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Terms starting with “A

405 election security terms starting with A, with direct links to full definitions and source-backed context.

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Abandoned Ballot

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A ballot that has been partially filled out but not cast. A ballot left by a VOTER. Iowa FLEEING Admin. Code §721-26.60(49). The states differ as to whether such a ballot should be...

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Abp

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PRINTER. ACCESSIBLE BALLOT

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Abs

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Abbreviation for ABSENTEE BALLOT SYSTEM.

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Absent Ballot

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A "ballot voted by a person who expects to be or is absent from the ABSENTEE BALLOT. polling place for his precinct or district on election day." Nev. Rev. Stat. §293.013.

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Absent Ballot Mailing Precinct Inspection Board

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The absent ballot mailing precinct inspection board shall: 1. Perform functions similar to those of the central ballot inspection board and the ballot duplicating board as those fu...

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Absent Uniformed Services Voter

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A term from defining the lass of people who benefit form the statute: UOCAVA "'absent uniformed services voter' means - (A) a member of a uniformed service on active duty who, by r...

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Absent Voter

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A "registered voter who has received or who has voted an absent ballot." Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.015.

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Absent Voter Ballot Card

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A "ballot card attached to a backing that aids a voter to punch out the scored position on the ballot card." 31 Ky. Admin. Regs. §2:010(1)(1). Similarly in Mich. Rules §168.771(1)(...

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Absent Voter Card

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A "ballot card with the names of candidates, issues and questions to be voted on, printed on the card." 31 Ky. Admin. Regs. §2:010(1)(2).

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Absent Voter Instruction Ballot

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A form of sample ballot that accompanies an BALLOT. 31 Ky. Admin. Regs. ABSENTEE §2:010(4)(5).

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Absentee

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A voter who is not, or expects not to be, present on election day in the jurisdiction in which she is eligible to vote or who otherwise meets the requirements for obtaining an ABSE...

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Absentee Application

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An application to receive an absentee ballot.

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Absentee Ballot

A ballot cast by a voter other than in-person on election day. Some jurisdictions use the term synonymous with mailed ballots while other jurisdictions use the term synonymous with...

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Absentee Ballot Board

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A "subdivision of the consisting of at least two (2) individuals responsible COUNTING BOARD for preparing the for counting." Wyo. Rules §1.4(a). Also ABSENTEE BALLOTS ABSENTEE BALL...

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Absentee Ballot Counting Board

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A local Nevada body that handles absentee and Also REJECTED BALLOTS. ABSENTEE BALLOT BOARD.

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Absentee Ballot Courier

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A person authorized "to collect absentee ballots from voters for delivery to the County Commissioner of Elections in counties in which the courier is registered." Iowa Admin. Code...

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Absentee Ballot Register

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A "list of the name and address of each applicant; the date and time of receipt of the application; the disposition of the application; the date of issue of the absentee ballot; th...

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Absentee Ballot Request

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A request for an absentee ballot under UOCAVA.

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Absentee Ballot Request Form

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A form used by a voter to request an absentee ballot.

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Absentee Ballot System

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A system used to cast and/or count BALLOTS. Such a system is usually distinct ABSENTEE from, and of a different type than, the one used in polling places. Abbreviated ABS.

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Absentee Ballots

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Historically, absentee ballots have been, simply, ballots cast by voters who are not able to vote in regular polling places due to travel or to some circumstance that makes it diff...

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Absentee By Mail And Early Voting Counting Equipment

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A "device capable of counting and producing results of votes cast on paper absentee by mail and early voting ballots." La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §18:1351(1).

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Absentee Commissioner

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An election official who counts La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §18:1313. ABSENTEE BALLOTS.

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Absentee Counting Equipment

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"A device capable of counting and producing results of votes cast on paper ABSENTEE BALLOTS." La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §18:1351(1).

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