Terms starting with “W”

Technology that permits the transfer of information between separated points without physical connection. Note: Currently wireless technologies use infrared, acoustic, radio freque...

When a person announces a candidacy or files for an election but later decides, by their own choice, not to appear on the final ballot.

When a person files paperwork to be considered for Nomination to public office, but later decides, by their own choice, to not seek the nomination.

Candidates who had announced a candidacy or filed for an election but later decided, by their own choice, not to appear on the final ballot.

A registered voter who signs an absentee ballot envelope to document that the ballots inside were marked by the voter entitled to cast the ballot.

A "build of executable code including LOGIC, and APPLICATION LOGIC, BORDER THIRD PARTY of the voting system" performed by the witnessed by a representative of the LOGIC VSTL MANUFA...

A component of a voting machine that makes a record of the voter's interaction with the machine, and from which the voter's choices can be reconstructed. Sometimes restricted to ca...

Estimate of the effort or time needed by a potential perpetrator, with specified expertise and resources, to overcome a protective measure.

Synonymous with tradecraft identity.

Synonymous with Tradecraft Identity. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

See voting station.

A self-replicating, self-propagating, self-contained program that uses networking mechanisms to spread itself. See malicious code.

wi-fi protected access

An executive order calling for an election. "When any vacancy happens in the representation of this State in the United States Senate or in the House of Representatives, the Govern...

Fundamental operation in an information system that results only in the flow of information from a subject to an object. See Access Type. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

Permission to write to an object in an information system. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

A device that allows investigators to examine media while preventing data writes from occurring on the subject media. (SP 800-72) (NISTIR) Cyber Glossary A B C D E F G H I J K L M...

A vote cast for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot. Not all states allow write- ins, e.g. Hawaii. "The words or "WRITE-IN, IF ANY" are to be printed, where applicabl...

A ballot used in voting for a candidate in an election where the voter writes the name of the candidate or the registered political party they wish to vote for in a large blank spa...

Generally, a board that reviews write-in votes for validity and counts them. A board that calls out write-in votes orally so they may be tallied. Tenn. Rules §1360-2-9-.01(d). A "s...

Any person seeking election, but whose name will not be printed on the ballot. The candidate must educate voters to write in the candidate's name in the space provided on the ballo...

Any person seeking election, but whose name will not be printed on the ballot. For these votes to be tallied and certified, the candidate must file forms with the election official...

Any person seeking election, but whose name will not be printed on the ballot, must still complete and file forms with the election official during a qualifying period, in order fo...

The "space provided, in accordance with a particular type of ballot, for marking a write-in vote." Me. Rev. Stat. §21-A-1(52). Note that the term refers to the blank space rather t...