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Glossary Term | Definition |
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data accuracy | (1) Data accuracy is defined in terms of ballot position error rate. This rate applies to the voting functions and supporting equipment that capture, record, store, consolidate and report the specific selections, and absence of selections, made by the voter for each ballot position. (2) The system's ability to process voting data absent internal errors generated by the system. It is distinguished from data integrity, which encompasses errors introduced by an outside source. |
data integrity | Invulnerability of the system to accidental intervention or deliberate, fraudulent manipulation that would result in errors in the processing of data. It is distinguished from data accuracy that encompasses internal, system-generated errors. |
data security | |
deadline | |
deadline for voting | |
deceased candidate | |
decertification | Revocation of national or state certification of voting system hardware and software. |
declaration of assistance to vote | |
declaration of candidacy | |
declaration of intent | |
declaration of intent to solicit and receive contributions | |
declaration of intention | |
declaration of intention to run for office | |
decline to | |
decryption | Process of changing encrypted text into plain text. |
defeat | |
defective ballot | |
delegate | |
delegation | |
delete | |
democracy | |
Democrat | |
Democratic Party | |
democratic process | |
democratic reforms | |
Department of State | |
Department of Transportation | |
deputy | |
deputy attorney general | |
deputy mayor | |
description of state ballot measures | |
designate (adj) | |
designate (verb) | |
designation | |
detach | |
detach here |