Terms starting with “P”

See TRAIL. VOTER-VERIFIED PAPER AUDIT

"A voting device that records votes, counts votes, and/or produces a report of the vote count from votes cast on paper cards or sheets." VVSG.

Voting system that records votes, counts votes, and tabulates the vote count, using one or more ballot cards or paper ballots.

Testing a number of randomly selected voting stations under conditions that simulate actual Election Day usage as closely as possible, except that the actual ballots seen by 'test...

A mixed system in which the choices expressed by the voters are used to elect representatives through two different systems, usually one plurality/majority system and one proportio...

The testing of randomly selected voting machines during an election. A "process designed to detect the potential presence of malicious code in the software of a voting machine. It...

The Louisiana equivalent of a COUNTY.

The body that supervises elections in a Louisiana parish.

A local election official in Louisiana. "The clerk of the district court is ex officio parish custodian of voting machines in each parish, except that in any parish having a civil...

Bit(s) used to determine whether a block of data has been altered. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

Bit(s) used to determine whether a block of data has been altered. Rationale: Term has been replaced by the term "parity bit".

A checksum that is computed on a block of bits by computing the binary sum of the individual bits in the block and then discarding all but the low-order bit of the sum. See checksu...

A method of voting in which the voter is allowed to vote for n out of m candidates, but the k > n candidates receiving the highest totals will be elected. Cf. BLOC VOTING.

An or that can be counted only for certain races ABSENTEE BALLOT QUESTIONED BALLOT because the voter voted in a district in which he or she was not registered. In such cases, state...

A "RECOUNT in fewer than the total number of election precincts involved in an election." Texas Elec. Code §211.002(3). See also Ore. Rev. Stat. §258.006(8).

A "vote card with chad(s) in which only one (1) corner is broken or separated from the card." Ark. Register §108.00.02-003.300(g). Cf. AREA. CANDIDATE

A committed member of a political party who strongly supports their party's policies.

A "ballot which contains a distinctive code associated with the major political party of the voter and on which is clearly printed the name of the party." Nev. Rev. Stat. 293B.300.

An "election in which the names of the candidates are printed on the ballot along with their affiliation. The existence of a partisan election for the state or for a political subd...

A "public office for which a candidate may indicate a political party preference on his or her declaration of candidacy and have that preference appear on the primary and general e...

The act of completing the required paperwork to become a partisan candidate for public office.

Election in which political parties choose their nominees for a general or run-off election.

Information systems security mode of operation wherein all personnel have the clearance, but not necessarily formal access approval and need-to-know, for all information handled by...

An organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a country's elections. It is common for the members of a political party to have similar ideas about politics, and parties...