Terms starting with “V”

Any "election held by a political party for the purpose of nominating candidates for elective village office." N.Y. Election Laws (consol.) §15-102(5).

Fail to comply with a rule or statute.

Action of failing to comply with a rule or statute.

Software that allows a single host to run one or more guest operating systems. (SP 800-115) (NISTIR)

Protected information system link utilizing tunneling, security controls, and endpoint address translation giving the impression of a dedicated line

Protected information system link utilizing tunneling, security controls (see information assurance (IA)), and endpoint address translation giving the impression of a dedicated lin...

creating virtual representations of servers, storage, networks, and other physical machines

A computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user. A virus might corrupt or delete data on a computer, use e-mail programs t...

vishing or 'voice phishing' is the use of voice technology (landline phones, mobile phones, voice email, etc) to trick individuals into revealing sensitive financial or personal in...

A frequency of red light used in optical scanners that is generally modulated to enhance recognition. Visible red scanners are able to read almost any type of ink except red. Abbre...

A display format in which contest options and other information are displayed on screen or paper for perception using sight.

That feature of a voting system that prevents others from observing a voter at a VOTING during the voting process so as to learn how the voter has voted. STATION

"Having central visual acuity not to exceed 20-200 in the better eye, with corrected lenses, or visual acuity greater than 20-200, but with a limitation in the field of vision such...

A common method of quality control, data acquisition, and data analysis by looking over a piece of equipment, or a ballot envelope, using the naked eye to look for flaws.

"All elections by persons in a representative capacity shall be viva voce or by automatic recording device publicly indicating how each person voted." Pa. Const. Art. VII, Sec. 10.

The VOI Pilot Project was a small-scale project implemented cooperatively during the 2000 South Carolina (statewide), Okaloosa and Orange counties in Florida, Dallas County in Texa...

A term used to describe the transmission of packetized voice using the internet protocol (IP) and consists of both signaling and media protocols. Source: CNSSI No. 5000

The method of voting whereby the voter publicly declared his choices orally. [The male pronoun is used here because voice voting was obsolete in the U.S. before the adoption of the...

A ballot that is not to be counted because of a statutory provision. "A ballot on which a voter has clearly manifested an intention to make a distinguishing mark or to mark the bal...

A test to determine whether a voting system can handle a large number of voters or BALLOTS.

A set of requirements and specifications that are used to test and evaluate the quality of voting systems. Machines are tested to meet the VVSG as a quality assurance measure. The...

A set of specifications and requirements against which voting systems can be tested to determine if the systems meet required standards. Under HAVA, the EAC is responsible for deve...

An "indication of support for a particular in a manner supported by the CONTEST CHOICE voting system." VVSG. "A vote on a touch-screen direct recording electronic voting system or...

The act of casting a ballot by a voter who was not on the list of eligible voters, whose information was incomplete or not accurate, or who had already received a ballot in the mai...