Terms starting with “V”

The set of laws that protect a citizens ability to participate in public elections.

A sweeping civil rights statute that eliminated various devices used to bar groups from exercising their right to vote. Among its requirements was mandatory provision for multi- li...

The Voting Rights Act, also known as the VRA, was enacted by Congress in 1965. Pursuant to the VRA, the Attorney General undertakes investigations and litigation throughout the Uni...

The Voting Rights Fact Sheet provides information on certain civil provisions of federal law that protect the right to vote, including prohibitions on intimidation and discriminati...

A list of the individuals that have registered on an electoral roll where a voter resides, as a prerequisite for being entitled to vote.

1. The "span of time beginning when a ballot is enabled or activated and ending when that ballot is printed (on an EBM), cast (on a DRE), or SPOILED." The period when a vote-captur...

The status of a at a give time. The identify several such VOTE-CAPTURE DEVICE 2007 VVSG states: SUSPENDED. ACTIVATED, IN USE, OPEN, PRE-VOTING, POST-VOTING, READY,

The "voting booth or other place where voters mark their ballots or otherwise indicate their votes at a polling place." Texas Elec. Code §1.005(22). A "table, booth, or device that...

A term used by election officials to describe whether a voter's record shows that the voter is eligible to vote and/or if they have voted.

A device used to mark either an analog ballot or direct-recording electronic voting machine.

An unfortunate aspect of his term is that it has multiple formal but inconsistent definitions. In "the term 'voting system' means-- HAVA, (1) the total combination of mechanical, e...

A "ballot designed for use with a voting system." Tex. Elec. Code §121.003(11).

The process by which the EAC, through testing and evaluation conducted by an accredited Voting System Test Laboratory, validates that a voting system meets the requirements set for...

A " initialized by the supplied by the manufacturer. From that LOG CONFIGURATION DATA point on, it functions like a diary of the system. Entries are made by ELECTION OFFICIALS when...

The EAC operates a voting system testing and certification program. This program tests and certifies hardware and software and may also decertify those systems. This program accred...

An "individual engaged in private enterprise or a business entity engaged in selling, leasing, marketing, designing, building, or modifying voting systems to the state, a political...

All the executable code and associated configuration files needed for the proper operation of the voting system. This includes third party software such as operating systems, drive...

The VVSG, formerly the or the FEC STANDARDS FVSS.

Voting systems certified by the EAC are tested to a set of voluntary standards providing requirements that voting systems must meet to receive a Federal certification. These standa...

A program in Indiana under which the state contracts with outside entities to propose certification standards, test voting equipment and conduct random audits of elections. Ind. Co...

Privately owned testing laboratories that test voting systems (and other election systems ) for conformance to the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) or to other requirement...

VSTLs are privately owned testing laboratories that test voting systems (and other election systems) for conformance to the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) or to other re...

VSTLs are privately owned testing laboratories that test voting systems (and other election systems) for conformance to the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) or to other re...

Examination and testing of a computerized voting system by using test methods to determine if the system complies with the requirements in the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines an...