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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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Recipient Usage Period

Verified

The period of time during the cryptoperiod of a symmetric key when protected information is processed. (SP 800-57) (NISTIR)

Cybersecurity1 source

Reciprocity

Verified

Mutual 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...

Cybersecurity1 source

Reconcile

Verified

An accounting or auditing process that compares two sets of records to check that figures are consistent, accurate, and complete.

Election Administration1 source

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)

Attack Methods3 sources

Record

Verified

1. (noun) "Preserved evidence of activities performed or results achieved (e.g., forms, reports, test results)." VVSG. 2. (verb) "To create a record." 2007 VVSG.

Standards2 sources

Record (noun)

Verified

Preserved evidence of activities performed or results achieved (for example, forms, reports, test results).

Election Administration2 sources

Record (verb)

To document an action or create a record.

Election Administration2 sources

Recorded Ballot

Verified

A ballot for which there is an associated cast vote record.

Voting2 sources

Recording And Tabulating Equipment

Verified

A 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...

Voting Systems1 source

Recording Counter

Verified

A 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.

Voting Systems1 source

Recording Judge

Verified

One 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).

Voting Systems1 source

Records

Verified

The 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...

Auditing3 sources

Records Management

Verified

The 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...

Cybersecurity1 source

Records Management (c.f.d.)

Verified

The process for tagging information for records keeping requirements as mandated in the Federal Records Act and the National Archival and Records Requirements.

Cybersecurity1 source

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...

Auditing3 sources

Recount Board

Verified

A 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...

Voting Systems1 source

Recount Committee

Verified

A 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...

Voting Systems1 source

Recount Coordinator

Verified

The "authority to whom a petition for an or an is INITIAL RECOUNT EXPEDITED RECOUNT submitted." Texas Elec. Code §211.002(6).

Voting Systems1 source

Recount Deposit

Verified

A cash deposit required to cover the costs of a RECOUNT. Texas Elec. Code §211.002(9).

Voting Systems1 source

Recount Document

Verified

A "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...

Voting Systems1 source

Recount Supervisor

Verified

The "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).

Voting Systems1 source

Recount Tabulator

Verified

The member of the "designated to operate the equipment" in an RECOUNT COMMITTEE Texas Elec. Code §214.045(a). ELECTRONIC RECOUNT.

Voting Systems1 source

Recovery

Verified

The 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.

Incident Response2 sources

Recovery Point Objective

Verified

The point in time to which data must be recovered after an outage. (SP 800-34) (NISTIR)

Cybersecurity1 source
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