Terms starting with “P”

The election administration official in Minnesota who is responsible for the conduct of elections in a precinct selected for postelection review. Minn. Stat. §206.89.

"As used in the Election Code ... 'posting' means posting for not less than seven days prior to an election or to an action to be taken, in at least one conspicuous place in each p...

A "list of registered voters within a voting precinct." Utah Code §20A-1-102(48). Also POLL LIST.

A postal marking made on an envelope, parcel, postcard or the like, indicating the place, date, and time that the item was delivered into the care of a postal service, or sometimes...

Under emergency circumstances an election may be postponed. Iowa Admin. Code §721- 21.1(6). The postponement may even take place on DAY. However, because of 2 ELECTION U.S.C. §7, e...

The loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability that could be expected to have a limited (low) adverse effect, a serious (moderate) adverse effect, or a severe or catastrop...

A through which electrical power is supplied to components of a voting system. PORT 2007 VVSG.

(ES&S) A SYSTEM. VOTER REGISTRATION

A formal statement of the practices followed by an authentication entity (e.g., RA, CSP, or Verifier). It usually describes the policies and practices of the parties and can become...

Under the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, specified changes in voting procedures in certain states or political divisions cannot take effect in a state or political subdivision...

A performed before an election to verify that the voting system is LOGIC AND ACCURACY TEST operating properly.

Laws, policies, and administrative procedures that are conducted prior an election, often related to candidacy filings, ballot preparation, logic and accuracy testing of voting mac...

Document that is adopted provisionally by a standardizing body and made available to the public in order that the necessary experience may be gained from its application on which t...

A of a prior to opening the polls. VVSG. VOTING STATE VOTE-CAPTURE DEVICE 2007

The time period that a person, otherwise qualified to be a candidate for any public office or position to be determined by public election, prepares to be a candidate and may recei...

Election administration division corresponding to a contiguous geographic area that is the basis for determining which contests and issues the voters legally residing in that area...

A record that must be produced by the for purposes of ELECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM showing the "changes made to each contest based on the resolution of AUDIT PROVISIONAL choices, and...

An "automatic tabulating device used at the precinct to tabulate and process ballots." Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. §117.375(10).

A "device used by the voter at the precinct on election day or during early voting for the purpose of scanning the voter's ballot after the ballot has been voted but prior to depos...

A group of individuals working together, following specific rules and procedures, responsible for the proper and orderly voting at a polling location or an election process.

The official responsible for the proper and orderly voting at a polling location or an election process.

An in charge of a in the District of Columbia. ELECTION OFFICIAL

A "meeting of registered electors of a precinct who are eligible to participate, ... such meeting being organized in accordance with the rules and regulations of the political part...

An indication on a ballot designating the to which it applies. In some states, a ballot PRECINCT must bear such a code: "The computer or counting device must halt or indicate by ap...