Terms starting with “R”
370 election security terms starting with R, with direct links to full definitions and source-backed context.
Re Elect
VerifiedTo elect for another term to the same public office.
Re Key (a Certificate)
VerifiedThe 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...
Read
VerifiedFundamental operation in an information system that results only in the flow of information from an object to a subject. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)
Read Access
VerifiedPermission to read information in an information system. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)
Read Area
Verified(opscan) A ballot that has been processed but may not have been tabulated correctly or at all.
Read Ballot
Cast ballot that has been successfully accepted and initially processed.
Read Only Memory
VerifiedAbbreviated ROM. See also EEPROM.
Readability
VerifiedA 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...
Readable Ballot
VerifiedA "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...
Readback
VerifiedThe action of repeating an audio representation of the selections made by a voter. VVSG.
Reader
VerifiedIn Texas, a person who reads the to a voter with a visual or reading disability. Tex. BALLOT Admin. Code §81.56.
Readiness Report
VerifiedA 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...
Ready State
VerifiedA 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...
Real Time Reaction Reciprocity
VerifiedImmediate 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...
Real Time Reaction
VerifiedImmediate response to a penetration attempt that is detected and diagnosed in time to prevent access. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)
Realtime Clock
VerifiedEach 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...
Reappointment
VerifiedTo appoint for another term to the same public office.
Reapportion
VerifiedTo assign or distribute seats differently in a legislative body based on changes in population.
Reapportionment
VerifiedThe process by which seats in a legislative body are distributed among administrative divisions based on changes in population.
Reattributed Contribution
VerifiedThe portion of an excessive contribution that has been attributed in writing to another contributor and signed by both contributors.
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...