Terms starting with “C”

A facility where ballots and/or results from multiple polling places are tallied. In jurisdictions which do not use equipment that tallies votes at the polling places, the central...

A place where votes from individual precincts are counted or accumulated. "The central counting station must be located in the county in which the political subdivision served by t...

A person who loads ballot definition files into a voting system. VVSG.

See Tier 0. Source: CNSSI No. 4032

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent U.S. government agency established in 1947 responsible for gathering, analyzing, and disseminating foreign intelligence to s...

The entity that keeps records of accountable COMSEC material held by COMSEC accounts subject to its oversight. Source: CNSSI No. 4005 (COMSEC)

Electronic voting device that consolidates and reports vote totals from multiple precincts at a central location.

The Key Management Infrastructure core node that provides central security management and data management services.

COUNT. Cf. CENTRAL PRECINCT TABULATION.

A "TABULATOR that counts votes from multiple at a central location. ... PRECINCTS VOTED are typically placed into secure storage at the polling place and then transported or BALLOT...

The "permanent, centralized electronic data base of voters" maintained by the Secretary of State in North Dakota. N.D.C.C. §16.1-02-01.

A list of voters maintained in a single, uniform, official, computerized statewide database of registered voters.

A single, uniform, official, computerized statewide database of registered voters.

A single, uniform, official, computerized statewide database of registered voters.

Certified Elections/Registration Administrator

A digitally signed representation of information that 1) identifies the authority issuing it, 2) identifies the subscriber, 3) identifies its valid operational period (date issued...

The computer system or systems that process certification authority (CA) software and/or have access to the CA private keys, end entity keys, or end entity public keys prior to cer...

Process whereby certificates (as defined above) are generated, stored, protected, transferred, loaded, used, and destroyed.

(CMA) A Certification Authority (CA) or a Registration Authority (RA). (SP 800-32) (NISTIR)

Document issued by NVLAP to a laboratory that has met the criteria and conditions for accreditation.

A "certification ... stating that all voting and vote counting equipment has been examined by the appropriate elections official before its use in an election and has been found to...

A written statement confirmed by oath or affirmation by a person who gathered voter's signatures on a petition.

A "document prepared by the official or body with the legal authority to do so, conferring upon a candidate the right to assume an elective office as a result of being elected to i...

A document indicating that the registration record is incorrect and "showing that the voter is legally registered in the precinct where the voter resides." Ind. Code §3-7-48.