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Glossary Term | Definition |
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identification | |
identification badge/sticker | |
identification envelope | |
identifying documents | |
illegal voting | |
implementation | |
implementation statement | Statement by a vendor indicating the capabilities, features, and optional functions as well as extensions that have been implemented. Also known as implementation conformance statement. |
in accordance with | |
in charge of | |
in compliance with | |
in effect | |
in favor of | |
in line when the polls close | |
in office | |
in opposition to | |
in person | |
in-kind contribution | |
inactive | |
inactive voter registration | |
incumbent | |
Independent | |
Independent American Party | |
independent testing | |
independent testing authority (ITA) | Replaced by “accredited testing laboratories” and “test labs.” Prior usage referred to independent testing organizations accredited by the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) to perform voting system qualification testing. |
indirectly verifiable | Voting system feature that allows a voter to verify his or her selections via a hardware or software intermediary. An example is a touch screen DRE where the voter verifies the ballot selections through the assistance of audio stimuli. |
individual permanent paper record | |
ineligible | |
information security | Protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide integrity, confidentiality, and availability. |
informed voting | |
initial | |
initiative | direct democracy |
initiative measure | initiative |
initiative petition | initiative |
initiative proposal | initiative |
initiative statute | initiative |
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