Terms starting with “C”
848 election security terms starting with C, with direct links to full definitions and source-backed context.
Conformity
VerifiedFulfillment by a product, process or service of specified requirements.
Conformity Assessment
Verified"Demonstration that specified requirements relating to a product, process, system, person or body are fulfilled." "Conformity assessment encompasses the examination and testing of...
Conformity Assessment Body
VerifiedBody that performs conformity assessment services. NOTE An accreditation body is not a conformity assessment body.
Congressional District
VerifiedThe area within the boundaries of a state which a member of the U.S. House of Representatives is elected.
Congressional Election
VerifiedAn election when voters participate to election their U.S. House of Representative.
Congressional Vacancy Election
VerifiedAn "election held at a time other than the general election for the purpose of filling a vacancy in an unexpired term of a representative in congress." Col. Stat. §1-1-104(5).
Connect The Arrow
VerifiedOn certain ballots, voters are instructed to draw a single line to connect the head and tail of the arrow that points to the choice to vote for a candidate or measure, instead of f...
Consensus
VerifiedGeneral agreement, characterized by the absence of sustained opposition to substantial issues by any important part of the concerned interests and by a process that involves seekin...
Consent Banner
VerifiedSee security banner (also known as notice and consent banners)
Consequence
VerifiedThe effect of an event, incident, or occurrence.
Console Log
VerifiedA "listing of the computer responses to program instructions and of instructions to the computer by the operator." 31 Ky. Admin. Regs. §2:010(1)(10).
Consolidated Ballot
VerifiedA "single ballot on which the candidates for each political party are separate from the candidates for any other political party and which also includes non-partisan offices and is...
Consolidated Election
VerifiedAn election where more than one jurisdiction is holding an election on the same day, and participating jurisdictions take an official action to combine elections on the same ballot...
Consolidated Precinct
The "combination of two or more precincts" for specified purposes such as voting in SPECIAL ELECTIONS. N.M. Stat. Ann. §1-1-12.
Consolidated Primaries
VerifiedAn election where more than one jurisdiction is holding an election on the same day, one of which is a scheduled primary election, and participating jurisdictions take an official...
Conspiracy To Deprive Voters Of A Fair Election
VerifiedA crime defined in HAVA. "Any individual who knowingly and willfully gives false information in registering or voting in violation of section 11(c) of the National Voting Rights Ac...
Constable
VerifiedAn elected peace officer in Pennsylvania, employed by the judicial branch, who maintains order at a polling place and ensures that voters may cast their votes without intimidation.
Constituency
VerifiedA synonym for electoral district used predominantly in some Anglophone countries. See Electoral district .
Constituent
VerifiedA person who is represented politically by a designated government official or officeholder, especially when the official is one that the person represented has the opportunity to...
Constitution
VerifiedThe basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it.
Constitutional Officers
VerifiedIn Arkansas, "the offices of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, and Commissioner of State Lands." Ark. C...
Constitutional Officers Election Board
VerifiedA Georgia body performing the function of a BOARD. STATE CANVASSING
Contactmethod
VerifiedUsed in request and response messages. ElectionAdministration optionally includes this class to specify how to contact the election administration. Voter optionally includes this c...
Contactmethodtype
VerifiedUsed in request and response messages. Enumeration for methods for contacting a voter or an election administration office, used in the Type attribute of ContactMethod . Name Value...