Terms starting with “M”

A "piece of material with defined areas for each voting position, into which holes are punched corresponding only to the voting positions appearing on the LABEL." 31 Ky. Admin. BAL...

A type of threat action whereby an unauthorized entity gains access to a system or performs a malicious act by illegitimately posing as an authorized entity.

A ballot that clumps candidates by office rather than by party, thus discouraging STRAIGHT- VOTING. Also Cf. BALLOT. PARTY OFFICE-BLOC BALLOT. INDIANA

Key device with electronic logic and circuits providing the capability for adding more operational CIKs to a keyset. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

A data file containing information about a jurisdiction's geographical components, political subdivisions and repetitive CONTESTS.

An alphabetical list of all persons registered in a District of Columbia and eligible to PRECINCT vote in an election, including each person's name, address, party affiliation (whe...

An in the District of Columbia who reads aloud the name, address, and ELECTION OFFICIAL party affiliation from the Master Index as each voter appears at a PLACE. POLLING

The "list of all registered voters in the state which is maintained by the director of elections." Alaska Stat. §15.60.010(15).

A list of voters maintained in a single, uniform, official, computerized statewide or local registration database of registered voters.

The process of comparing biometric information against a previously stored template(s) and scoring the level of similarity. Source: FIPS PUB 201-1

The amount of time mission/business processes can be disrupted without causing significant harm to the organization's mission. (SP 800-34) (NISTIR)

BOX. MOBILE BALLOT

SCANNER. MMPB-CAPABLE OPTICAL

Malicious Domain Blocking and Reporting

MD Cyber Challenge and Conference

mobile device management mis-, dis-, and mal-Information

A measure of the frequency of of a device or system, specifically the average time FAILURE between failures. This measure has been supplanted in the by RATE. 2007 VVSG FAILURE Abbr...

The average time from the point at which a device or system is put into operation until its first failure. The concept is most useful for items which cannot be repaired, i.e., for...

"'Measure' includes any of the following submitted to the people for their approval or rejection at an election: (a) A proposed law. (b) An Act or part of an Act of the Legislative...

The portion of voting materials that contains information about a new law or constitutional amendment that is placed on the ballot for approval or rejection by voters.

A "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." 2005 VV...

The record that reflects the total votes cast for and against a specific ballot issue. This record is augmented as each ballot is cast on a DRE or as digital signals from the conve...

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.

A "device 1. Which mechanically or electronically compiles a total of the number of votes cast for each candidate and for or against each measure voted on; or 2. To which a list of...