Terms starting with “C”
848 election security terms starting with C, with direct links to full definitions and source-backed context.
Check In Clerk
VerifiedAn in the District of Columbia who verifies that voters are authorized to ELECTION OFFICIAL vote at a particular POLLING PLACE.
Check Off Box
VerifiedA "voter response position on a where a voter who desires to CONSOLIDATED BALLOT participate in a partisan primary must indicate major party affiliation." Wash. Admin. Code §434-22...
Checker
VerifiedA "representative of the republican party and a representative of the democratic party, bearing credentials signed by the proper ward or town committee chairperson, shall be allowe...
Checklist
VerifiedA list of the voters entitled to vote at a PLACE. N.H. Rev. Stat. §658:12. The voters POLLING who actually present themselves for voting are marked off on the checklist.
Checkpointing
VerifiedA process for recovering from system failure by recording the state of the system periodically and then restoring from the last saved state and updating with subsequent transaction...
Checksum
VerifiedA value that (a) is computed by a function that is dependent on the contents of a data object and (b) is stored or transmitted together with the object, for detecting changes in th...
Chief Deputy Election Commissioner
VerifiedA county official in large Nebraska counties, appointed by the COMMISSIONER, but ELECTION of a different political party. Nebraska Stat. §32-209.
Chief Election Officer
In most states, the chief election officer is the Secretary of State, known in Massachusetts at the State Secretary. There are exceptions, however. In Alaska and Utah it is the Lie...
Chief Information Officer (cio)
Agency official responsible for: (1) providing advice and other assistance to the head of the executive agency and other senior management personnel of the agency to ensure that in...
Chief Information Security Officer
VerifiedSee senior agency information security officer (SAISO).
Chief Inspector
VerifiedThe official responsible for the proper and orderly voting at a polling location or an election process.
Chief Judge
VerifiedThe "person selected to be responsible for the security of ballot envelopes and voter ballots." Wyo. Stat. §22-1-102(a)(viii).
Chief Manager
VerifiedThe chairperson of a in Georgia. Ga. Code Ann. §21-2-90. PRECINCT BOARD
Chief State Election Officer
VerifiedThe official responsible for overseeing elections in a state.
Chief State Election Official
VerifiedUnder HAVA, the "individual designated by the State under Section 10 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. §1973gg-8) to be responsible for coordination of the...
Children
Verified"Nothing ... shall prevent a voter from being accompanied by a child or children who are under the age of thirteen (13) years while the voter is within the voting booth area." R.I....
Chip
VerifiedCHAD. Nevada Rev. Stat. §293.3677.
Choice
Verified1. = CHOICE. VVSG. CONTEST 2007 2. A term associated with VOTING, meaning "an indication on a ballot of a INSTANT RUNOFF voter's ranking of candidates for any single office accordi...
Choice Of Font And Contrast
VerifiedThe ability of a voter to change the font in which the is displayed and the screen BALLOT contrast on a during a SESSION. A identified in the DRE VOTING HUMAN FACTOR 2007 VVSG.
Choice Voting
VerifiedVOTING. INSTANT RUNOFF
Chute
VerifiedIn Indiana, the area around a Ind. Code §3-5-2-14. Cf. CHUTE. POLLING PLACE. BALLOT