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| Glossary Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| random audit | |
| ranked order voting | |
| ratification | |
| ratify | |
| re-elect | |
| re-election | |
| reappointment | |
| reapportion | |
| reapportionment | |
| recall | |
| recall ballot | |
| recall election | |
| recall grounds | |
| recall issue with options | Process that allows voters to remove elected representatives from office prior to the expiration of their terms of office. The recall may involve not only the question of whether a particular officer should be removed, but also the question of naming a successor in the event that there is an affirmative vote for the recall. |
| recall of public officer | |
| recall petition | |
| recall process | |
| recall statement | |
| recall vote | |
| receipt | |
| receiving boards | |
| recertification | Re-examination, and possibly retesting of a voting system that was modified subsequent to receiving national and/or state certification. The object of this is to determine if the system as modified still conforms to the requirements. |
| reconcile | For example, "reconcile paper records to electronic record" and "reconcile rejected ballots to rejected voter." |
| record | |
| recorder | |
| recount | Retabulation of the votes cast in an election. |
| redistrict | |
| referenda | |
| referendum | Process whereby a state law or constitutional amendment may be referred to the voters before it goes into effect. |
| referendum petitions | |
| referendum question | |
| referendum vote | |
| reform | |
| Reform Party | |
| register | |
| register by mail |