Terms starting with “V”

Voters have the right to an accessible voting system must provide the same opportunity for access and participation including independence.

A device "with which votes are indicated for candidates or for or against questions." Georgia Code Ann. §21-2-310(6). Likewise, La. R.S. §18:1351(11). The "pointer or other device...

A "list by precinct of the names and addresses of all persons who voted in the election and their political party affiliation." Alaska Stat. §15.15.400.

Any "approved device for marking a paper ballot with ink or other substance which will enable the ballot to be tabulated by means of EQUIPMENT." Ky. Rev. Stat. AUTOMATIC TABULATING...

The practice of comparing the number of voters who signed the polling books to the number of ballots cast.

Any "apparatus which the elector uses to record votes by marking or punching a hole in a paper ballot or tabulating card and which subsequently counts the votes by electronic tabul...

"[E]quipment in which ballot labels and ballots are placed to allow a voter to record his or her vote by perforating or equipment with a screen upon which votes may be recorded by...

(usually opscan) The geometric area in which a voter marks a BALLOT, or indicates a choice on a DRE. The equipment must be able to recognize mark or indications in the response fie...

Illegal interference with the process of an election, either by increasing the vote share of a favored candidate, depressing the vote share of rival candidates, or both.

A computer which receives and stores vote in Internet voting systems, e.g. SERVE. PROJECT

Any "piece of equipment, other than a voting machine, that compiles a total of votes cast by means of ballot card sorting, ballot card reading, paper ballot scanning, electronic da...

A machine that counts votes previously indicated by a different mechanism. "A type of voting machine which is a single unit designed to count (record) the votes cast on a pre-print...

The total combination of mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic equipment (including the software, firmware, and documentation required to program, control, and support the e...

A term used by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for a geographic area who population is tabulated for reapportionment purposes. Abbreviated VTD.

Counting of ballots in the same District in which those ballots have been cast.

"[O]ne or more pieces of equipment necessary to examine and tally automatically the marked ballots." O.R.S. §246.012(10).

"'Vote tallying system' means a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment and associated data processing software used to tabulate votes cast on ballot cards or otherwise recorde...

Tallies of votes cast in an election after the polls have been closed for voting.

A tape that is printed by an electronic voting machine or optical scanner at the closing of the polls, which shows the number of votes cast for each candidate and for and against e...

Voting style or feature, including but not limited to the following: approval voting, baseline voting, cumulative voting, N-of-M voting, proportional voting, ranked choice voting,...

BALLOT IMAGE.

The ability to mark, cast, and verify a ballot privately and independently.

"Any person who buys or offers to buy any vote of any qualified elector at any election by the payment of money or the promise to pay the same at any future time, or by the gift of...

Method of casting ballots by which eligible voters are mailed ballots and information packets by the local jurisdiction. Voters can return their marked ballots by mail, to a voting...