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Election System

Election System: A technology-based system that is used to collect, process, and store data related to elections and election administration.

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Voting Systems

Definition

A technology-based system that is used to collect, process, and store data related to elections and election administration. In addition to voter registration systems and public election websites, election systems include voting systems, vote tabulation systems, electronic poll books, election results reporting systems, and auditing devices. Can also be used to refer to the entire array of procedures, people, resources, equipment and locations associated with conducting elections.

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Definition 2

A technology-based system that is used to collect, process, and store data related to elections and election administration; also the entire array of procedures, people, resources, equipment, and locations associated with conducting elections.

Source: NIST WebType: semantic
Definition 3

The equipment (including hardware, software and firmware) that is used by a jurisdiction to record and tabulate votes, including equipment used to program voting machines and tabulators, transmit election data and aggregate tallies from different polling places.

Source: Counting Votes 2012Type: external

Sources

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Glossary of Election Terms, U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
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NIST Election Terminology Glossary, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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Counting Votes 2012
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EAC Glossary of Terms
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EAC Glossary of Election Terms
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