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Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction: A geographic location for which elections are conducted; e.g., Nanaimo, British Columbia, or Estonia.

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A geographic location for which elections are conducted; e.g., Nanaimo, British Columbia, or Estonia. Machine code Code used by a computer to cause an operation. Machine code is converted from source code using an automatic translation program called a compiler. Mail ballot voting see Vote by mail. Malware Malicious software; software designed to interfere with a computer’s normal functioning (e.g., viruses, trojan horses, spyware) (Merriam-Webster).

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A body having authority to conduct or supervise elections. An ELECTION JURISDICTION. Karro-Wang protocol A secure Internet voting protocol de signed to remedy certain drawbacks of SENSUS, described in the paper “Towards a Practical, Secure, and Very Large Scale Online Election,” by J. Kerro and J. Wang (1999), available at

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Independent Panel on Internet Voting Report
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Electronic Voting Glossary
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