Terms starting with “R”
370 election security terms starting with R, with direct links to full definitions and source-backed context.
Recipient Usage Period
VerifiedThe period of time during the cryptoperiod of a symmetric key when protected information is processed. (SP 800-57) (NISTIR)
Reciprocity
VerifiedMutual agreement among participating enterprises to accept each other's security assessments in order to reuse information system resources and/or to accept each other's assessed s...
Reconcile
VerifiedAn accounting or auditing process that compares two sets of records to check that figures are consistent, accurate, and complete.
Reconnaissance
the phase of an attack where an attacker gathers information on, and maps networks, as well as probing them for exploitable vulnerabilities in order to hack them. (UK 2016)
Record
Verified1. (noun) "Preserved evidence of activities performed or results achieved (e.g., forms, reports, test results)." VVSG. 2. (verb) "To create a record." 2007 VVSG.
Record (noun)
VerifiedPreserved evidence of activities performed or results achieved (for example, forms, reports, test results).
Record (verb)
To document an action or create a record.
Recorded Ballot
VerifiedA ballot for which there is an associated cast vote record.
Recording And Tabulating Equipment
VerifiedA machine that allows an voter to indicate choices and that also counts those choices. A "type of voting machine which is a single unit designed to permit a voter to "enter" the pr...
Recording Counter
VerifiedA counter that records "the total number of votes cast for each candidate and for and against each question at any particular time." Mo. Rev. Stat. §115.251.
Recording Judge
VerifiedOne of the judges, "who tally the votes received by each candidate and for and against each question at a polling place." Mo. Rev. Stat. §115.447(3).
Records
VerifiedThe recordings (automated and/or manual) of evidence of activities performed or results achieved (e.g., forms, reports, test results), which serve as a basis for verifying that the...
Records Management
VerifiedThe process for tagging information for records-keeping requirements as mandated in the Federal Records Act and the National Archival and Records Requirements. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR...
Records Management (c.f.d.)
VerifiedThe process for tagging information for records keeping requirements as mandated in the Federal Records Act and the National Archival and Records Requirements.
Recount
An additional count of the votes cast in an election, typically required due to state law, a candidate request, or a court order, that is used to determine the accuracy of the repo...
Recount Board
VerifiedA board that supervises the conduct of a RECOUNT. "The responsibility of a recount board is to tabulate all votes for the office in question on ballots that were counted by the pre...
Recount Committee
VerifiedA body that actually performs a RECOUNT. "Before beginning a recount, each RECOUNT shall appoint a recount committee composed of as many members as the SUPERVISOR supervisor determ...
Recount Coordinator
VerifiedThe "authority to whom a petition for an or an is INITIAL RECOUNT EXPEDITED RECOUNT submitted." Texas Elec. Code §211.002(6).
Recount Deposit
VerifiedA cash deposit required to cover the costs of a RECOUNT. Texas Elec. Code §211.002(9).
Recount Document
VerifiedA "petition for an RECOUNT, a petition for an RECOUNT, an application for INITIAL EXPEDITED a RECOUNT, or an application for including remaining paper ballot SUPPLEMENTARY precinct...
Recount Supervisor
VerifiedThe "authority designated ... to manage and supervise a in election precincts in the RECOUNT jurisdiction of a local canvassing authority." Texas Elec. Code §211.002(7).
Recount Tabulator
VerifiedThe member of the "designated to operate the equipment" in an RECOUNT COMMITTEE Texas Elec. Code §214.045(a). ELECTRONIC RECOUNT.
Recovery
VerifiedThe activities after an incident or event to restore essential services and operations in the short and medium term and fully restore all capabilities in the longer term.
Recovery Point Objective
VerifiedThe point in time to which data must be recovered after an outage. (SP 800-34) (NISTIR)