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Glossary Term | Definition |
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paper ballot | |
paper printout | |
paper record | Paper cast vote record that can be directly verified by a voter |
paper record display unit | |
paper trail | |
paper-based voting system | Voting system that records votes, counts votes, and tabulates the vote count, using one or more ballot cards or paper ballots. Version 1.0 Volume I: Voting System Performance Guidelines Appendix A: Glossary A-14 |
parallel monitoring | |
parish | |
partisan | |
partisan election | |
partisan office | An elected office for which candidates run as representatives of a political party. |
partisan office declaration of candidacy | |
party | |
party affiliation | |
party candidate | |
party convention | |
party designation | |
party enrollment | |
party label | |
party preference | |
party rules | |
Peace and Freedom Party | |
penalty | |
people’s veto referenda | |
permanent | |
permanent absentee application | |
permanent absentee voter | |
permanent absentee voter status | |
permanent advance voter | Sometimes called permanent absentee voter. |
permanently ill or disabled | |
personal assistive device | A device that is carried or worn by an individual with some physical impairment whose primary purpose is to help compensate for that impairment. |
persons with disabilities | |
petition | |
petition drive | |
petition fund | |
petition rights |