Terms starting with “L”

The principle that a security architecture should be designed so that each entity is granted the minimum system resources and authorizations that the entity needs to perform its fu...

The principle that a security architecture should be designed in a way that minimizes 1) the number of components that require trust; and 2) the extent to which each component is t...

DIODE. LIGHT-EMITTING

A concept relating to software transparency in the use of extrinsic code. A or COTS THIRD- that does not "throw exceptions when exceptional conditions occur" PARTY CALLABLE UNIT an...

Old or outdated voting systems that no longer meet current standards.

In the NICE Framework, cybersecurity work where a person: Provides legally sound advice and recommendations to leadership and staff on a variety of relevant topics within the perti...

A holiday established by law and is usually a non-working day during the year.

A person "entitled to vote, and who do vote, at the time and in the manner prescribed in and by such statute upon the public question submitted; and for the purpose of ascertaining...

An "individual whose application for voter registration was accepted, processed, and verified as provided by law." Mont. Code Ann. §13-1-101(18).

The requirement that voters with poor vision be able to read a and any accompanying BALLOT instructions. A identified in the HUMAN FACTOR 2007 VVSG.

A ballot measure that proposes to amend a law.

The act or process of formal confirmation of a law.

The "power of the voters to approve or reject legislation which has been referred to them by the Legislature." 3 Guam Code Ann. §17102(c).

A term used in Latin America for an umbreslla list including two or more sub-lists which receive votes separately byt whose votes are counted together for the purposes of seat allo...

Local Election Official

Rating assigned to an information system indicating the extent to which protection measures, techniques, and procedures must be applied. High, Medium, and Basic are identified leve...

Extent to which protective measures, techniques, and procedures must be applied to information systems and networks based on risk, threat, vulnerability, system interconnectivity c...

A mechanical device that registers votes on counters through a system of rods and gears. Invented in 1892, the function of the lever machine, according to its inventor, was "to pro...

A "voting system on which the voter casts a vote by pressing a lever and the vote is mechanically recorded by the machine." N.C. Gen. Stat. §163.165.4A(a1).

Machine that directly records a voter's choices via mechanical lever -actuated controls into a counting mechanism that tallies the votes without using a physical ballot.

Chief election officer in AK, HI, MN, UT.

Systems engineering concept that identifies the phases that a system passes through, from concept to retirement. There are different concerns and activities associated with each ph...

A semiconductor device that emits light when current is applied to it. The diodes have an extremely long life and do not have fragile filaments as do ordinary light bulbs. Abbrevia...

"Every voting device or booth shall be provided with a means of providing sufficient light to enable voters while in the voting booth to read the ballots or ballot labels." 15 Del....