Terms starting with “N”
190 election security terms starting with N, with direct links to full definitions and source-backed context.
New Party
VerifiedAny "political group which has filed a valid petition and is entitled to place its list of candidates on the ballot at the next general or special election." Mo. Rev. Stat. §115.01...
New Resident
VerifiedA "person who moves to this state after the last date authorized in this chapter to register to vote in any presidential election." Mo. Rev. Stat. §115.275(3). See also INTERSTATE...
New Voting Equipment System
Verified"Voting equipment that is operated in a materially different way or that functions in a materially different way than the equipment being replaced." Utah Code §20A-5-402.7(1).
News Feed
VerifiedA list of updates about friends on a Facebook home page as well as advertisements
Newsql
Verifiedrelational database system that bridges the gap between SQL and NoSQL. NewSQL databases aim to scale and stay consistent.
Next Choice
VerifiedWith respect to VOTING, "the highest ranked for a remaining INSTANT RUNOFF CHOICE candidate that has not become a vote at a previous STAGE." Wash. Rev. Code §29A.053.030(7).
Niccs
VerifiedNational Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies
Niche Cross Domain Solution (cds)
VerifiedCross domain solution that may (1) serve a specific narrow purpose, or (2) be built on very specialized hardware, or (3) be used in a special access program, and not appropriate fo...
Nickname
VerifiedA "familiar or shortened form of a proper name by which an individual is commonly known." Wisc. Stat. 5.02(12m).
Nist
VerifiedNational Institute of Standards and Technology
Nist Sp
VerifiedNIST Special Publication
Nistir
VerifiedNational Institute of Standards and Technology Internal Report (NISTIR)
No Excuse Absentee Voting
VerifiedA term used when any registered voter can request an absentee ballot, without restrictions.
No Fear
VerifiedNotification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation
No Float
Verified(ES&S) An option in whereby a appears in the same BALLOT IMAGE MANAGER CONTEST position on each STYLE; that is, the position of the contest does not float. BALLOT
No Indicia
VerifiedA class of system in which no encrypted strings or symbols, such as barcodes or hash VVPAT codes, are printed on the paper record for security purposes, to preserve voter-verifiabi...
No Vote
VerifiedThe failure of a voter to have a vote recorded for an office or question on which she was entitled to vote. A pure "no vote" results when no attempt to vote is recorded, in which c...
No Lone Zone (nlz)
VerifiedAn area, room, or space that, when staffed, must be occupied by two or more appropriately cleared individuals who remain within sight of each other. See two-person integrity (TPI)....
No Party Ballot
VerifiedA ballot on which no party affiliations are associated with candidates. N.D.C.C. §16.1-06-08.
No Vote Button
VerifiedA "button the election judge uses to clear a when an elector fails to enter any BALLOT DISPLAY votes on the DRE machine." Wyo. Rules §1.4(kk).
Nominate
VerifiedTo propose an individual to be considered for public office.
Nominated Officials
VerifiedIndividuals who have been proposed for consideration to appointment to public office or who have received enough votes in a primary election to move onto a general or run-off elect...
Nominating Petition
VerifiedA formal written document signed by registered voters to request the names of candidates be placed on election ballots.