Terms starting with “N”

A "VOTING in which the voter is entitled to allocate a fixed number of votes (N) VARIATION over a list of M or WRITE-INS, with the constraint that at most 1 vote may CONTEST CHOICE...

National Association of Counties

National Association of County Recorders, Election Officials and Clerks (now iGO)

Used in request and response messages. Voter includes this class for specifying the name of a voter and, optionally, for specifying a previous name of the voter, using PreviousName...

A concept relating to software transparency. The "ability to exit a specific block from within an arbitrary number of nested blocks, as opposed to only being able to exit the inner...

An organizational entity responsible for assigning distinguished names (DNs) and for assuring that each DN is meaningful and unique within its domain. (SP 800-32 (NISTIR)

National Academy of Sciences

National Association of State Election Directors

NASED (the National Association of State Election Directors) "qualifies" a vendor's voting system once it has passed testing through an Independent Testing Authority (ITA).

National Association of Secretaries of State

Belonging to or maintained by the federal government.

Each SSA is required to provide an annual report to the Secretary of Homeland Security on their efforts to identify, prioritize, and coordinate CI/KR protection in their respective...

Under HAVA, the National Association of Counties has the right to appoint two members to the ADVISORS. Abbreviated BOARD OF NACO.

Under HAVA, the National Association of County Recorders, Election Officials, and Treasurers has the right to appoint two members to the ADVISORS. Abbreviated BOARD OF NACRC.

Under HAVA, the National Association of Secretaries of State has the right to appoint two members to the ADVISORS. Abbreviated BOARD OF NASS.

A non-partisan professional organization of public officials composed of the secretaries of state of U.S. states and territories.

Under HAVA, the National Association of State Election Directors has the right to appoint two members to the and two members to the BOARD OF ADVISORS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. Abbrevi...

A non-partisan professional association of state election directors and administrators of U.S. states and territories.

A misnomer describing the processing of testing a voting machine by an INDEPENDENT to verify that it conforms to the STANDARDS. It is a TESTING AUTHORITY VOTING SYSTEM misnomer bec...

Report of results of independent testing of a voting system by an accredited test lab delivered to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission with a recommendation regarding granting...

Examination and testing of a voting system to determine if the system complies with the performance and other requirements of the national certification standards and with its own...

A secure dataset of approximately 160 million permanent change-of-address (COA) records consisting of the names and addresses of individuals, families, and businesses who have file...

A secure dataset of approximately million permanent change-of-address (COA) records consisting of the names and addresses of individuals, families, and businesses who have filed a...

System established by the National Security Agency (NSA) as a means of ensuring that all reported incidents are evaluated so that actions can be taken to minimize any adverse impac...