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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.

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 request for an absentee ballot under UOCAVA.

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

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 “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 …

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

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

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

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

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.

Roster of individuals authorized admittance to a controlled area.

Association of a user with a list of protected objects the user may access.

Privilege to perform action on an object. Read, write, execute, append, modify, delete, and create are examples of access types.

The process of granting or denying specific requests for or attempts to: 1) obtain and use information and related information processing services; and 2) enter specific physical facilities.

Measurable characteristics that indicate the degree to which a system is available to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities. The most common disabilities include those associated with vision, …

The ability of a voter to verify CONTEST CHOICES by using paper records such as a VVPAT, including a readback mechanism for vision-impaired voters. A HUMAN FACTOR identified in the 2007 VVSG.

“[A]ccessible to HANDICAPPED and ELDERLY individuals for the purpose of voting or registration, as determined under guidelines esta blished by the chief election officer of the State involved.” 42 U. …

A VOTER VERIFIED PAPER TRAIL that is usable by the disabled without assistance. Accessibility is an issue because ordinary VVPAT machines produce verifiable paper records, which may be unreadable to t…

A number assigned to an individual item of COMSEC material to facilitate its handling and accounting.

Synonymous with designated accrediting authority (DAA). See also authorizing official. Rationale: The Risk Management Framework uses a new term to refer to this concept, and it is called authorizing o…

The “county or city clerk shall appoint three pe rsons, not more than two of whom are of the same political party, to serve as an accuracy certification board.” Nev. Rev. Stat. §293B.140. “[T]he accur…

Stakeholder that acquires or procures a product or service.

An “ELECTOR who voted in the previous federal GENERAL ELECTION and whose name is on the active list.” Mont. Code Ann. §13-1-101(1).

A “voter who … has registered or voted in a ny election during the preced ing four (4) years at the address indicated on the voter's registrati on record; [or] has not voted in any election during the…

A program of the state of Washington to protect the addresses of crime victims, which creates difficulties in ABSENTEE VOTING. See ONGOING ABSENTEE BALLOT.

A ballot that contains contest selections that require adjudication.

The ability of a voter to control some aspect of the VOTING STATION throughout the VOTING SESSION. A HUMAN FACTOR identified in the 2007 VVSG.

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(COMSEC) A violation of procedures or practices dangerous to security that is not serious enough to jeopardize the integrity of a controlled cryptographic item (CCI), but requires corrective action to…

In Connecticut, an official who examines the qualifications of a person applying to be admitted

Day or days for voting prior to general voting day; the period during which vote by mail is offered is not typically referred to as advance voting.

A ballot cast prior to election day.

Early voting

A non-binding election “to determine the wishes of the electorate.” Wash. Admin. Code §434- 208-010.

A group of individuals and organizations that provides non-binding strategic advice to the management of a corporation, organization, or foundation.

A non-binding PRIMARY election in which the result does not affect the state’s allocation of convention delegates. Cf. LOOPHOLE PRIMARY.

A written statement confirmed by oath or affirmation.

A form of PROVISIONAL BALLOT in Mississippi, cast by placing the ballot in an envelope along with the voter’s affidavit that he “believes he is a registered voter in the jurisdiction in which he desir…