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322 election security terms starting with V, with direct links to full definitions and source-backed context.

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Verified

COORDINATOR. VOTER EDUCATION

Voting Systems1 source

Vendor

Verified

An "individual or organization other than an election jurisdiction supplying any element of an electronic voting system, including but not limited to hardware, software, and progra...

Supply Chain2 sources

Verifiability

Verified

See also VERIFIABILITY. UNIVERSAL

Voting Systems1 source

Verifiability (e2e)

Verified

Cryptographic protocols that enable anyone to confirm that all ballots cast were correctly tallied, and to prove to an individual voter that their vote is included in the final tal...

Election Administration1 source

Verification

1. Determining the integrity of an election by confirming one or more of the following: (1) a voter's choices have been correct understood by the voting system; (2) the choices wer...

Verification2 sources

Verification And Validation

Verified

The "process of determining whether requirements for a system or component are complete and correct, the products of each development phase fulfill the requirements or conditions i...

Voting Systems1 source

Verification And Validation (v&v)

Verified

The "process of determining whether requirement s for a system or component are complete and correct, the products of each development phase fulfill the requirements or conditions...

Standards1 source

Verification Board

Verified

"As soon as practicable after each election, the election authority shall convene a verification board to verify the count and certify the results of the election." Mo. Rev. Stat....

Voting Systems1 source

Verification List

Verified

A "list prepared under the supervision of the election authority which contains the name and address of each registered voter within a precinct." Mo. Rev. Stat. §115.183.

Voting Systems1 source

Verification Verifier

Verified

Confirmation, through the provision of objective evidence, that specified requirements have been fulfilled (e.g., an entity's requirements have been correctly defined, or an perfor...

Cybersecurity1 source

Verified Ballot Option

Verified

The Hart InterCivic eSlate VVPAT.

Voting Systems1 source

Verified Name

Verified

A Subscriber name that has been verified by identity proofing. (NISTIR)

Cybersecurity1 source

Verifier

Verified

An entity that verifies the Claimant's identity by verifying the Claimant's possession and control of a token using an authentication protocol. To do this, the Verifier may also ne...

Cybersecurity1 source

Verifier Impersonation Attack

Verified

A scenario where the Attacker impersonates the Verifier in an authentication protocol, usually to capture information that can be used to masquerade as a Claimant to the real Verif...

Cybersecurity1 source

Verify Status

Verified

In some states, a flag within a voter's record stating that the voter needs to confirm a certain piece of data in their record, such as an address or date of birth, before they can...

Election Administration1 source

Verify Your Voter Registration

Verified

Confirm that all of your voter registration information is accurate and up to date so that you are able to vote in the next election.

Election Administration1 source

Verivote

Verified

A printer of Sequoia Voting Systems. VVPAT

Voting Systems1 source

Version Control System

Verified

A mechanism to allow multiple folks to work on the same source code for a piece of software. It enables multiple people to change files simultaneously, and gives a history of how t...

Election Administration1 source
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