Terms starting with “C”

Type of physical protective packaging used to contain and dispense keying material in punched or printed tape form. Rationale: Although being phased out, canisters are still in cir...

The "the entire process of determining that the votes have been counted and tabulated correctly, culminating in the authentication of the official election results." N.C Gen. Stat....

A detailed report of activities and information about the canvass of an election.

Compiling the results from an election for the purpose of validating and officially certifying the results. Canvassing may include counting of ballots as well as review of the stat...

A committee of officials responsible for producing the official tally of votes and certifying the results of an election. Also BOARD. COUNTY CANVASSING

The means to accomplish a mission, function, or objective.

Capability Maturity Model

Number of parties, candidates, questions Total votes

Those policies that are developed by governing or coordinating institutions of Health Information Exchanges (HIEs). They provide overall requirements and guidance for protecting he...

The method of taking a biometric sample from an end user. (FIPS 201) (NISTIR)

"Paper manufactured in accordance with certain specifications rendering it suitable for use in card reading equipment." Cal. Regs. §20204

An individual possessing an issued Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card. (FIPS 201) (NISTIR)

A political committee that maintains one bank account for making contributions in connection with federal elections and a separate "non-contribution account" for making independent...

To win an election.

The "permanent memory which stores the information and records the votes BALLOT DISPLAY for each Direct Recording Election Machine." Wyo. Rules §1.4(p).

Downward flow of information through a range of security levels greater than the accreditation range of a system, network, or component. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

The downward flow of information through a range of security levels greater than the accreditation range of a system, network, or component without passing through an isolated devi...

The final action a voter takes in selecting contest options and irrevocably confirming their intent to vote as selected.

A "BALLOT in which the voter has taken final action in the selection of and CONTEST CHOICES irrevocably confirmed his or her intent to vote as selected." VVSG. See also 2007 COUNTE...

A "permanent record of all votes produced by a single voter whether in electronic, paper or other form. Also referred to as when used to refer to electronic ballots." BALLOT IMAGE...

The act of a voter to place their completed paper ballot in a ballot box, to confirm and record their choices on a touch screen voting device at a voting location, to place a compl...

"A total loss of function or functions, such as the loss or unrecoverable corruption of voting data, or the failure of an on-board battery for volatile memory." FVSS Appendix.

See security categorization. Source: NIST SP 800-137

Restrictive label applied to classified or unclassified information to limit access. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)