Terms starting with “O”

Under HAVA, the Chief of the Office of Integrity of the (or his DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE designee) is a member of the ADVISORS. BOARD OF

An official responsible for administering an election or an election process.

A term used to describe an individual who has been sworn into public office and is currently serving in the position.

1. Any "person who, under color of any Federal, State, Commonwealth, or local law, statute, ordinance, regulation, authority, custom, or usage, performs or is authorized to perform...

(1) Of or relating to an office, position, or trust (2) Holding an office : having authority

A ballot "distributed by the election officer to the election judges to be given to voters to record their votes." Utah Code §20A-1-102(41). The "list of offices and candidates and...

An official card or a number of cards upon which are printed, or identified by reference to the ballot, the names of candidates for nomination or election to one or more offices or...

A paper, envelope, or folder that encloses a ballot to maintain the secrecy of how a voter marked their ballot.

The "public process of processing and tallying all ballots received in an election, including, but not limited to, provisional ballots and absentee ballots not included in the semi...

A notation affixed to a ballot to indicate that it is genuine. "(a) the information on the ballot that identifies: (i) the ballot as an official ballot; (ii) the date of the electi...

The official inner, outer, and secrecy envelopes used to transport or enclose ballots.

All information of any kind, however stored, that is in the custody and control of the Department/Agency (D/A), relates to information in the custody and control of the D/A, or was...

A person designated to observe the counting of ballots. 2 Hawaii Rev. Stat. §16-45. An "observer officially appointed by the Secretary of State or an observer appointed by the Unit...

A list of the individuals that have registered with a party affiliation on an electoral roll, as a prerequisite for being entitled or permitted to vote.

The "book furnished election officials by the election officer" that contains information about registered voters. Utah Code §20A-1-102(44).

"The returns produced by the vote tallying system, to which have been added the counts of questioned ballots, write-in votes, and absentee votes, constitute the official returns of...

A list of the individuals that have registered on an electoral roll where a voter resides, as a prerequisite for being entitled to vote.

An example ballot provided to voters with information specific to the voter. Sample Ballot booklets often provide additional election information such as the voter's polling place...

The "first tape produced by an electronic tabulating machine that tallies the final vote totals at the conclusion of voting and that is attached to the zero tape produced by the ma...

One who has "filed a write-in candidate's certificate of announcement DECLARED WRITE-IN. and have been certified according to [law]." W. Va. Code §3-4A-27(c)(7).

Offensive Security

Office of General Counsel. The Office of General Counsel consists of five organizational units: (1) the Policy Division; (2) the Enforcement Division; (3) the Litigation Division;...

READING. Miss. Code Ann. §23-15-503(a). OPTICAL MARK

Refers to data that is stored within the PIV card or computation that is done by the ICC of the PIV card. (FIPS 201) (NISTIR)