Terms starting with “P”

The disability community is rapidly evolving to using identity-first language in place of person-first language. This is because it views disability as being a core component of id...

"[C]hannels, rollers, compensators, lockouts, pins and shutters used in connection with voting machines." N.J.S.A. §19:48-3.15.

A document with information about measures, initiatives, referendums, or candidates used to gather signatures from registered voters.

An organized effort to collect sufficient valid signatures to support an initiative, candidate, measure, or referendum.

The act of raising and spending funds for purposes related to a petition.

The act of attempting to gather signatures from voters for initiatives, referendums, or candidates.

Term used when elections officials examine submitted petitions and determine whether they are in proper form, if the signatures of voters are valid, and if the requisite number of...

A model where cybercriminals offer pre-packaged phishing tools and resources, like malicious email templates, landing pages, and hosting, to others, effectively lowering the barrie...

A technique for attempting to acquire sensitive data, such as bank account numbers, through a fraudulent solicitation in email or on a web site, in which the perpetrator masquerade...

Used in request and response messages. Enumeration for telephone capabilities, used in the Capability attribute of PhoneContactMethod . Name Value fax For telephones that include f...

Used in request and response messages. RequestHelper , and RequestProxy use this class to specify a telephone number as well as the capabilities of the telephone, e.g., sms, fax, e...

Physical and Digital Access Control systems can detect and prevent insider threats.

An inspection that compares the voting system components submitted for qualification to the vendor's technical documentation and confirms that the documentation submitted meets the...

Inspection by an accredited test laboratory that compares the voting system components submitted for certification testing to the vendor's technical documentation and confirms that...

"Blindness or any other physical handicap making it impracticable to cast a ballot." Nev. Rev. Stat. §293.070.

It is clear that voting system must be resistant to tampering or intrusion both by electronic and physical means. Requirements that address the physical aspects of voting system se...

A network that is not connected to entities or systems outside a physically controlled space. (SP 800-32) (NISTIR)

A space inside one physically protected perimeter. Separate areas of equal protection may be considered part of the same PPS if the communication links between them are provided su...

A "ballot specific to a single major political party, listing candidates for that major political party and including non-partisan offices and issues, or a ballot containing only n...

A type of in which the voter may choose a party in which to vote for that OPEN PRIMARY election regardless of the party to which the voter belongs. Also PRIMARY. SELECTIVE

(opscan) An elastic band used to feed a ballot into a scanner.

An error that occurs when a optical scanner is unable to obtain the next ballot for scanning.

In Missouri a who picks up election materials from the county election board prior to JUDGE an election.

A small Bluetooth network created on an ad hoc basis that includes two or more devices. (SP 800-121) (NISTIR)