Terms starting with “S”

"At the conclusion of determining the votes cast on voting devices and paper ballots, the officers of election shall verify that all required data has been accurately entered, sign...

A certificate, executed by the attesting to the correctness of in a CERTIFYING BOARD, RETURNS precinct. 31 Ky. Admin. Regs. §2:010(21)(12).

A document containing the official vote totals in a political subdivision to be transmitted to the Secretary of State. See, e.g. Ind. Code §36-5-1-17. Abbreviated SOVC.

Extending throughout a particular U.S. state.

The "record of the results in each election for candidates, ballot issues, and ballot questions that the secretary of state certified for the ballot." Col. Stat. §1-1-104(46.5).

An "election held to nominate or to choose officers elected by or to submit a question to the voters of the entire state." Tenn. Code §2-1-104(28). Cf. STATE ELECTION.

Tallies of votes cast in an election, that have been compiled from voting jurisdiction throughout a state, after the polls have been closed for voting.

An office for which every voter in the state is eligible to vote.

A "SPECIAL called by the governor or the Legislature in which all registered voters ELECTION in Utah may vote." Utah Code §2-1-104(22).

A platform that supports the functions of election systems, including voter registration, voter list maintenance, precinct data, and the production of poll books.

A platform that supports the functions of election systems, including voter registration, voter list maintenance, precinct data, and the production of poll books.

Electronic voting reform initiative in the State of Georgia.

The official list, which may be maintained on the Internet, or every legally registered voter. Nev. Rev. Stat. §293.111.

The system that each state must maintain, pursuant to HAVA, that maintains a centralized statewide database of registered voters. Abbreviated SVRS.

A key that is intended for use for a relatively long period of time and is typically intended for use in many instances of a cryptographic key establish scheme (SP 800-57 Part 1) (...

Software that does not change based on the election being conducted or the voting equipment upon which it is installed, e.g., executable code.

(ES&S) An internal counter in a voting machine that records information about the voting process that does not appear on the ballot, such as the total number of votes cast.

Monitoring the information security metrics defined by the organization in the information security ISCM strategy. (SP 800-137) (NISTIR)

A report concerning a voting system that verifies that all voting devices are properly prepared and ready for an election, verifies the correct installation and interfaces of all s...

A written law passed by a legislative body of a city, county, state, country, or other political body.

A citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends statute.

Provisions that expand on the subject matter of the statute, or law, to provide more information about who the law applies to, when it applies, and what the penalties are for viola...

To break the rules of or act against a law.

Stealthing is a term that refers to approaches used by malicious code to conceal its presence on the infected system.