Terms starting with “L”

Logic & Accuracy Testing

Logging as a service

See security label.

Access control protection features of a system that use security labels to make access control decisions.

Use of sophisticated signal recovery equipment in a laboratory environment to recover information from data storage media. (SP 800-88; CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

Use of sophisticated signal recovery equipment in a laboratory environment to recover information from data storage media. Source: NIST SP 800-88 Rev 1 (adapted) Rationale: Term is...

NETWORK. LOCAL-AREA

Language Security

The Voting Rights Act outlaws literacy- and language-based voting qualifications or prerequisites. Section recognizes widespread voting discrimination against Alaskan Native, Ameri...

The language minority provisions of the Voting Rights Act require that when a covered state or political subdivision provides registration or voting notices, forms, instructions, a...

A principle for converting votes into seats in List PR systems. After parties and groupings have been allocated seats in an electoral district because they have received full quota...

With respect to VOTING, "a candidate who has received the fewest votes INSTANT RUNOFF among the candidates who remain at any STAGE. Two or more candidates simultaneously become las...

(ES&S) A report containing a summary of vote totals for the last precinct read by a ballot scanner.

TEST. LOGIC AND ACCURACY

A ballot permitted by statute to be cast after the normal deadline because of an unusual occurrence such as illness or death in the voter's immediate family. See LATE VOTING.

"A qualified voter is eligible to vote a ... if the voter has a sickness or physical LATE BALLOT condition ... that originates on or after the day before the last day for submittin...

Used in response messages. Location optionally includes this element to specify the latitude and longitude of a voter’s voting location. Attribute Multiplicity Type Attribute Descr...

Any activity, function, operation, or other circumstance the Government authorizes; also the standard to apply when determining whether individuals, organizations, or groups of use...

Non-citizens who are lawfully authorized to live permanently within the United States.

Commercial information assurance (IA) and IA-enabled information technology (IT) components used in layered solutions approved by the National Security Agency (NSA) to protect info...

ELECTIONS. LOCAL BOARD OF

DISPLAY. LIQUID CRYSTAL

A political committee that is directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained or controlled by a candidate or an individual holding federal office, but is not an authorize...

A nonpartisan political organization founded in 1920 and dedicated to promoting an open governmental system and educating the public about voting methods and voting rights. Abbrevi...