Terms starting with “H”

For the purposes of determining separation between RED equipment/lines and RF transmitters, high-power is that which exceeds 100 m Watt (20dBm) emitted isotropic radiated power (EI...

A "self-contained optical scan ballot tabulator, that uses an automatic ballot feeder to process ballots placed in the tabulator in any orientation. Ballots are processed at high-s...

An optical scanner capable of scanning a high number of ballots (hundreds) per minute. These large and complex scanners are typically used in vote-by- mail jurisdictions, in large...

A principle for converting votes into seats in List PR systems. One seat is allocated in a district at each of a series of counts to the party or grouping with the highest vote tot...

Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007. Includes two major provisions for political committees: restrictions on the use of campaign funds for noncommercial air travel an...

The term used when a government authority administers an election.

The term used when government authorities administer elections.

To indicate that an agency is organizing a process for an individual or organization to state one's case, resolve administrative disputes, facilitate negotiations between opposing...

A term used to describe an individual who has been sworn into public office and is currently serving in the position.

The right of the people cities, village, townships or other local districts to set up and change their own governmental structure.

In some states, known as home rule states, the state's constitution grants municipalities and/or counties the ability to pass laws to govern themselves as they see fit (so long as...

A city that has adopted a Charter outlining the form of government and local laws.

Any "person who has a nontraditional residence, including but not limited to, a shelter, day shelter, park bench, street corner, or space under a bridge." 10 Ill. Comp. Stat. §5/1-...

An environment consisting of a single type of system.

An electoral district in which, either by design or as a result of the operation of other criteria for boundary delimitation, the electorate manifests substantial social, ethnic, r...

A special form of encryption in which the sum of two numbers can be determined even though the numbers are encrypted, and without decrypting the numbers. Homomorphic encryption can...

The property of a voting system that prevents a voter from voting more than once or changing another's vote.

a network set up with intentional vulnerabilities hosted on a decoy server to attract hackers

a computer security mechanism set to detect, deflect, or, in some manner, counteract attempts at unauthorized use of information

A system (e.g., a web server) or system resource (e.g., a file on a server) that is designed to be attractive to potential crackers and intruders, like honey is attractive to bears...

A system (e.g., a Web server) or system resource (e.g., a file on a server) that is designed to be attractive to potential crackers and intruders and has no authorized users other...

is data that looks attractive to cyber criminals but is actually false or of no value

A compromised or commercially purchased intermediary system that is used as a proxy to disguise the attacker's true point of origin.

a systematic examination of information to identify potential threats, risks, emerging issues and opportunities allowing for better preparedness and the incorporation of mitigation...