Terms starting with “S”

"Card stock, tinted for use in California elections, sufficiently large for more than one ballot card and later to be cut, after printing, into individual ballot cards (compare unf...

Sheriffs, the enforcement officers of the local courts, have varied roles in elections aside from their normal duties in keep in the peace on election day. In Alabama, for example,...

Room or container designed to attenuate electromagnetic radiation, acoustic signals, or emanations.

BALLOT. DOUBLE

A ballot for choosing Presidential electors in which the names of the individual electors are not listed but instead the voter is presented with the names of candidates for Preside...

The "brief period of time starting upon the completion of the certification of election returns and ending with the start of the full term and is applicable only when the office co...

Identifying combination of letters and numbers assigned to certain COMSEC materials to facilitate handling, accounting, and controlling (e.g., KAM-211, KG-175). Each item of accoun...

The key management entity (KME) privileged to request assignment of a new short title and generation of key against that short title. Source: CNSSI No. 4005 (COMSEC)

In the VVSG, "should" indicates "an optional recommended action." See also ENCOURAGED. Cf. MAY.

Security information and event management

An official register of electors entitled to vote at an election, used to verify and check in voters prior to issuing them a ballot.

A for "connection to the landline telephone of the polling place to the PORT CENTRAL TABULATOR." VVSG.

The signaling rate of a digital signal is defined as the reciprocal of the bit width (1/bit width). The signaling rate is used to determine the frequency range of electrical isolat...

A recognizable, distinguishing pattern. See attack signature and digital signature. Source: NIST SP 800-61 Rev 2 (adapted)

A public key certificate that contains a public key intended for verifying digital signatures rather than authenticating, encrypting data or performing any other cryptographic func...

Uses a digital signature algorithm and a private key to generate a digital signature on data. SOURCE: SP 800-57 Part 1 The process of using a digital signature algorithm and a priv...

A hardware artifact embedded in a and containing a PROGRAMMED DEVICE DEVICE unique to that device to protect cryptographic keys and generate digital SIGNATURE KEY signatures. VVSG....

The "certified list of voters at a polling place which is signed by a voter when presenting himself for voting on election day." N.M. Admin. Code §1.10.22.7(N).

The (mathematical) verification of the digital signature and obtaining the appropriate assurances (e.g., public key validity, private key possession, etc.). (FIPS 186 0 (NISTIR)

The use of a digital signature algorithm and a public key to verify a digital signature on data. (SP 800-57 Part 1) (NISTIR) The process of using a digital signature algorithm and...

Used in request and response messages. Enumeration for source of the voter’s signature, used in the Source sub-element of Signature . Name Value dmv For the department of motor veh...

Used in request and response messages. Enumeration for the type of voter signature, used in the Type sub-element of Signature . Name Value dynamic For use with biometrics or other...

Data on which a digital signature is generated. (FIPS 196) (NISTIR)

Loss of life, significant responsive actions against the United States, significant damage to property, serious adverse U.S. foreign policy consequences, or serious economic impact...