Terms starting with “A”
405 election security terms starting with A, with direct links to full definitions and source-backed context.
Abandoned Ballot
VerifiedA 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...
Abp
VerifiedPRINTER. ACCESSIBLE BALLOT
Abs
VerifiedAbbreviation for ABSENTEE BALLOT SYSTEM.
Absent Ballot
VerifiedA "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.
Absent Ballot Mailing Precinct Inspection Board
VerifiedThe 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...
Absent Uniformed Services Voter
VerifiedA 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...
Absent Voter
VerifiedA "registered voter who has received or who has voted an absent ballot." Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.015.
Absent Voter Ballot Card
VerifiedA "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)(...
Absent Voter Card
VerifiedA "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).
Absent Voter Instruction Ballot
VerifiedA form of sample ballot that accompanies an BALLOT. 31 Ky. Admin. Regs. ABSENTEE §2:010(4)(5).
Absentee
VerifiedA 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...
Absentee Application
VerifiedAn application to receive an absentee ballot.
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...
Absentee Ballot Board
VerifiedA "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...
Absentee Ballot Counting Board
VerifiedA local Nevada body that handles absentee and Also REJECTED BALLOTS. ABSENTEE BALLOT BOARD.
Absentee Ballot Courier
VerifiedA 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...
Absentee Ballot Register
VerifiedA "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...
Absentee Ballot Request
VerifiedA request for an absentee ballot under UOCAVA.
Absentee Ballot Request Form
VerifiedA form used by a voter to request an absentee ballot.
Absentee Ballot System
VerifiedA 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.
Absentee Ballots
VerifiedHistorically, 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...
Absentee By Mail And Early Voting Counting Equipment
VerifiedA "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).
Absentee Commissioner
VerifiedAn election official who counts La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §18:1313. ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
Absentee Counting Equipment
Verified"A device capable of counting and producing results of votes cast on paper ABSENTEE BALLOTS." La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §18:1351(1).