Terms starting with “M”

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BAY. MULTIPLE MOBILE BALLOT BOX

A certificate attesting to certain facts concerning an individual voting machine, such as the number shown on the at the opening of the polls. La. Rev. Stat. Ann. PROTECTIVE COUNTE...

A "ballot count produced by a voting system that uses machines." 8 N.C. Admin. Code §09.0107(a).

The "county board of elections shall, prior to each primary and election, appoint for each additional voting machine to be used in such district, one qualified registered elector o...

A subfield of computer science in which computers learn without being explicitly programmed and automate analytic model building.

A field concerned with designing and developing artificial intelligence algorithms for automated knowledge discovery and innovation by information systems.

(ES&S, opscan) A portion of an optical scan ballot that is detected and read by a scanner, including a and BAR. TIMING MARK, CANDIDATE OVAL, ORIENTATION

Mark in a contest selection position of a paper ballot that meets requirements for detection by a scanner.

A that is not machine-readable, including a ripped or torn ballot, a ballot voted with BALLOT an instrument that cannot be read by the machine, or a ballot with extraneous marks wi...

Mark in a contest selection position of a paper ballot that cannot be detected as readable or marginal by a scanner and requires human adjudication.

A virus that attaches itself to documents and uses the macro programming capabilities of the document's application to execute and propagate.

A term that describes several different types of political subdivision. 1. In Pennsylvania, a district whose local court is presided over by a magistrate. 2. In Virginia and West V...

A civil officer or lay judge who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offenses and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.

Magnetic representation of residual information remaining on a magnetic medium after the medium has been cleared. See clearing.

1. A ballot to be submitted by mail. Oregon votes entirely by mail for and PRIMARY GENERAL ELECTIONS. Ore. Rev. Stat. §254.465(1). 2. A "ballot used in a mail ballot election and d...

An "election conducted entirely by where: MAIL BALLOT (a) Only issues or nonpartisan offices are on the ballot; (b) The election is not being held in conjunction with a state prima...

The "packet of information provided by the designated election official to eligible electors in the mail ballot election. The packet includes the ballot, instructions for completin...

Any "precinct containing less than two hundred active registered voters at the closing of voter registration ... in which the county auditor has determined to conduct the voting by...

A "ballot used in a precinct with fewer than two hundred active registered voters regularly voting by mail in primary, general, and special elections." Wash. Admin. Code §434-238-...

A ballot cast by a voter other than in-person at a voting location. Mailed ballots are typically mailed to voters but can be issued over the counter from an election's office. Depe...

The process of mailing ballots to voters using the U.S. Postal Service.

BALLOT. MAIL

A form used by a voter to request that a ballot be mailed to them.