Any activity that seeks to validate and verify as many aspects of the election cycle as possible without violating state privacy laws

  A paper ballot voting system in which the ballots are printed with the candidates names and issues listed in a fixed order on all ballots, and those ballots are produced by the government instead of [..]

A software program that allows access to another software program. Meant as a method for programmers to go back and update programs, backdoors are a security vulnerability because malicious users can [..]

A file that tells the electronic voting machine software how to display ballot information on the screen, interpret a voter's touches on a button or screen, and record and tally those selections [..]

A system in which all ballots voted in each precinct are transmitted to a central location for counting

The management process for requesting, reviewing, approving, carrying out, and controlling changes to a software product

Computed value representing the sum of the contents of digital information; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage of information

The art of protecting information by transforming it from plain text into an unreadable format. Only those who posses a secret "key" can decipher the message. Cryptographic methods are used [..]

The process of translating unreadable information into plain text

Direct recording electronic voting machine; may be a push-button or touch-screen style all-electronic machine used to record votes and tabulate results