Terms starting with “R”

"Any state or local election official whose actions are alleged, in a written COMPLAINT, to be in violation of Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, 42 U.S.C. §15481." 31...

The entity that responds to the initiator of the authentication exchange. (FIPS 196) (NISTIR)

The activities that address the short-term, direct effects of an incident and may also support short-term recovery.

incident response plan

An information distribution approach whereby relevant essential information is made readily available and discoverable to the broadest possible pool of potential users.

A trustworthy person designated by a sponsoring organization to authenticate individual applicants seeking certificates on the basis of their affiliation with the sponsor. (SP 800-...

The process of changing the status of a suspended (i.e., temporarily invalid) certificate to valid. Source: CNSSI No. 1300

The process of restoring voting rights to people who lost their voting rights under felony disenfranchisement or for any other reason that might have disqualified them from voting.

A BALLOT, a or BALLOT. Tex. Elec. Code LIMITED PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT FEDERAL §111.001.

All data concerning (i) design, manufacture, or utilization of atomic weapons; (ii) the production of special nuclear material; or (iii) the use of special nuclear material in the...

The "manual or electronic tabulation of the votes counted for a candidate or issue." Okla. Stat. §26-6-102.1(4).

A removable memory device on which totals and/or are stored for later BALLOT IMAGES uploading to a tabulation machine.

A paper tape printed at the conclusion of voting containing the total number of votes cast for each candidate and upon each question.

The "process of running ballots back through the tabulation system for an additional time or times for the express purpose of reconciling the count." Wyo. Stat. §22-1-102(a)(xlii)....

The process of adding up once again the votes obtained from individual voting machines." Ariz. Rev. Stat. §16-641. Cf. RECOUNT.

(opscan) A pad situated between the input hopper and the ballot path on an optical scanner to prevent more than one at a time from passing through the machine. BALLOT

In elections for federal office, election must preserve for 22 months "all ADMINISTRATORS records and paper that came into [their] possession relating to an application, registrati...

An election to determine whether various incumbents, typically judges, should be retained in office.

A periodic process whereby voters are asked whether an incumbent (usually a judge) should remain in office for another term. The office holder, who does not face an opponent, is re...

Recorded ballot that can be individually retrieved and included or excluded from further processing.

A voter's that can be "linked to that voter for possible retrieval if it ABSENTEE BALLOT becomes necessary to take action as to that cast ballot." 8 N.C. Admin. Code §04.0301. In N...

A number used in the Hart InterCivic eSlate system to refer to and retrieve PROVISIONAL BALLOTS.

An "envelope that is printed with spaces for the name and address of, and a self-affirmation to be signed by, an voting in a ELECTION, that contains a ELIGIBLE ELECTOR MAIL BALLOT...

In Missouri, a who returns election materials to the county office following an election. JUDGE