Terms starting with “E”

A technology-based system that is used to collect, process, and store data related to elections and election administration. In addition to voter registration systems and public el...

The small number of corporations that sell and license voting systems to governments at all levels of government within the United States.

(vendor) A subsidiary of the McCarthy Group that provides voting equipment and election services. It was founded originally as American Information Systems (AIS) in 1979, then merg...

A person, usually a Native American, who performs language translation services at a New Mexico polling place.

"Confirmation that all recorded votes were counted correctly." See, generally, VERIFICATION." VVSG.

Any person who interacts with those coming to vote . This includes any poll worker, election day worker, early voting worker, or other temporary staff engaged in supporting the vot...

The "calendar year within which a particular election is held." Me. Rev. Stat. §21-A-1(15).

Used in response messages. ElectionAdministration optionally includes ContactMethod to specify contact information for the election authority. Attribute Multiplicity Type Attribute...

Used in request messages. Implementation of BallotRequest in which a ballot for a single election event is requested. Attribute Multiplicity Type Attribute Description {Election} 1...

The activity of trying to persuade people to vote for or against a particular candidate, measure or political party.

Any "activity which is intended to influence voting at an election." Wisc. Stat. §12.03(4). In is generally a to attempt to influence voters within a certain distance from a CRIME...

An official who is responsible for election administration.

The usual name for the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. Elections BC administers the electoral process in B. C. This includes provincial general elections, by-elections and p...

Nebraska has a rather comprehensive definition: "any office which has candidates nominated or elected at the time of a statewide primary election, any office which has candidates n...

A person who is both qualified and registered to vote at an election.

A candidate to be appointed by a state in the U.S. to vote for president and vice president in the electoral college.

The "board or other authority empowered to hold a general or special election." S.C. Code §7- 1-20(5). A "board appointed ... to administer elections for a county or city." Va. Cod...

A body of people representing the states of the U.S., who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.

The time period from the first official act in an election to the last official act. The electoral cycle is divided in three main periods: the pre-electoral period, the electoral p...

One of the geographic areas into which a country, local authority or supranational institution may be divided for electoral purposes. See also Circonscription , Constituency , Elec...

"An area set off for election purposes. It may include the entire State." Me. Rev. Stat. §21-A- 1(16).

That part of the electoral system dealing specifically with the translation of votes into seats.

One or more pieces of legislation governing all aspects of the process for electing the political institutions defined in a country's constitution or institutional framework.

The organization tasked under electoral law with the responsibility for the conduct of elections. The EMB in most countries consists either of an independent commission appointed f...