Terms starting with “D”

Any mark in electronic form associated with an electronic document, applied with the intent to digitally sign the document.

To convert analog data to digital format for storage and use on a computer. The digital form of the character "A" is the byte: (ASCII value 65). Any data stored in a computer must...

(optical scan) The ability of an optical scan ballot to remain of constant size and shape when exposed to moisture.

A depression made in a punch-card by a stylus that fails to detach a CHAD. The interpretation of dimples is ambiguous since the voter may simply have changed her mind about a choic...

A BLACK metallic wireline that directly leaves the inspectable space in a continuous electrical path with no signal interruption or isolation. Continuous wirelines may be patched o...

A form of democracy in which citizens decide on policy initiatives directly, such as when voters decide on initiative, propositions, and referendums.

A "voting machine that: (A) Records votes by means of a ballot display provided with mechanical or electro-optical components that may be actuated by the voter; (B) Process the dat...

The "highest total vote ... received for a nomination at the primaries or caucuses in an entire DISTRICT." 8 Mass. Gen'l Laws §50:1. ELECTION

A primary election in which members of a party nominate its candidates by direct vote.

A DRE system presents a ballot image to a voter, collects the voter's choices, and records those choices directly onto electronic media. DREs may be fitted with VVPAT subsystems to...

A voting machine, that electronically stores votes, and on which voters use interfaces (pushbutton, touchscreen, or dial) to record their votes. The votes are stored in a memory ca...

A vote capture device that allows electronic presentation of a ballot, electronic selection of valid contest options, and electronic storage of contest selections as individuals vo...

A device that records votes by means of a ballot display provided with mechanical or electro-optical components that can be activated by the voter (typically buttons or a touchscre...

An electronic voting system that utilizes electronic components for the functions of ballot presentation, vote capture, vote recording, and tabulation which are logically and physi...

A vote-capture device that allows: electronic presentation of a ballot , electronic selection of valid contest options , and electronic storage of contest selections as individual...

t - Shipment of COMSEC material directly from NSA to user COMSEC accounts. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

A voter’s personally identifiable information (PII) created or stored by the voting system that can be used to associate a voter with their ballot selections. Examples include firs...

Descriptor for a machine that does not make use of a but records choices DOCUMENT BALLOT electronically. A "combination and that gathers votes via an VEDB TABULATOR ELECTRONIC INTE...

A "computer driven unit for casting and counting votes on which an elector touches a video screen or a button adjacent to a video screen to cast his or her vote." Miss. Code §23-15...

"'Direct-recording electronic voting system' means a voting system that records votes by means of a ballot display provided by electro-optical devices that allows a voter to direct...

. An umbrella term covering technologies that relate to the production of a beam of concentrated electromagnetic energy or atomic or subatomic particles. Also called DE. (JP 1-02)...

A "voting system feature that allows the voter to verify at least one representation of his or her ballot with his/her own senses, not using any software or hardware intermediary....

A statewide post having administrative responsibility for conducting elections. "The director shall act for the lieutenant governor in the supervision of central and regional elect...

A file storage architecture in which individual files are stored in separate, hierarchical directories. The directory is the map to where the file is stored. Most systems will stor...