Terms starting with “N”

The process of being proposed for consideration to public office.

A formal written document issued by an election office to request the name of a candidate be placed on election ballots.

A "CANDIDATE who has become entitled ... to a place on the ballot." 3 Guam Code Ann. §1115.

An error, mistake, omission, or intentional act that results in a vote not counting towards the final election result.

A voter who is not "affiliated with any political party." Ore. Rev. Stat. §254.370 (1).

Voting without the use of BALLOTS, as with DOCUMENT DIRECT-RECORDING ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS. VOTING

UNCOERCIBILITY.

An RBG that (when working properly) produces outputs that have full entropy. Contrast with a DRBG. Other names for nondeterministic RBGs are True Random Number (or Bit) Generators...

See mandatory access control (MAC).

A "a person whose native speaking language is a language other than English, and who continues to use his or her native language as his or her primary means of oral and written com...

"Declarative or informative in nature; not subject to interpretation or compilation as programming language instructions." VVSG.

Maintenance activities conducted by individuals communicating through a network; either an external network (e.g., the Internet) or an internal network. Source: NIST SP 800-53 Rev...

An interaction mode that uses assistive technology, for example, a sip-and-puff switch, to allow voters with no use of their hands to operate the voting system.

A user who is not an organizational user (including public users). Source: NIST SP 800-53 Rev 4

Any type of media on which information is stored, but which does not qualify as Paper or Printed Media, such as Micro Media (micro fiche and microfilm) or Computer Hard Drives.

Not affiliated with a political party. A "candidate who is not a candidate of any political party and who is running for an office for which party candidates may not run." Mo. Rev....

A "primary election ballot that lists all nonpartisan races and ballot measures to be voted on at that primary." Wash. Rev. Code §29A.04.008(7).

An "election that is not a. ELECTION." Col. Stat. §1-1-104(23.3). PARTISAN

An "elected office for which a political party may not nominate a candidate." Nev. Rev. Stat. §293.0675. Cf. PARTISAN OFFICE.

Contest where eligibility to vote in that contest is independent of political party affiliation.

NON-PARTISAN OFFICE.

An entity with a digital identity that acts in cyberspace, but is not a human actor. This can include organizations, hardware devices, software applications, and information artifa...

Protection against an individual falsely denying having performed a particular action. Provides the capability to determine whether a given individual took a particular action such...

An organization or individual that is not affiliated with a nation-state.