Terms starting with “E”
387 election security terms starting with E, with direct links to full definitions and source-backed context.
Electronic Voter Interface
A "component of an electronic that communicates ballot information VOTE-CAPTURE DEVICE to the voter and accepts input from the voter." VVSG. A "subsystem within a voting 2007 DRE s...
Electronic Voting
A means of voting in which one or more steps of the capture or tabulation process are performed by electronic equipment. Abbreviated E-VOTING.
Electronic Voting Accessibility
VerifiedElectronic voting system with accessible features, including touchscreen and audio, that gives voters with disabilities the ability to cast a secret ballot without assistance.
Electronic Voting Committee
VerifiedA five-member committee that oversees electronic voting in Alabama, consisting of a representative appointed by the Secretary of State, a representative appointed by the Attorney G...
Electronic Voting Machine
A "voting machine that displays a full-face ballot, whereby votes are cast by pushing a vote indicator button on the face of the machine or a voting machine that displays a paging...
Electronic Voting System
An electronic voting system is one or more integrated devices that utilize an electronic component for one or more of the following functions: ballot presentation, vote capture, vo...
Electronic Voting System Device
Verified"'Electronic voting system device' means a single unit of an electronic voting system." N.D.C.C. §16-1-06-12(6).
Electronic Warfare
Verified. Any military action involving the use of electromagnetic and directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy. Also called EW. The three major subdi...
Electronically Generated Ballot
VerifiedAny "BALLOT other than a paper ballot that is physically marked by the voter using a writing instrument or a mechanical device." Alaska Stat. §15.60.010(6).
Electronically Generated Key
VerifiedKey generated in a COMSEC device by introducing (either mechanically or electronically) a seed key into the device and then using the seed, together with a software algorithm store...
Electronically Tabulated Totals
VerifiedElection results tabulated on an electronic device.
Electronically Assisted Ballot Marker
VerifiedA machine that aids a disabled voter in marking a BALLOT. A "VEDB that DOCUMENT produces an executed, human-readable paper ballot as a result, and that does not make any other last...
Electronically Assisted Ballot Marker (ebm)
VerifiedA machine that aids a disabled voter in marking a DOCUMENT BALLOT. A " VEDB that produces an executed, human-readable paper ballo t as a result, and that does not make any other la...
Eligibility For Office
VerifiedAll of the legal requirements to hold a public office.
Eligible Candidates
VerifiedCandidates who have completed all of the things necessary and meet all of the legal requirements to participate in an election process.
Eligible Citizens
VerifiedThe universe of all voters who, if they cast a ballot, would have the legal right to have eligible contests on that ballot tabulated. This would include those who do not appear in...
Eligible Elector
VerifiedVOTER. A "person who possesses all of the qualifications necessary to entitle the QUALIFIED person to be registered to vote, whether or not the person is in fact so registered." Io...
Eligible To Vote
VerifiedA person who meets the requirements set forth in a political subdivision for being able to vote.
Eligible Voter
In B. C., an individual who meets the qualifications for voting; in some jurisdictions, an individual who is registered to vote, or registered for Internet voting.
Eligible Voters
VerifiedThe universe of all voters who, if they cast a ballot, would have the legal right to have eligible contests on that ballot tabulated. This would include those who do not appear in...
Elvis
VerifiedThe centralized voter registration system of Kansas. An acronym for "Election Voter Information System.
Emanations Security (emsec)
VerifiedProtection resulting from measures taken to deny unauthorized individuals information derived from intercept and analysis of compromising emissions from crypto-equipment or an info...
Embedded Computer
VerifiedComputer system that is an integral part of a larger system. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)
Embedded Computer (c.f.d.)
VerifiedComputer system that is an integral part of a larger system. Rationale: Listed for deletion in 2010 version of CNSS 4009.