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Terms starting with “R

370 election security terms starting with R, with direct links to full definitions and source-backed context.

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Re Elect

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To elect for another term to the same public office.

Election Administration1 source

Re Key (a Certificate)

Verified

The process of creating a new certificate with a new validity period, serial number, and public key while retaining all other Subscriber information in the original certificate. So...

Cybersecurity1 source

Read

Verified

Fundamental operation in an information system that results only in the flow of information from an object to a subject. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

Cybersecurity1 source

Read Access

Verified

Permission to read information in an information system. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

Cybersecurity1 source

Read Area

Verified

(opscan) A ballot that has been processed but may not have been tabulated correctly or at all.

Voting Systems1 source

Read Ballot

Cast ballot that has been successfully accepted and initially processed.

Tabulation3 sources

Read Only Memory

Verified

Abbreviated ROM. See also EEPROM.

Voting Systems1 source

Readability

Verified

A concerned with determining the clarity of ballot text to the voter. Alaska HUMAN FACTOR has a practice of scoring ballot proposition language to determine its readability on a nu...

Voting Systems1 source

Readable Ballot

Verified

A "ballot that the certified vote tallying system can accept and read as the voter intended without alteration, and that meets the standards of the county canvassing board subject...

Voting Systems1 source

Readback

Verified

The action of repeating an audio representation of the selections made by a voter. VVSG.

Voting Systems1 source

Reader

Verified

In Texas, a person who reads the to a voter with a visual or reading disability. Tex. BALLOT Admin. Code §81.56.

Voting Systems1 source

Readiness Report

Verified

A report detailing the fitness of a voting system component to perform properly in an election. If the component is a DEVICE, the device itself must generate the report. PROGRAMMED...

Voting Systems1 source

Ready State

Verified

A of a after polls have been opened and the device has VOTING STATE VOTE-CAPTURE DEVICE been placed in but is not in state. Simply put, in the ready state the ACTIVATED STATE IN US...

Voting Systems1 source

Real Time Reaction Reciprocity

Verified

Immediate response to a penetration attempt that is detected and diagnosed in time to prevent access. Mutual agreement among participating enterprises to accept each other's securi...

Cybersecurity1 source

Real Time Reaction

Verified

Immediate response to a penetration attempt that is detected and diagnosed in time to prevent access. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

Cybersecurity1 source

Realtime Clock

Verified

Each touchscreen must have a realtime clock "capable of recording and documenting the DRE total time polls are open in a precinct and capable of documenting the opening and closing...

Voting Systems1 source

Reappointment

Verified

To appoint for another term to the same public office.

Election Administration1 source

Reapportion

Verified

To assign or distribute seats differently in a legislative body based on changes in population.

Election Administration1 source

Reapportionment

Verified

The process by which seats in a legislative body are distributed among administrative divisions based on changes in population.

Election Administration1 source

Reattributed Contribution

Verified

The portion of an excessive contribution that has been attributed in writing to another contributor and signed by both contributors.

Legal & Policy1 source

Recall

"Recall is the power of the electors to remove an elective officer." Cal. Const. Art. 2, §13. The "process by which the registered qualified electors of the District of Columbia ma...

Governance2 sources
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