs…
Also known as: EMS
Definition
Set of processing functions and databases within a voting system that defines, develops and maintains election databases, performs election definitions and setup functions, format ballots, count votes, consolidates and report results, and maintains audit trails.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
Set of processing functions and databases within a Voting System that define, develop and maintain election databases, perform election definition and setup functions, format ballots; count votes, consolidate and report results, and maintain audit trails.
- Definition 3
Set of processing functions and databases within a voting system typically used to:
- Definition 4
Set of processing functions and databases within a voting system that defines, develops, and maintains election databases; performs election definitions and setup functions; formats ballots; counts votes; consolidates and reports results; and maintains audit trails.
- Definition 5
1. “A set of processing functions and databases within a Voting System that define, develop and maintain election databases; perform election definition and setup functions; format ballots; count votes; consolidate and report results; and maintain audit trails.” FVSS APPENDIX. Abbreviated EMS. A later definition from the 2007 VVSG is more specific: “ TABULATOR used to prepare ballots and programs for use in casting and counting votes and to consolidate, report, and display election results. … This device receives results data from the VOTE- CAPTURE DEVICES, accumulates the results, and reports the accumulated results. Typically, the election management system will interact with several different classes of voting devices. The EMS receives election results from electronic me dia devices in one or more of four connections: modem, local bus, direct serial, and/or local area Ethernet.” 2. The “computer programs and databases managed by the Commissioner of Elections and used by the Commissioner of Elections and the de partments of elections to maintain voter registration records, to manage absentee voting, maintain election officer information, maintain polling place information, structure elections and for other purposes.” 15 Del. Code §101(24).
- Definition 6
Election Management SYSTEM