Terms starting with “B”

The governing body of a county in many U.S. states, especially in the Midwest and the East, consisting of members elected by the voters.

A board that manages the affairs of an institution or local government.

A county body exercising authority over elections. Wisc. Stat. §7-20(1). Likewise, Mo. Rev. Stat. §115.017. See also COMMISSIONERS. STATE BOARD OF ELECTION

In Louisiana, a board that exercises control over electoral functions in a parish. La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §18:423.

A group of individuals appointed, usually by local authorities, and charged with control of elections and voting procedures.

In the District of Columbia, the three-member body that supervises elections.

1. A three-member board in Iowa appointed by the to STATE COMMISSIONER OF ELECTIONS examine and approve voting machines. Iowa Code §52.4. 2. A three-member county board in Massachu...

A body of election watchers in Hawaii, Michigan and New York. The "inspectors shall act as a board, and a majority thereof shall decide questions. Two inspectors who are not of the...

A group of individuals appointed, usually by local authorities and charged with control of elections and voting.

In Hawaii, an island board appointed by the Governor that determines qualifications of voters. 2 Hawaii Rev. Stat. §11-43.

A body constituted to certify the results of elections. "Within 20 days after the election, or sooner if the returns are all received, the state auditor, superintendent of public i...

The governing body of a county in many U.S. states, especially in the West, consisting of members elected by the voters.

Ballot on Demand

A debt in which the authorized issuer owes the holders a debt and is obliged to repay the principal and interest at a later date. Bonds questions may be placed on local ballots to...

An election to authorize the issuance of bonds. Wyo. Stat. §22-22-101.

A proposal to allow a state or local government to approve additional spending in which a debt and obligation are repaid with interest.

When a state or local government places a question before the voters as a ballot measure, asking them to approve additional proposed spending using a bond.

A proposal to repeal a law authorizing a bond that was previously enacted by a governing body, and that is placed on the ballot to be approved or rejected by voters.

A in which a small number of delegates are held aside and not allocated on a PRIMARY proportional basis but are awarded to the highest vote-getter as a "bonus" for winning. Also kn...

Pertaining to one of two states: off/on, 1/0, Yes/No, or some other binary pairing. When a voting system is tested, most of the tests are Boolean in nature - that is, the system co...

A bootkit is a type of malware that infects a computer's boot process, giving the attacker control over the system. Bootkits are a major security threat because they can bypass sta...

A candidate-centred preferential system used in either single- or multi-member districts in which voters use numbers to mark their preferences on the ballot paper and each preferen...

A protocol designed to optimize routing of information exchanged through the internet.

"Software, firmware, or that is developed to connect HARDWIRED LOGIC APPLICATION LOGIC Although it is typically developed by the voting system to COTS or THIRD-PARTY LOGIC . ... ma...