Terms starting with “R”

A that is issued to a voter to correct an error in the printing or issuing of the original BALLOT ballot.

Any "BALLOT on which no votes are counted because the ballot fails to have the initials of the proper election judges, because the number of votes for all offices and on all questi...

To change the value of a cryptographic key that is being used in a cryptographic system/application. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

o change the value of a cryptographic key that is being used in a cryptographic system application; this normally entails issuing a new certificate on the new public key. (SP 800-3...

The order in which in a appear on the BALLOT. CANDIDATES RACE

A relay is a system acting as an interim station for the provision of a service. In connection with malware and spam, relays are used to conceal the real sender and prevent blockin...

Prefix appended to the short title of U.S.-produced keying material to indicate its foreign releasability. "A" designates material that is releasable to specific allied nations and...

A "CONTEST appearing in a or ballot associated with a given BALLOT STYLE REPORTING CONTEXT. ... If a contest is included in a ballot style associated with a given reporting context...

The " probability that an item will perform a required function, under stated conditions, for a stated period of time ." Cal. Proc. §1843.

"The form of on a ballot that will be detected and counted each and every time the MARK ballot is run through a tabulating machine, irrespective of which voting target is being mar...

"The form of on a ballot that will never be detected or counted no matter when the MARK ballot is run through a tabulating machine, irrespective of which voting target is being mar...

An entity that relies on the validity of the binding of the Subscriber's name to a public key to verify or establish the identity and status of an individual, role, or system or de...

With respect to VOTING, "a candidate who has not been eliminated." Wash. INSTANT RUNOFF Rev. Code §29A.053.030(8).

Residual information remaining on storage media after clearing. See magnetic remanence and clearing. Source: IETF RFC 4949 Ver 2

The act of mitigating a vulnerability or a threat. Source: NIST SP 800-40 Rev 2 (adapted)

A plan to perform the remediation of one or more threats or vulnerabilities facing an organization's systems. The plan typically includes options to remove threats and vulnerabilit...

Access to an organizational information system by a user (or a process acting on behalf of a user) communicating through an external network (e.g., the Internet). Source: NIST SP 8...

A mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system and its software that is used for the sole purpose of marking an electronic vote by mail ballot remotely, outside a polling lo...

Maintenance activities conducted by authorized individuals communicating through an external network (e.g., the Internet).

Electronic voting in which voters do not physically appear at a polling place, but vote by transmitting their choices electronically to a collection point. Abbreviated REV.

Maintenance activities conducted by individuals communicating external to an information system security perimeter. (SP 800-18) (NISTIR) Maintenance activities conducted by individ...

Procedure by which a distant crypto-equipment is rekeyed electrically. See automatic remote rekeying and manual remote rekeying.

A location other than a jurisdiction's facility at which votes are accumulated CENTRAL COUNT and tabulated. Remote sites are common in large jurisdictions such as cities where such...

A mechanism by which voters are enabled to cast a vote which does not involve their attendance at a polling station on the day or days fixed for voting. See also Out-of-country vot...