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Ada accessibility guidelines for buildings and facilities.

A NICE Framework category consisting of specialty areas responsible for highly specialized review and evaluation of incoming cybersecurity information to determine its usefulness for intelligence.

The process of finding, fixing, and preventing security vulnerabilities at the application level, as part of the software development processes

Ballot that the voter did not place in the ballot box or record as cast on a direct electronic recording device (DRE) before leaving the polling place.

Absentee BALLOT. A “ballot voted by a person who expects to be or is absent from the polling place for his precinct or district on election day.” Nev. Rev. Stat. §293.013.

The absent ballot mailing precinct inspection board shall: 1. Perform functions similar to those of the central ballot inspection board and the ballot duplicating board as those functions are applicab…

A “registered voter who has received or who has voted an absent ballot.” Nev. Rev. Stat. §293.015.

A “ballot card attached to a backing that aids a voter to punch out the scored position on the ballot card.” 31 Ky. Admin. Regs. §2:010(1)(1). Similarly in Mich. Rules §168.771(1)(a).

A “ballot card with the names of candidates, issues and questions to be voted on, printed on the card.” 31 Ky. Admin. Regs. §2:010(1)(2).

A form of sample ballot that accompanies an ABSENTEE BALLOT. 31 Ky. Admin. Regs. §2:010(4)(5).

A voter who is not, or expects not to be, present on election day in the jurisdiction in which she is eligible to vote or who otherwise meets the requirements for obtaining an ABSENTEE BALLOT.

An application to receive an absentee ballot.

A ballot cast by a voter other than in-person on election day. Some jurisdictions use the term synonymous with mailed ballots while other jurisdictions use the term synonymous with early voting.

A “subdivision of the COUNTING BOARD consisting of at least two (2) individuals responsible for preparing the ABSENTEE BALLOTS for counting.” Wyo. Rules §1.4(a). Also ABSENTEE BALLOT COUNTING BOARD.

A local Nevada body that handles absentee and REJECTED BALLOTS. Also ABSENTEE BALLOT BOARD.

A person authorized “to collect absentee ballo ts from voters for delivery to the County Commissioner of Elections in counties in which the courier is registered.” Iowa Admin. Code §721-21.371(53).

A “list of the name and address of each applicant; the date and time of receipt of the application; the disposition of the application; the date of issue of the absentee ballot; the applicant’s precin…

A request for an absentee ballot under UOCAVA.

A form used by a voter to request an absentee ballot.

Abbreviation for Absentee BALLOT SYSTEM.

Historically, absentee ballots have been, simply, ballots cast by voters who are not able to vote in regular polling places due to travel or to some circumstance that makes it difficult for them to co…

An election official who counts ABSENTEE BALLOTS. La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §18:1313.

“A device capable of counting and producing results of votes cast on paper ABSENTEE BALLOTS.” La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §18:1351(1).

A person who oversees the process of ABSENTEE VOTING in a county. Ala. Code §17-10-2.

A voter who meets the requirements for obtaining a ballot prior to an election. See, e.g. O. R. S. 253.005(4).

A series of actions or steps taken when voting using an absentee ballot.

A “polling place designated for the conduct of absentee walk-in voting prior to election day.” Hawaii Admin. Regs. §2-51-1. The statutory defin ition is similar but not identical: “an office or other …

The established series of actions taken by an election official to process absentee ballots.

A vote cast using an absentee ballot.

A voter who uses an absentee ballot to vote.

A term used by election officials when determining whether a voter is eligible for, applied for or voted using an absentee ballot.

Another term for remote voting.

An “official designated to supervise in-person ABSENTEE VOTING.” Alaska Stat. 15- 060.010(1).

A “device capable of counting and producing re sults of votes cast on paper absentee by mail and early voting ballots.” La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §18:1351(1).

More than 50%.

(opscan) The property of paper that results in ta king up water vapor from the air, thus causing the paper to expand.

A “document signed by the members of the board of elections showing the votes for each candidate and ballot proposal on the official ballot in the election.” N. C. Gen. Stat. §163- 182(1). Likewise in…

Abstract. Iowa Admin. Code §721-21.800(4).

Abstract. A “compilation of votes cast for a particular candidate by office and precinct.” Nev. Rev. Stat. §293.016. “The abstracts shall contain the names of all persons receiving any vote for each o…

A concept from MARK-SENSE and PAPER balloting. “Any mark on a ba llot that meets the legal requirements to be counted as a vote.” Jones.

A demonstration by a VENDOR that its system can meet a state’s legal requirements.” Minn. Rules §8220.0450.

The “examination of voting systems and their components by the purchasing election authority in a simulated use environment to validate performance of delivered units in accordance with procurement re…

Examination of a voting system by the purchasing election jurisdiction to validate the performance of delivered devices to ensure they meet procurement requirements, and that the delivered system is, …

Ability to make use of any information system (IS) resource.

An entity responsible for monitoring and granting access privileges for other authorized entities.

Independent federal agency whose primary mission is accessibility for people with disabilities and a leading source of information on accessible design.

A four-digit randomly-generated number with a s hort lifetime that is entered by a voter to activate the Hart InterCivic DRE.

The process of granting or denying specific requests to obtain and use information, and related information processing services, and enter specific physical facilities.

A list of permissions associated with an object. The list specifies who or what is allowed to access the object and what operations are allowed to be performed on the object.

Security safeguards (i.e., hardware and software features, physical controls, operating procedures, management procedures, and various combinations of these) designed to detect and deny unauthorized a…