Terms starting with “M”

Cryptosystem in which the cryptographic processes are performed without the use of crypto-equipment or auto-manual devices.

The "process of inspecting each voter response position on each voted ballot upon breaking the seals and opening the ballot containers from the precincts or, in the case of precinc...

A non-automated means of transporting cryptographic keys by physically moving a device, document, or person containing or possessing the key or key component. (SP 800-57 Part 1) (N...

Any "approved device for directly marking a ballot by hand with ink, pencil, or other substance which will enable the ballot to be tabulated by means of automatic tabulating equipm...

A performed without resort to automated equipment. Texas Elec. Code §214.002. RECOUNT See also RECOUNT. HAND-EYE

Procedure by which a distant crypto-equipment is rekeyed electronically, with specific actions required by the receiving terminal operator. Synonymous with cooperative remote rekey...

Counting ballot sheets and/or selections on ballot sheets by human examination.

Paper ballot marked by a voter using a writing utensil. The paper ballot is the independent voter verifiable record.

An election result, more commonly found where a plurality/majority system is used, in which a single party or coalition wins less than 50 per cent of the valid votes but an absolut...

1. An "entity with ownership and control over a voting system submitted for testing." VVSG. 2. A "Secretary of State certified vendor which processes card stock to make sheets or u...

Testing of a voting system by its manufacturer prior to submission for CERTIFICATION.

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A "mark within a voting target that does not conform to manufacturer specifications for a reliably detectable vote. ... The word "marginal" refers to the limit of what is detectabl...

An intentional mark in a contest selection position of a paper ballot that does not meet the requirements for a reliably detectable selection, and therefore requires human adjudica...

A "character or symbol which is distinguishable and noticeable to a reasonable person but which does not identify or reveal the voter in a primary, general or special election." Ar...

(opscan) A special ink for printing optical scan ballots that does not contain carbon black or iron particles and is thus not recognized y the scanner. Abbreviated INK. MRC

A "machine-readable ballot which utilizes paper for presenting the names of the offices and candidates and statements of questions to be voted and on which the voter marks his or h...

A "properly cast vote on a optical scan voting system which can include blackening the oval or filling in the blank space in an arrow or line." 33 Pa. Bull. 31, p. 3935 (Aug. 2, 20...

"A system by which votes are recorded by means of marks made in voting response fields designated on one or both faces of a ballot card or series of cards." FVSS Appendix.

Ballot that contains voter's selections.

See security marking.

"'Marking device' means a device for marking ballots with ink or other substance, or any other method for recording votes on ballots in a manner that the votes may be tabulated and...

A technology "by which votes are recorded by means of marks made in voting response fields designated on one or both faces of a ballot card or series of cards. Marksense systems ma...

"'Masculine' includes the feminine, and the masculine pronoun wherever used in this Title shall be construed to include the feminine." N.J.S.A. §19:1-1. This provision does not ind...