Terms starting with “V”

A "slip of paper with a number printed or stamped on it that an election judge gives the voter who in turn deposits it in an envelope or on a spindle on the voting machine." Wyo. R...

Data on reported voting and registration activities, including factors such as turnout and age.

The number of people voting in an election. This number is typically reported as a percentage of the total number of voters in an election divided by the total number of registered...

Processes or protocols that enable a voter to confirm that their ballot was received, and in some cases, counted as cast; End-to-end verifiability (E2E) is an extension of Voter ve...

The act by a voter of satisfying herself that her vote has been correctly captured and counted. "Confirmation by the voter that all votes were recorded as the voter intended." VVSG...

A "voter who has a permanent or temporary physical disability, as set forth in 42 U.S.C. §1973ee-6(4)." Ind. Code §3-5-2-50.2.

A "VOTE-CAPTURE that gathers votes via an and DEVICE ELECTRONIC VOTER INTERFACE allows the voter to alter previously made votes without spoiling the ballot." VVSG. Abbreviated VEDB...

An electronic voting device that: accepts hand-marked or BMD-produced paper ballots one sheet at a time; is usually used for in-person voting ; permits election workers to open and...

A type of in which the voter may touch the paper ballot after it has been printed, as VVPAT opposed to systems, in which the ballot is protected behind a transparent shield. VIEW-O...

A voting system feature that provides the voter an opportunity to verify that his or her ballot selections are being recorded correctly, before the ballot is cast.

A "paper record of the voter's choices, viewable prior to casting the ballot, which may be the paper ballot itself; the paper trail shall be used by the state or its contractor to...

Human-readable printed record of all of a vo ter's selections presented to the voter to view and check for accuracy.

A paper document that the voter can review before officially casting their ballot . Synonyms: VVPAT

Voter-verifiable paper audit trails or records are the paper trails contemporaneously printed by DRE voting machines that display to the voter a hard copy record of the voter's sel...

A "paper produced by a that supports (e.g., CVR VOTE-CAPTURE DEVICE VOTER VERIFICATION and EBM). VVSG. VVPAT 2007

That which has actually been verified by a voter. For example, a hand-marked optical scan ballot is inherently voter-verified since it has been personally filled out by the voter....

1. A "human-readable printed record of all of a voter's selections presented to the voter before the vote is cast." 2005 VVSG V.1, APPENDIX A. 2. A "printed version of the ballot t...

Voter-verified PAPER TRAIL. Abbreviated VVPAT. A "contemporaneous paper record of a ballot prin ted for the voter to confirm his or her votes before the voter casts his or her ball...

In DRE systems, a paper document containing evidence of a voter's contest selections that they can check before officially casting the ballot.

A "permanent, individual paper ballot that is marked either manually by the voter or with the assistance of a device and verified by the voter as correctly reflecting the voter's i...

A An "auditable paper record that: (I) Is available for the elector to inspect and verify VVPAT. before the vote is cast; (II) Is produced contemporaneously with or employed by any...

(VVPRS) Physical paper records of voter ballots as voters have cast them on a voting system. In the event that an election recount or audit is called for, the VVPPRS provides the o...

Physical paper records of voter ballots as voters have cast them on a voting system. In the event that an election recount or audit is called for, the VVPPRS provides the official...

Physical paper records of voter ballots as voters have cast them on an electronic voting system. In the event that an election recount or audit is called for, the VVPT provides a s...