Terms starting with “V”
322 election security terms starting with V, with direct links to full definitions and source-backed context.
Va
VerifiedSee Vulnerability Assessment
Vaa
VerifiedVOTING ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED ACT.
Vacancy
The situation in which an office is not filled or performed because of a condition such as the death, removal, resignation or incapacity of the holder." See also OFFICE. VACANCY IN
Vacancy In Election
VerifiedThe "vacancy in an elective office created by death, resignation, or other good and legal cause, arising prior to election to the office at a general or special election but arisin...
Vacancy In Nomination
VerifiedThe "circumstances in which the person who received the majority of votes at the preferential primary election or general primary election cannot accept the nomination due to death...
Vacancy In Office
VerifiedThe "vacancy in an elective office created by death, resignation, or other good and legal cause arising subsequent to election to the office at a general or special election or ari...
Vaeha
VerifiedVoting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act
Valid
VerifiedLegally binding due to having been executed in compliance with the law.
Valid Data Element
VerifiedA payload, an associated data string, or a nonce that satisfies the restrictions of the formatting function. (SP 800-38C) (NISTIR)
Valid Identification
A means of proving a person's identity, according to the laws of the jurisdiction. Common forms of Identification are Driver's Licenses and Passports.
Valid Identification (id)
VerifiedA means of proving a person's identity, according to the laws of the jurisdiction. Common forms of Identification are Driver's Licenses and Passports.
Valid Punch
VerifiedA "punch of a ballot card such that the is completely removed or is hanging by one (1) CHAD or two (2) corners." 31 Ky. Admin. Regs. §2:010(1)(25).
Valid Registered Voter
VerifiedA voter whose record is current with the appropriate election authority and is eligible to vote.
Valid Vote
VerifiedA "vote that has been counted as valid or determined to be valid." Mont. Code Ann. §13-1- 101(30). A "vote from a ballot or ballot image that conforms to jurisdiction dependent cri...
Valid Write In Candidate
VerifiedA "candidate who has qualified as a write-in candidate." Utah Code §20A-1-102(78). See also DECLARED WRITE-IN.
Validation
1. The process of evaluating a system or component during or at the end of the development process to determine whether it satisfies specified requirements. A-7. 2002 FEC 2. "A tes...
Variant
VerifiedOne of two or more code symbols having the same plain text equivalent.
Variational Autoencoder
VerifiedIn machine learning, a variational autoencoder (VAE) is an artificial neural network architecture introduced by Diederik P. Kingma and Max Welling in 2013. It is part of the famili...