Terms starting with “B”

(1) A question that appears on the ballot for approval or rejection. (2) A contest on a ballot where the voter may vote yes or no.

A contest option that specifies a response to a ballot measure .

A Hart Intercivic product for printing (or exporting to PDF) prepared with the BALLOTS BOSS software package; scanning and detecting voters' markings on cast ballots; presenting am...

1. The number printed on a STUB. BALLOT 2. The "number printed on each that matches both the number on the Direct BALLOT DISPLAY Recording Election Machine and the cartridge that i...

A process that produces a paper ballot of the required ballot style with the contests and candidates specific to a voter. This process requires a system with a printer that can cre...

A process that produces a paper ballot of the required ballot style that meets a specific voter 's needs. The use of this process requires:

(1) The order in which contests and candidates appear on a ballot. The order candidates and issues appear on the ballot vary by state. (2) The term used when an election official r...

A software system from that allows the generation and setup of HART INTERCIVIC BALLOT choices. Abbreviated BOSS.

The "TRANSMITTAL after it has been assembled to contain all of the materials to be ENVELOPE mailed in that envelope and has been addressed to a particular elector." Mont. Admin. Ru...

Official information about your ballot issued from an elections office, often referred to as a voter information guide.

(opscan) The route taken by a ballot as it is being read by a scanner.

Refers to the act of collecting an absentee or mailed ballot, instead of returning it via drop box, through the mail, or delivery.

A method to conduct a risk-limiting audit where a random sample of ballots are selected and the results for the selected contest(s) are tallied; the audit stops if it produces stro...

A specific place in a ballot where a voter's selection for a particular contest may be indicated. Positions may be connected to row and column numbers on the face of a voting machi...

The fraction of ballot positions that can be tabulated erroneously by a voting system. VVSG. A maximum permissible was established by at 1 in 500,000. ERROR RATE HAVA

Selecting the specific contests and questions to be contained in a ballot format and related instructions; preparing and testing election-specific software containing these selecti...

"1. The processing and packaging board must be composed of persons who are BALLOT qualified in the use of the data processing equipment to be operated for the voting count. 2. The...

Process of generating ballots for presentation to voters, for example, printing paper ballots, or configuring the ballot presentation for an electronic display.

The process of encoding information about the ballot, including office titles, candidate names and parties, so it can be read and processed by a voting machine to display the (more...

Any "constitutional amendment, proposition, referendum or other question submitted to the voters at any election." N.Y. Election Laws (consol.) §1-104(17). Also BALLOT PROPOSITION...

Any "question or measure submitted to a vote of the people of the state, a subdivision thereof, county, district, city or town, and includes a constitutional amendment, initiative,...

QUESTION. Any "proposed state constitutional amendment, county charter amendment, proposed initiative, or referendum issue that has qualified for placement on the BALLOT." Hawaii A...

A form which shows the number of voted, spoiled, damaged, provisional, emergency, unused, and any other ballots from a polling place.

A ballot substituted for a damaged or partially invalid ballot -- usually remade by a regulated process where the votes from the damaged or partially invalid ballot are duplicated...