Terms starting with “V”

A method for voting; either in person, by mail, or Internet; also known as voting opportunity. Voting

"Items sufficient to enable a or to activate a ballot of the DRE EBP BALLOT CONFIGURATION that is appropriate for a given voter." VVSG.

The "capability to detect overvoted ballots or ballots which cannot be read by the automatic tabulating equipment." 10 Ill. Comp. Stat. §5/24B-2. See also DEFECTS. VOTING

An "overvoted ballot, or a ballot which cannot be read by the automatic tabulating equipment. 10 Ill. Comp. Stat. §5/24B-2. See also IDENTIFICATION. VOTING DEFECT

An in the District of Columbia responsible for explaining operation of the ELECTION OFFICIAL voting system to voters.

"'Voting device' means a piece of equipment used for the purpose of or to facilitate the marking of a ballot to be tabulated by a vote tallying system or a piece of mechanical or e...

"An area set off from another in the same municipality for voting purposes. It includes wards and precincts. In a municipality that has only one voting district, it means the entir...

The "room within the that is used for voting." N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-165(9). VOTING PLACE

The "aspects of the voting milieu outside of the voting system that are encountered by voters, e.g., ramps, lighting, noise, temperature, electro-magnetic interference." 2005 VVSG...

Any "mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic components of a voting system." VVSG V.1, APPENDIX A.

All "software, hardware (including facilities, furnishings and fixtures), materials, documentation, and the interface used by the election personnel, maintenance operator, POLL WOR...

Electronic or printed material that provides information for or voters. VOTING OFFICIALS IEEE 1583.

A body appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Utah to "evaluate new voting equipment systems proposed for purchase by the state; and ... provide information and recommendations to...

The steps to taken to ready voting equipment for use, allowing it to be used, obtaining votes or vote totals and shutting it down after an election. A required part of the TDP unde...

The "space provided for marking a vote in accordance with a particular type of ballot." Me. Rev. Stat. §21-A-1(48-A).

A term defined in to encompass various required items of information that must be HAVA furnished to voters at PLACES. POLLING "the term 'voting information' means-- (A) a sample ve...

Information provided to a voter that describes the procedures for voting. This information may appear directly on the paper or electronic ballot or may be provided separately.

The mechanism that directly records a voter's choices via mechanical lever -actuated controls into a counting mechanism that tallies the votes without using a physical ballot.

The "complete list of all voters prepared from the information contained in the original permanent registration records in the possession of the local board of canvassers." R.I. Ge...

A physical location where voters may cast their ballots.

An "apparatus on which voters cast their votes that records each vote by means of mechanical or electronic counters and furnishes a total of the number of votes cast for each candi...

A "BALLOT posted on or in the and referred to by the voter to indicate the VOTING MACHINE voting locations for each contest." Md. Elec. Code §1-101(ww).

The "person who shall have charge of preparing and arranging the voting machine for elections." N.J. Stat. Ann. §19:47-1. Likewise in Miss. Code §23-15-401.

The "method of electrically, mechanically, or electronically recording and counting votes upon being cast." Hawaii Rev. Stat. §16-11. Cf. SYSTEM. PAPER BALLOT VOTING