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A kind of Situational Ballot Catagoies
that has absentee voter
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Absentee Voter
This concept is the domain of has absentee voter
This concept is the range of qualified to recieve
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Ballot used for absentee voting.
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A kind of thing that required under
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Excuse Voting
This concept is the domain of required under
This concept is the range of has absentee excuse
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An excuse in order to vote an absentee ballot.
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Equivalent to either Election Specific Absentee Request, Permanant Absentee Request, or Temporal Absentee Request
A kind of Situation
that meets all of the following conditions:
- appears on at most one occurrence of Actual Absentee Request Form
- has absentee excuse at most one occurrence of Absentee Excuse
- represents exactly one occurrence of Voter
This concept is the range of fills out absentee request
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A request made by the voter to receive an absentee ballot.
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Equivalent to a thing that has valid absentee request
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Valid Absentee Request
This concept is the domain of has valid absentee request and qualified to recieve
This concept is the range of has absentee voter
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Voting that can occur unsupervised at a location chosen by the voter and usually done ahead of election day.
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A kind of Action
that meets all of the following conditions:
- applied to some occurrences of Election
- has purpose some occurrences of Voting Motivation
This concept is the domain of applied to
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Nexus
A kind of thing that has purpose
exactly
one
occurrence
of
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This concept is the domain of has purpose
This concept is the range of has action and performs
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A controlled contest that has been activated by the selection of an activation option in an activation contest, and thus eligible to be voted on.
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A kind of Controlling Contest
that meets all of the following conditions:
- activates some occurrences of only Activated Contest
- Default Eligibility at most one occurrence
- has option exactly one occurrence of Activation Option
This concept is the domain of activates and has indirect deselection
This concept is the range of activated by
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A controlling contest containing an activation option, that when selected activates one or more controlled contests.
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A kind of Programmed Component
This concept is the domain of has credentialed medium
This concept is the range of has activation device
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- Programmed device that creates credentials necessary to begin a voting session using a specific ballot style. Examples include electronic poll books and card activators that contain credential information necessary to determine the appropriate ballot style for the voter.
- Are these Components?
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A contest option appearing under an activation contest that when selected, causes the controlled contests to change state to selectable.
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This concept is the domain of has form
This concept is the range of appears on form and has actual form
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Process of resolving flagged cast ballots to reflect voter intent. Common reasons for flagging include:
· write-ins,
· overvotes,
· marginal marks,
· having no contests marked on the entire ballot, or
· the ballot being unreadable by a scanner.
· write-ins,
· overvotes,
· marginal marks,
· having no contests marked on the entire ballot, or
· the ballot being unreadable by a scanner.
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A ballot that contains contest selections that require adjudication.
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A kind of Candidate
that meets all of the following conditions:
- affiliates via some occurrences of Candidate Party Affiliation
- runs for exactly one occurrence of Partisan Office
This concept is the domain of affiliates via
This concept is the range of affiliates and represents
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A candidate affiliated with a political party, regardless of ballot designation.
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Association with a political party.
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A kind of Person in Role
that meets all of the following conditions:
- agent of exactly one occurrence of Candidate
- member of exactly one occurrence of Candidate Committee
This concept is the range of patient of
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The ballot or accompanying information is said to be in an alternative format if it is in a representation other than the standard ballot language and format. Examples include, but are not limited to languages other than English, Braille, ASCII text, large print, recorded audio. (VVSG 1.1)
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[OMR Book] 1/10 of a nm
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A ballot in which a set of offices is presented to the voter in spoken, rather than written, form (VVSG 1.1)
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- Not part of the voting system?
- Voting device dedicated exclusively to independently verifying or assessing the voting system’s performance.
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Printing on both sides of a sheet [OMR book]
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A kind of Identifiable Thing and Object
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has contest some occurrences of Contest on Ballot
- has election exactly one occurrence of Election
- has election district some occurrences of Election District
- has identifier exactly one occurrence of Ballot Style Identifier
This concept is the domain of has ballot, has ballot1, has contest, has election, and has election district
This concept is the range of appears on, appears on ballot, has ballot, has ballot1, and identfies ballot
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Presentation of the contest options for a particular voter.
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A kind of Faceting Thing
This concept is the domain of has option
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Anonymous class for content areas on the ballot.
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A kind of Mediating Thing
that meets all of the following conditions:
- applies to election exactly one occurrence of Election
- has contest some occurrences of Contest in Election
- has precinct exactly one occurrence of Precinct
This concept is the domain of appears on ballot, applies to election, has ballot section, has contest, and has precinct
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A list of contests and associated contest options that may appear on a ballot for a particular precinct and election.
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A kind of thing that part of ballot format
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Ballot Format
This concept is the domain of part of ballot format
This concept is the range of instantiates display format
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The way the voting system communicates ballot choices and other information. (Human Factors Group)
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The concrete presentation of the contents of a ballot appropriate to the particular voting technology being used. The contents may be rendered using various methods of presentation (visual or audio), language or graphics. (VVSG 1.1) (blessed)
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A kind of Rendered Ballot
that instantiates display format
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Ballot Display Format
This concept is the domain of instantiates display format
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A kind of Relative Thing and Script
This concept is the range of according to and has ballot interaction instructions
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Instructions for interacting with the ballot based on its rendering.
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A kind of Election Jurisdiction in Role
that has ballot interpertation
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Ballot Interpertation
This concept is the domain of has ballot interpertation
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Equivalent to
Ballot Measure Contest
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Ballot Proposition
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Ballot Question
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A possible indicator of voter intent.
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A kind of Action and Voting Process
that meets all of the following conditions:
- executes some occurrences of Marking Instructions
- marks exactly one occurrence of Blank Ballot
- performed by exactly one occurrence of Voter
This concept is the domain of marks and performed by
This concept is the range of marked by
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A vote-capture device that:
permits ballot options to be reviewed on an electronic interface,
produces a human-readable paper ballot, and
does not make any other lasting record of the voter’s selections.
permits ballot options to be reviewed on an electronic interface,
produces a human-readable paper ballot, and
does not make any other lasting record of the voter’s selections.
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Ballot Issue
Equivalent to
Ballot Proposition
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Ballot Question
Equivalent to
Ballot Referendum
A kind of Contest in Election
that has option
at least
two
occurrences
of only
Ballot Measure Option
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A question that appears on the ballot with options usually in the form of an approval or rejection.
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A contest option that specifies a response to a ballot measure contest.
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A kind of thing that indicated by
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Ballot Selection
Not an occurrence of Contest Option
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- Role of ballot style
- A particular type of ballot style that may be given to / activated for a voter.
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Ballot Issue
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Ballot Measure Contest
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Ballot Question
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Ballot Referendum
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Ballot Issue
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Ballot Measure Contest
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Ballot Proposition
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Ballot Issue
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Ballot Proposition
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A kind of Process
that meets all of the following conditions:
- achieves exactly one occurrence of Ballot Presentation
- executes some occurrences of Ballot Format
- produces render ballot exactly one occurrence of Rendered Ballot
This concept is the domain of achieves and produces render ballot
This concept is the range of supplies ballot data
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A kind of thing that part of
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Ballot Data
This concept is the domain of part of
This concept is the range of has ballot section
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- An independently countable part of a ballot.
- Harvey?
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The act of choosing a particular ballot style from those availbile.
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The face of a paper ballot. A paper ballot may have two sides.
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Generic Ballot Style
A kind of Ballot Data
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has ballot style identifier exactly one occurrence of Ballot Style Identifier
- has contest some occurrences of only Ordered Contest
- has split precinct exactly one occurrence of Precinct Split
This concept is the domain of has ballot style identifier, has split precinct, and has voter situation
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Ballot data that has been put into contest order for a particular precinct and set of voter situations. Voter situations include party affiliation (for closed primaries) and age of the voter (in states that permit 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections), among others.
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This concept is the domain of identfies ballot
This concept is the range of has ballot style identifier
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A kind of Mediating Thing
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has ballot exactly one occurrence of Ballot
- has contest count exactly one occurrence of Contest Count
- has election district exactly one occurrence of Election District
This concept is the range of contains contest count and has contest count
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Meron for Ballot Count
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A ballot processing device that:
accepts stacks of hand-marked or BMD-produced paper ballots and automatically processes them until the stack is empty;
is usually used at an election authority’s central location;
is mostly commonly used to process absentee or mail ballots;
usually has input and output hoppers for ballots;
scans a ballot and rejects it if either unreadable or un-processable;
detects, interprets, and validates contest selections;
detects and sorts (either digitally or physically) ballots that are unreadable or un-processable, or that contain undeterminable selections, marking exceptions, or write-ins; and
tabulates and reports contest results as required. This unit was previously referred to as central count optical scanner or CCOS.
accepts stacks of hand-marked or BMD-produced paper ballots and automatically processes them until the stack is empty;
is usually used at an election authority’s central location;
is mostly commonly used to process absentee or mail ballots;
usually has input and output hoppers for ballots;
scans a ballot and rejects it if either unreadable or un-processable;
detects, interprets, and validates contest selections;
detects and sorts (either digitally or physically) ballots that are unreadable or un-processable, or that contain undeterminable selections, marking exceptions, or write-ins; and
tabulates and reports contest results as required. This unit was previously referred to as central count optical scanner or CCOS.
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A kind of Situation
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has date exactly one occurrence of Birth Date
- has name at most one occurrence of Given Name
- of person some occurrences of Person
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A kind of Description
This concept is the domain of has birth and has person
This concept is the range of has date
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Not an occurrence of Naturalization
This concept is the domain of has citizen and has united states
This concept is the range of has birth in united states
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Not an occurrence of Naturalized Citizen
This concept is the domain of has birth in united states
This concept is the range of has citizen
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A kind of Voter Possessable Ballots
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has ballot marks no occurrences of anything
- marked by exactly one occurrence of Ballot Marking
Not an occurrence of Marked Ballot
This concept is the domain of has ballot marks and marked by
This concept is the range of marks
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Issued ballot without any selections made.
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A kind of thing that unnamed property1
exactly
four
occurrences
of
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A kind of Person in Role
that meets all of the following conditions:
- member of at most one occurrence of Candidate Committee
- part of at most one occurrence of Candidate Ticket
- patient of exactly one occurrence of Agent of Candidate
- runs for exactly one occurrence of Elected Office
- runs for exactly one occurrence of Office Partisanship
Not an occurrence of Candidate Ticket
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Person contending in a contest for office. A candidate may be explicitly presented as one of the contest options or may be a write-in candidate. (VVSG vNext)
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A kind of Agent
that meets all of the following conditions:
- for exactly one occurrence of Candidate
- has committee purpose exactly one occurrence of Committee Purpose
This concept is the domain of for and has committee purpose
This concept is the range of member of
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Equivalent to either Non Party Specific Contest or Party Specific Contest
A kind of Contest in Election
that has option
any number of
occurrences
of only
Candidate Contest Option
This concept is the range of has candidate contest and has contest
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A kind of Faceting Thing
that meets all of the following conditions:
- facet of exactly one occurrence of Election
- has contest exactly one occurrence of Candidate Contest
This concept is the domain of for representation in and has contest
This concept is the range of for election in
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Equivalent to either Candidate Option or Write-In Option
A kind of Contest Option
that meets all of the following conditions:
- appears under exactly one occurrence of only Candidate Contest
- represents at most one occurrence of Direct Candidate Option
This concept is the range of has candidate contest option
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A contest option appearing under a candidate contest.
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A kind of thing that meets all of the following conditions:
- has ordered contest exactly one occurrence of Ordered Contest
- has rotated contest exactly one occurrence of Rotated Contest
Not an occurrence of Write-In Option
This concept is the domain of has ordered contest and has rotated contest
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A contest option that is associated with a candidate.
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A kind of Party Affiliation
that executes
any number of
occurrences
of only
Declared Party Affiliation
This concept is the domain of affiliates
This concept is the range of affiliates via
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The party affiliation of a candidate for purposes of representing a party in an election.
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A kind of Voting Variation
that meets all of the following conditions:
- executes some occurrences of Ballot Rotation Rule
- produces some occurrences of only Rotated Contest
This concept is the range of produced by
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Equivalent to
Team Candidate
A kind of thing that made up of
at least
two
occurrences
of
Candidate
Not an occurrence of Candidate
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Two or more candidates that appear together as a single contest option.
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A kind of thing that in possession of
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Election Jurisdiction
Not an occurrence of Spoiled Ballot
This concept is the domain of has cast vote and in possession of
This concept is the range of has cast ballot
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Ballot in which the voter has taken final action in selecting contest choices and irrevocably confirmed their intent to vote as selected.
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A kind of Electronic Selection Record
This concept is the domain of has cast vote
This concept is the range of has cast vote record
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A kind of thing that meets all of the following conditions:
- has cast ballot exactly one occurrence of Cast Ballot
- has cast vote record exactly one occurrence of Cast Vote Record
This concept is the domain of has cast ballot and has cast vote record
This concept is the range of has cast vote
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Device that consolidates and reports vote totals from multiple precincts at a central location.
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Ballot cast by a voter whose eligibility to vote is disputed. A challenged ballot may be a provisional ballot, based on state law. In some states challenge ballot is a synonym for provisional ballot. (proposed by Katy)
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Area where non-dropout color ink is disallowed.
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[Equiv according to OMR book]
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Primary election in which the voter receives a ballot containing only those party-specific contests pertaining to the political party with which the voter is affiliated, along with non-party-specific contests presented at the same election. Note: Usually, unaffiliated voters are permitted to vote only on non-party-specific contests . (NIST Twiki Glossary)
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A committee may have a purpose different than the purpose of the candidate. For example, the obstensive purpose of a committee is election to office, but a candidate may want to use committee for fund raising.
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Element within a larger voting system.
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A measure associated with a particular contest.
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The ability to select options in a particular contest. All contests of a given ballot style are eligible to be voted on, subject to one or more activation contests.
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A kind of Identifiable Thing
that meets all of the following conditions:
- associated with ballot data some occurrences of Ballot Data
- has contest outcome at most one occurrence of Contest Outcome
- has contest rule some occurrences of Contest Rule
- has election outcome at most one occurrence of Election Outcome
- voted according to exactly one occurrence of Voting Method
- with respect to election exactly one occurrence of Election
Not an occurrence of Psudocontest
This concept is the domain of associated with ballot data, has contest outcome, has contest rule, has election outcome, has scheduled election, voted according to, and with respect to election
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A single decision or set of associated decisions being put before the voters (for example, the option of candidates to fill a particular public office or the approval or disapproval of a constitutional amendment). This term encompasses other terms such as "race," "question," and "issue" that are sometimes used to refer to specific kinds of contests. It does not refer to the legal challenge of an election outcome.
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A kind of thing that has facet
any number of
occurrences
of only
Contest on Ballot
This concept is the range of has contest instructions and informs
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Instructions for voting a particular contest. Usually the instructions are related to the voting method used.
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A kind of Ballot Content, Contest in Election, and Faceting Thing
that appears on
some
occurrences
of
Ballot
This concept is the domain of appears on and has contest instructions
This concept is the range of has contest
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A contest that appears on a ballot.
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A kind of thing that selected at contest option position
some
occurrences
of
Contest Option Position
Not an occurrence of Ballot Option or Contest Selection
This concept is the domain of selected at contest option position
This concept is the range of associates with contest option and indicates contest option
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A votable choice that appears under a contest.
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A measure associated with a particular contest option.
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A kind of Identifiable Thing, Mediating Thing, and Response Position
that meets all of the following conditions:
- exactly one occurrence of Response Meaning
- associates with contest option exactly one occurrence of Contest Option
- is indicated by exactly one occurrence of Contest Option Position Appearence
This concept is the domain of associates with contest option and is indicated by
This concept is the range of crossing, indicated via, made at, and selected at contest option position
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A specified area on a ballot where a voter’s selection for a particular contest option can be indicated.
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Equivalent to
Mark Entry Frame
Equivalent to
Mark Frame
A kind of Faceting Thing
This concept is the domain of bounded by reading range
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An indicator of where marks may be placed.
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A kind of thing that meets all of the following conditions:
- allocated to exactly one occurrence of Contest Option Count
- valid according to law exactly one occurrence of Law
Not an occurrence of Unallocated Contest Vote
This concept is the domain of allocated to and valid according to law
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Vote that is allocated to a particular contest option.
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Vote that will be counted for a particular contest option.
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A kind of Process
that meets all of the following conditions:
- executes some occurrences of Contest Order Rule
- produces some occurrences of Ordered Contest
This concept is the domain of produces
This concept is the range of produced by
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The process of putting contests into a particular order, commonly referred to as ballot order.
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A kind of thing that has contest
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Contest in Election
This concept is the domain of has contest and informs
This concept is the range of has contest rule
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Rule that affect the way the contest is voted. Examples include number to be elected or vote for.
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Equivalent to
Contest Vote
A kind of Description
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has contest selection generation exactly one occurrence of Contest Selection Generation
- indicates contest option exactly one occurrence of Contest Option
Not an occurrence of Contest Option
This concept is the domain of has contest selection generation, indicated via, and indicates contest option
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A selection marked on the ballot by a voter with respect to a specific single contest (for example, a candidate, the value “Yes” or “Approve”).
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A kind of Cast Vote Union
that meets all of the following conditions:
- appearence of exactly one occurrence of Contest Selection
- has ballot selection origin some occurrences of Ballot Selection Origin
- has indication determination exactly one occurrence of Indication Disposition
This concept is the domain of appearence of, has ballot selection origin, and has indication determination
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Equivalent to
Contest Selection
Equivalent to either Contest Option Vote or Unallocated Contest Vote
A kind of thing that allocated to
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Contest Count
This concept is the domain of allocated to
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Countable unit allocated to a particular contest accumulator.
(Not selected for the report)
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A contest on a ballot whose state is dependent on the selections made in a separate controlling contest.
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A kind of Psudocontest
that meets all of the following conditions:
- controls some occurrences of Controlled Contest
- selection made via direct selection some occurrences of Direct Selection
This concept is the domain of controls and selection made via direct selection
This concept is the range of controlled by
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- Ballot content structured as a contest that affects other contests under its control. The purpose of a controlling contest varies, but includes the activation or deactivation of parts of the ballot based on the voter's selection.
- Contest where the selection of contest options causes a outcome
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A read ballot that has been processed and whose votes are included in the vote totals.
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A kind of Jurisdiction
that meets all of the following conditions:
- power vested in exactly one occurrence of Federal Government
- power vested in exactly one occurrence of Government
This concept is the domain of power vested in
This concept is the range of governs
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This concept is the domain of has activation device
This concept is the range of has credentialed medium
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Canvass means different things to different people
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Record representing a single voter's intent in a given election that will be used in counts, recount, and audits. [JD Def] [Term was used by NIST-EAC WGs]
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Physical apparatus and any supporting supplies, materials, and logic that together form a functional unit that performs assigned tasks as an integrated whole.
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Equivalent to
Resolution Scanning
A kind of Physical Read Method
This concept is the range of has digital imaging
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Equivalent to either Candidate or Candidate Ticket
A kind of thing that represented by
any number of
occurrences
of
Candidate Contest Option
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Concept not related to selection method, rather if the option is for an elector or the candidate themself
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A voting device that allows:
electronic presentation of a ballot,
electronic selection of valid voter choices, and
electronic storage of these selections as individual records. It also provides a summary of these vote selections.
electronic presentation of a ballot,
electronic selection of valid voter choices, and
electronic storage of these selections as individual records. It also provides a summary of these vote selections.
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A kind of Contest Selection
Not an occurrence of Indirect Selection
This concept is the range of selection made via direct selection
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A contest selection made under direct control of the voter.
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A kind of Reading Range
that under vertical timing mark
exactly
one
occurrence
of only
Vertical Timing Mark
This concept is the domain of under vertical timing mark
This concept is the range of has direct under
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Refers to colors pre-printed or written on documents that people can see but it doesn't appear when read with an image scanner or other devices.
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- Voting that occurs prior to election day at a polling location under the supervision of poll workers or election administrative staff. See also: in-person voting. Note: some jurisdictions, early voting is referred to as in-person absentee voting. (NIST SP 1500-100)
- Voting that occurs prior to election day at a polling place under the supervision of election workers.
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An office that is filled primarily or exclusively via election.
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A kind of Office Seat
that meets all of the following conditions:
- for election in some occurrences of Candidate Contest in Election
- has office exactly one occurrence of only Elected Office
This concept is the domain of for election in
This concept is the range of for representation in
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An elected office position that a single officeholder may occupy for a term of office.
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A kind of Identifiable Thing
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has ballot style data some occurrences of Ballot Data
- has election rules some occurrences of Election Rule
- scheduled via exactly one occurrence of Election Calendar
This concept is the domain of has ballot, has ballot style data, has contest, has election rules, has polling location, has voter, and scheduled via
This concept is the range of applied to, applies to, applies to election, has election, made up of, votes in, and with respect to election
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A formal process that allows qualified voters to:
• select candidates to fill seats in one or more public offices and
• to accept or reject one or more proposed ballot measures.
• select candidates to fill seats in one or more public offices and
• to accept or reject one or more proposed ballot measures.
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Equivalent to a thing that conducted during election day voting period
exactly
one
occurrence
of
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A kind of In Person Voting and Temporal Voting Category
This concept is the domain of conducted during election day voting period
This concept is the range of has election day voting
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Voting that occurs at a polling location under the supervision of poll workers on the final day of a voting period, commonly known as "Election Day".
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A kind of Voting Period
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has election day voting exactly one occurrence of Election Day Voting
- occurs before election day voting period exactly one occurrence of Pre Election Day Voting Period
This concept is the domain of has election day voting and occurs before election day voting period
This concept is the range of conducted during election day voting period and starts before election day voting period
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The period during which election day voting may occur. Usually occurring on a single day, starting in the morning and continuing until early evening.
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- Voting vs Election System
- Programmed memory device containing all applicable election definition data required by the election system component where the device will be used.
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A kind of Administrative Georgraphy and Reporting Unit
This concept is the range of has election district
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Administrative area in which voters are entitled to vote in contests that are specific to that area.
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A kind of Government
that meets all of the following conditions:
- employs exactly one occurrence of Election Worker
- plays role of exactly one occurrence of Election Jurisdiction in Role
This concept is the domain of employs and plays role of
This concept is the range of employed by and in possession of
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Term as used in election contexts to signify a geographical area to which a practical authority has been granted to administer elections for political offices. Areas of jurisdiction apply to local, state, and federal levels. Note: States, counties, cities, towns and townships are all examples of jurisdictions. (old?)
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A role (business function) played by a election jurisdiction.
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Term used to designate the group of people associated with elections, including election personnel, poll workers, ballot designers and those responsible for the installation, operation and maintenance of the voting systems. See also election officials.
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A kind of Outcome
that meets all of the following conditions:
- derived from some occurrences of Contest Outcome
- has voting exactly one occurrence of Voting Motivation
- unnamed property1 exactly one occurrence of Contest in Election
This concept is the range of has election outcome
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A kind of Script
that meets all of the following conditions:
- established under authority exactly one occurrence of Law
- has law jurisdiction some occurrences of Jurisdiction
This concept is the domain of established under authority and has voting variation
This concept is the range of has election policy
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A kind of Tabulation Report
that has dissemination purpose
exactly
one
occurrence
of
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This concept is the domain of has dissemination purpose
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A tabulation produced after thje
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A kind of Faceting Thing
This concept is the domain of applies to
This concept is the range of has election rules
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A kind of thing that has election
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Election
Not an occurrence of Permanant Absentee Request or Temporal Absentee Request
This concept is the domain of has election
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Equivalent to
Election Worker
A kind of Election Jurisdiction in Role
that has supervised voting
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Supervised Voting
This concept is the domain of has supervised voting
This concept is the range of has election supervisor
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A kind of thing that has jurisdiction
exactly
one
occurrence
of
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This concept is the domain of has jurisdiction
This concept is the range of part of
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Election Supervisor
A kind of Person in Role
that meets all of the following conditions:
- employed by exactly one occurrence of Election Jurisdiction
- staffs exactly one occurrence of Polling Place
This concept is the domain of employed by and staffs
This concept is the range of employs and staffed by
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Any person who interacts with those coming to vote. This includes any poll worker, election day worker, early voting worker, or other temporary staff engaged in supporting the voting process.
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Subsystem within a voting system which communicates ballot information to a voter in video, audio, or other alternative format which allows the voter to select candidates and issues using vocalization or physical actions.
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Device that partially automates the process of checking in voters, assigning them the correct ballot style, and marking voters who have been issued a ballot. May be used in place of a traditional paper poll book. E-poll books can be stand alone at the precinct with a separate copy of the electors list or can be networked into a central voter registration system. They can check and update voter records in real time.
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Component of an electronic vote-capture device that communicates ballot information to the voter and accepts vote selection input from the voter.
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- Device that uses electronic or electromechanical components.
- Subject to EAC certification
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Visual display format options for displaying ballot choices and other information with the addition of personal choices such as text size and color contrast.
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In reference to processing a ranked choice voting contest on a cast ballot, a ballot that becomes inactive and cannot be advanced in the tabulation for a contest because there are no further valid rankings on the ballot for continuing contest options.
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Mark that falls wholly or partially inside of a contest selection position.
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A mark that is outside of the contest option position on a paper or other physical ballot. Extraneous marks on the ballot that can be used to associate the ballot with a specific voter will invalidate the ballot according to state rules.
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A kind of Reading Range
that determined by vertical timing mark
exactly
four
occurrences
of only
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This concept is the range of has facom
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Reference Mark
Equivalent to
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This concept is the range of relative to fiducial mark
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A printed reference point on a ballot. [Need to determine how to precisely determine offsets]
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Appropriate Mark
A kind of Expected Mark and Semiotic Mark
that made according to
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Ballot Marking Instructions
Not an occurrence of Geometric Mark
This concept is the domain of made according to
This concept is the range of has filling mark
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An expected mark made according to the ballot marking instructions.
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A kind of Schema
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has actual form exactly one occurrence of Actual Form
- has entries exactly one occurrence of Entries
This concept is the domain of has actual form and has entries
This concept is the range of has form
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A kind of Process
that meets all of the following conditions:
- according to exactly one occurrence of Ballot Interaction Instructions
- has actual form exactly one occurrence of Actual Form
This concept is the domain of according to and has actual form
This concept is the range of fills out
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This concept is the domain of relative to fiducial mark
This concept is the range of has fudicial offset
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Equivalent to a thing that has final impact
some
occurrences
of
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This concept is the domain of has final impact
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Election in which voters, regardless of party affiliation, are permitted to select candidates to fill public office and vote on ballot issues (VVSG 1.1)
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A kind of Semiotic Mark
Not an occurrence of Filling Mark or Script Mark
This concept is the range of has geometric mark
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A mark whose shape may indicate a contest selection.
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Describes units of geopolitical geography so that they can be associated with contests, offices, ballot styles, and election results.
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Small dot made by resting the point of a writing utensil on a paper ballot.
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A kind of Timing Mark
This concept is the domain of has omr reading methods and unnamed property1
This concept is the range of has horizontal timing mark
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A kind of thing that composed of timing mark
any number of
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of only
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Not an occurrence of Vertical Timing Track
This concept is the range of has horizontal timing track
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A kind of Description, Namespace, and Relative Thing
that meets all of the following conditions:
- identifies exactly one occurrence of Person
- issued by exactly one occurrence of Identification Issuer
This concept is the domain of identifies and issued by
This concept is the range of is identified by and issues
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A kind of thing that issues
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Identification
This concept is the domain of issues
This concept is the range of issued by
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A kind of thing that has nvra form
exactly
one
occurrence
of
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This concept is the domain of has nvra form
This concept is the range of unnamed property1
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Script Mark that potentially indicate the voter’s identify.
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Voting that occurs prior to election day at a polling location under the supervision of poll workers. This kind of voting may employ procedures similar to other forms of absentee voting.
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Voting that occurs prior to election day at a polling location under the supervision of poll workers.
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Voting that occurs at a polling place under the supervision of poll workers.
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- Remove/replace with active inactive concept?
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Equivalent to
Generated Mark
A kind of Contest Selection and Purpose
Not an occurrence of Direct Selection
This concept is the range of has indirect selection
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The condition in which a selection for a specific contest option caused selections in other linked contest options. An example is a straight party selection that causes indirect selections for all contest options of the identified party in contests linked to the straight party contest.
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This concept is the domain of has law
This concept is the range of has jurisdiction and has law jurisdiction
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A kind of thing that has dropout color
some
occurrences
of
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This concept is the domain of has dropout color and has readable color
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A kind of Rule and Script
that meets all of the following conditions:
- establishes office exactly one occurrence of Office
- has election policy exactly one occurrence of Election Policy
- has law jurisdiction exactly one occurrence of Jurisdiction
This concept is the range of established under authority, governed by law, has law, and valid according to law
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A kind of Abstract and Contest in Election
that has physical contest
some
occurrences
of
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This concept is the domain of has physical contest
This concept is the range of ff
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A contest layed out according to
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A kind of Contest Selection Indication Origin
that caused by application of rules
exactly
one
occurrence
of
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This concept is the domain of caused by application of rules
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Equivalent to either Machine Readable Mark, Machine Unreadable Mark, or Marginally Machine Readable Mark
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A kind of Expected Mark and Incoming Adjudication Statuses
that made according to
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Marking Instructions
Not an occurrence of Machine Unreadable Mark or Marginally Machine Readable Mark
This concept is the domain of made according to
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Mark in a contest selection position of a paper ballot that meets requirements for detection by a scanner.
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A kind of Expected Mark
Not an occurrence of Machine Readable Mark or Marginally Machine Readable Mark
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Mark in a contest selection position of a paper ballot that meets requirements for detection by a scanner.
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Paper ballot marked by a person using a writing utensil. The paper ballot is the independent voter-verifiable record.
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A kind of Expected Mark and Incoming Adjudication Statuses
Not an occurrence of Machine Readable Mark or Machine Unreadable Mark
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Mark in contest selection position of a paper ballot that does not meet the requirements for a reliably detectable selection, and therefore requires human adjudication. A marginal mark may be a determined to indicate a selection, depending on state law.
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Syn from [SK glossary]
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A kind of Reading Range
that between vertical timing mark
exactly
two
occurrences
of only
Vertical Timing Mark
This concept is the domain of between vertical timing mark
This concept is the range of has mark to mark
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Equivalent to a thing that has ballot marks
some
occurrences
of
Ballot Mark
A kind of Voter Possessable Ballots
that has marking outcome
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Marking Outcome
Not an occurrence of Blank Ballot
This concept is the domain of has ballot marks and has marking outcome
This concept is the range of has marked ballot
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Ballot that contains all of a voter's selections.
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A kind of Voting Motivation
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has action some occurrences of Ballot Marking
- has marking outcome exactly one occurrence of Marking Outcome
This concept is the domain of has marking outcome
This concept is the range of has marking motivation and written to honor
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A kind of Outcome
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has marked ballot exactly one occurrence of Marked Ballot
- has marking motivation exactly one occurrence of Marking Motivation
This concept is the domain of has marked ballot and has marking motivation
This concept is the range of has marking outcome
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equiv per OMR book
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Mediating Thing
(http://hiltonroscoe.com/ns/ontologies/sowa#MediatingThing)
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A kind of Purpose
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has candidate contest exactly one occurrence of Candidate Contest
- has candidate contest option exactly one occurrence of Candidate Contest Option
This concept is the domain of has candidate contest and has candidate contest option
This concept is the range of has narrowing purpose
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A kind of thing that has citizen
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Naturalized Citizen
Not an occurrence of Birth in County
This concept is the domain of has citizen
This concept is the range of has naturalized
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Not an occurrence of Birthright Citizen
This concept is the domain of has naturalized
This concept is the range of has citizen
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Equivalent to
Unknown Indication
Not an occurrence of Countable Indication or Uncountable Indication
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(Not selected for the report)
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Any registered voter may request an absentee ballot without stating a reason. Discussion: in states without no-excuse absentee voting a voter must state a valid excuse in order to obtain an absentee ballot.
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A kind of Candidate and Situation
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has nominated success exactly one occurrence of Nomination Success
- has nomination purpose exactly one occurrence of Nomination Purpose
This concept is the domain of has nominated success and has nomination purpose
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Seems that Nominated Candidate is a candidate that prehends nomination success. However, it also describes a situational outcome
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This concept is the domain of has nomination rules
This concept is the range of has nomination process
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This concept is the domain of has nomination process
This concept is the range of has nomination rules
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This concept is the domain of has nomination process
This concept is the range of has nominated success
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A kind of thing that has narrowing purpose
exactly
one
occurrence
of only
Non Party Specific Narrowing Purpose
Not an occurrence of Partisan Primary
This concept is the range of appear during
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Primary election held to narrow the field of candidates in non-party-specific contests.
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A kind of thing that has partisan primary
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Partisan Primary
This concept is the domain of has partisan primary
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Contest where eligibility to vote in that contest is independent of political party.
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A kind of Narrowing Purpose
that meets all of the following conditions:
- appear during exactly one occurrence of Non Partisan Primary
- has candidate contest any number of occurrences of only Non Party Specific Contest
This concept is the domain of appear during
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Elected office for which candidates appear on the election ballot without political party designation.
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A kind of Mediating Thing and RegistrationForm
that meets all of the following conditions:
- containing some occurrences of Voter Registration Identification
- unnamed property1 exactly one occurrence of Identification Union
This concept is the domain of containing and unnamed property1
This concept is the range of appears on and has nvra form
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(Not selected for the report)
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A kind of Read Method
This concept is the domain of has digital imaging, has optical mark recognition, and has resoloution scanning
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A kind of thing that meets all of the following conditions:
- governed by law exactly one occurrence of Law
- has legal obligations exactly one occurrence of Legal Obligations
- is composed of some occurrences of Office Seat
This concept is the range of establishes office and has office
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A position established by law with certain associated rights and duties.
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Equivalent to either Nonpartisan Office or Partisan Office
A kind of thing that has candidate
any number of
occurrences
of
Candidate
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Union describing whether an office has a partisan composure or not. All partisan office seats do, including appointed office.
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A kind of thing that meets all of the following conditions:
- has office exactly one occurrence of Office
- has officeholder at most one occurrence of Officeholder
- has term of office exactly one occurrence of Term of Office
This concept is the range of for seat and is composed of
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An office position that a single officeholder may occupy for a term of office.
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A kind of thing that meets all of the following conditions:
- for seat exactly one occurrence of Office Seat
- has legal obligations exactly one occurrence of Legal Obligations
This concept is the domain of for seat and has legal obligations
This concept is the range of has officeholder
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A kind of thing that establishes
at most
one
occurrence
of
Party Affiliation
Not an occurrence of Closed Primary
This concept is the domain of establishes
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(For Ballot Issuance purposes), Primary election in which the voter may choose a political party when they request a ballot. In some states the voter will become publicly affiliated with the chosen political party, while others do not establish affiliation. Other states may restrict the voters ability to switch affiliation from one party to another.
(For Voting System purposes) Primary election in which a voter may vote in party-specific contests associated with that party, along with non party specific contests presented at the same election.
(For Voting System purposes) Primary election in which a voter may vote in party-specific contests associated with that party, along with non party specific contests presented at the same election.
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A kind of Controlling Contest
that meets all of the following conditions:
- exactly one occurrence of Contest Narrowing Purpose
- has option some occurrences of only Party Activation Contest Option
This concept is the domain of has indirect deselection
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A controlling contest that may appear on an open primary ballot that allows the voter to select which political party’s primary they wish to vote. A valid selection in this contest protects the voter from voiding the partisan selection of the ballot by making selections in more than one party’s contest.
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This concept is the domain of has fixed position scanning
This concept is the range of has optical mark recognition
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Equivalent to either Ballot Option or Contest Option
This concept is the domain of appears under
This concept is the range of has option
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(term is purposely not defined)
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A kind of Contest in Election
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has option some occurrences of Candidate Option
- produced by exactly one occurrence of Contest Ordering
- with respect to exactly one occurrence of only Ballot Style
This concept is the domain of produced by
This concept is the range of has ordered contest and produces
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A kind of Expected Mark and Semiotic Mark
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has filling mark exactly one occurrence of Filling Mark
- has geometric mark some occurrences of Geometric Mark
This concept is the domain of has filling mark and has geometric mark
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Two or more semiotic marks overlapping in the same contest selection position
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A kind of thing that allocated to
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Overvote Count
Not an occurrence of Undervote
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Occurs when the number of selections made by a voter in a contest is more than the maximum number allowed. The number of allowed selections is equal to the number of votes lost. For example, if three selections are made in a vote-for-two contest, the number of votes lost is two.
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The number of overvotes associated with a particular contest.
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A kind of Ballot Format Actualizations and Fully Verifiable Paper Record
that has ballot sheet
some
occurrences
of
Paper Ballot Sheet
This concept is the domain of has ballot sheet
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- A piece of paper, or multiple sheets of paper, on which all contest options of a given ballot style are printed.
- Ballot style does not link properly to Ballot
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A kind of thing that meets all of the following conditions:
- has ballot pages some occurrences of Paper Ballot Page
- has ballot side exactly two occurrences of Ballot Side
This concept is the domain of has ballot pages and has ballot side
This concept is the range of has ballot sheet
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A single piece of paper that forms part of a paper ballot. Paper ballots may contain multiple ballot sheets.
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A kind of Ballot
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has cool party exactly one occurrence of Political Party
- has voter voting in closed primary exactly one occurrence of Voter Voting in Closed Primary
This concept is the domain of has cool party and has voter voting in closed primary
This concept is the range of has partisan ballot
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A kind of thing that has candidate
any number of
occurrences
of only
Affiliated Candidate
Not an occurrence of Nonpartisan Office
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Elected office for which candidates may appear on the ballot with a political party designation.
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Boards that have equal makeup based on partisanship
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Equivalent to either Closed Primary or Open Primary
A kind of thing that has narrowing purpose
exactly
one
occurrence
of only
Party Specific Narrowing Purpose
Not an occurrence of Non Partisan Primary
This concept is the range of appear during and has partisan primary
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Primary election held to narrow the field of candidates in party-specific contests.
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A kind of Voter
that meets all of the following conditions:
- affiliates via exactly one occurrence of Voter Party Affiliation
- has party contests exactly one occurrence of Party Specific Contest
This concept is the domain of affiliates via and has party contests
This concept is the range of affiliates and has voter
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A kind of Party Contest Option
that appears under
exactly
one
occurrence
of only
Open Primary Party Preference Contest
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Association with a political party. See also: endorsement. Note: Affiliation with a political party does not imply endorsement by that political party; endorsement does not imply affiliation
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A kind of Ballot Selection
that has affiliating primary
exactly
one
occurrence
of
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This concept is the domain of has affiliating primary
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For a contest selection involving a party such as for a straight party selection on the ballot. It inherits the attributes of ContestSelection. [ERRv2 CDF]
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A candidate that has a party or party-like designation.
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A kind of Mediating Thing
that meets all of the following conditions:
- applies exactly one occurrence of Endorsed Candidate
- comes from some occurrences of Political Party
This concept is the domain of applies and comes from
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A kind of thing that implies
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Party Affiliation
Not an occurrence of Straight Party Option
This concept is the domain of implies
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The act of picking a political party for primary voting purposes. (JND)
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A kind of thing that meets all of the following conditions:
- appearing under exactly one occurrence of Political Party
- has option any number of occurrences of only Party Specific Contest Option
Not an occurrence of Non Party Specific Contest
This concept is the domain of appearing under
This concept is the range of has party contests
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Contest such that eligibility to vote in that contest is restricted based on political party affiliation or lack thereof. Note: The affiliation might be the registered affiliation of the voter or it might be an affiliation declared at the time of voting. See closed primary, open primary. (NIST Twiki Glossary), (approved by EM group, 3/28)
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A kind of Narrowing Purpose
that meets all of the following conditions:
- appear during exactly one occurrence of Partisan Primary
- has candidate contest any number of occurrences of only Party Specific Contest
This concept is the domain of appear during
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Once a voter opts in, they will receive an absentee ballot automatically for all future elections. Note: the definition of "permanent" varies by state. Some states require voters to reapply at certain intervals (NCSL)
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A kind of Independent Thing and Object
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has date exactly one occurrence of Birth Date
- has facet at most one occurrence of Given Name
- has persons purpose exactly one occurrence of Purpose of Person
This concept is the domain of born at, has date, has persons purpose, has submitted registration, is identified by, and performs as
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A kind of Contest in Election and Physical
that meets all of the following conditions:
- ff exactly one occurrence of Logical Contest
- has voting variation exactly one occurrence of Voting Variation
This concept is the domain of ff and has voting variation
This concept is the range of has physical contest
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A contest rendered according to a specific layout.
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A kind of thing that unnamed property1
exactly
two
occurrences
of
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This concept is the domain of unnamed property1
This concept is the range of unnamed property1
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A kind of Mediating Thing
This concept is the domain of affiliates via, candidate recieves votes via, gives, labels, and unnamed1
This concept is the range of affiliates to, appearing under, comes from, has cool party, is labeled by, and represented as
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A kind of thing that is labeled by
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Political Party
This concept is the domain of applies to and is labeled by
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A political party label that is associated with a candidate. Candidates may be designated through the nomination process or by the candidate themself.
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- Any unit of government, such as counties, cities, school districts, and water and conservation districts having authority to hold elections for public offices or on ballot measures.
- Right to hold or the holder of See canvass definition
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Equivalent to
Polling Place
A kind of Building in Role
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has election some occurrences of Election
- serves some occurrences of Voter
- serves precinct some occurrences of Precinct
This concept is the range of has polling location and votes at
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Equivalent to
Polling Location
A kind of thing that meets all of the following conditions:
- exactly one occurrence of In Person Voting
- staffed by some occurrences of Election Worker
This concept is the domain of staffed by
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Location at which voters may cast in-person ballots under the supervision of election workers during one or more specific time periods.
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Voting that occurs at a polling place under the supervision of poll workers.
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Equivalent to a thing that conducted during pre election day voting period
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Pre Election Day Voting Period
This concept is the domain of conducted during pre election day voting period and occurs for
This concept is the range of meets requirements of
Definition:
Voting that occurs during a period that starts prior to the start of election day voting.
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A kind of Voting Period
that meets all of the following conditions:
- exactly one occurrence of Pre Election Day Voting
- starts before election day voting period exactly one occurrence of Election Day Voting Period
This concept is the domain of starts before election day voting period
This concept is the range of conducted during pre election day voting period and occurs before election day voting period
Definition:
The period during which early voting may take place. This period must begin prior to election day.
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A kind of Election District
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has polling location exactly one occurrence of Polling Location
- has vote center exactly one occurrence of Vote Center
This concept is the domain of has polling location and has vote center
This concept is the range of has precinct and serves precinct
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A precinct is the geographic area to which voters are assigned. It is an administrative division of a county or municipality to which a voter has been assigned by their residence address for voting in an election. Your jurisdiction may use the terms “ward” or “voting district” to describe voting precincts.
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A kind of Ballot Style
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has language exactly one occurrence of Language Situation
- has structual data exactly one occurrence of Structual Data
- supplies ballot data exactly one occurrence of Ballot Rendering Process
This concept is the domain of has language, has rotated contest, has structual data, and supplies ballot data
This concept is the range of has presentable ballot
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Ballot style that includes all presentational details required to generate a ballot. This may include language, ordering of contests and candidates, and structural content such as headers.
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Primary election in which voters choose the delegates to the presidential nominating conventions allotted to their states by the national party committees.
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Equivalent to either Non Partisan Primary or Partisan Primary
Equivalent to a thing that meets all of the following conditions:
- has narrowing purpose exactly one occurrence of Narrowing Purpose
- has qualifier contest some occurrences of Qualifier Impact
This concept is the domain of has narrowing purpose and has qualifier contest
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Election held to determine which candidates qualify to appear as contest options in subsequent elections.
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A kind of thing that has appearence
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Contest Option Position Appearence
This concept is the domain of has appearence
This concept is the range of has contest layout
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Equivalent to either Blank Ballot or Marked Ballot
Equivalent to Cast Ballot or Reviewed Ballot
This concept is the range of in state
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- Electronic device that includes software. Most electronic voting devices include application logic (software) and are, therefore, programmed devices.
- Replace with programmed component?
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A failsafe ballot provided to a voter whose eligibility for a regular ballot cannot be immediately determined. The ballot may be counted or further processed depending on state law. See also: 52 U.S.C. Section 21082, recallable ballot.
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Ballot content structured as a contest
(Not selected for the report)
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A kind of thing that meets all of the following conditions:
- fills out exactly one occurrence of Form Filling
- has form outcome exactly one occurrence of Form Outcome
This concept is the domain of fills out and has form outcome
This concept is the range of has persons purpose
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Not an occurrence of Final Impact or Rules Impact
This concept is the range of has qualifier contest
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Cast ballot that has been accepted and initially processed.
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Sektronic calls "photo reflective"
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Equivalent to
Reading Area
Equivalent to
Reading Zone
Equivalent to
Scanning Area
A kind of thing that determined by vertical timing mark
between
one and four
occurrences
of
Vertical Timing Mark
Not an occurrence of Response Position
This concept is the domain of determined by vertical timing mark and has mark frame
This concept is the range of appears under reading range, bounded by reading range, has omr reading methods, and has reading range
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Area determined by one or more vertical timing marks where a response position may appear.
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Recorded ballot that can be individually retrieved and included or excluded from further processing.
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Ballot for which there is an associated cast vote record.
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A preprinted indicator on a document used as a base location point by a reading device. Also known as a registration mark. [OMR book]
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[Syn in OMR book]
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A kind of Form and Independent Thing
This concept is the domain of has submitted registration
This concept is the range of registeredVia
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A kind of Ballot
that has ballot interaction instructions
exactly
one
occurrence
of
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This concept is the domain of has ballot interaction instructions
This concept is the range of produces render ballot
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A ballot style rendered in a human understandable display format according to a voter's situation, with instructions on how to make a selection.
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- Geographical area in which reported totals or counts are reported (for example, a jurisdiction, precinct, or election district).
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A kind of thing that meets all of the following conditions:
- appears on form exactly one occurrence of Actual Form
- represents exactly one occurrence of Person
This concept is the domain of appears on form and represents
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Equivalent to
Marking Position
A kind of Polygonal Shape
Not an occurrence of Reading Range
This concept is the domain of appears under reading range and has fudicial offset
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A specified area on a ballot where a voter’s selection in a particular contest can be indicated.
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Ballot that has been reviewed, before it is cast, to determine what contest selections it contains.
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Equivalent to a thing that produced by
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Candidate Rotation Process
A kind of Ordered Contest
that meets all of the following conditions:
- some occurrences of Presentable Ballot Style
- has option some occurrences of Candidate Option
This concept is the domain of produced by
This concept is the range of has rotated contest
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A contest in which the candidates have been shifted from their initial position.
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SK term. Probably not helpful.
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Natural language script placed upon the ballot by the voter.
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A mark described in terms of its perceivable features.
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Distance between the center of 2 sensors on a sensor array. Likely only applies to traditional OMR "photo reflection sensors"
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A kind of Identification
that meets all of the following conditions:
- identifies exactly one occurrence of Citizen
- issued exactly one occurrence of Social Security Number
- issued by exactly one occurrence of Social Security Administration
This concept is the domain of issued
This concept is the range of issued to
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Primary election or general election that is not regularly scheduled. Note: a special election may be combined with a scheduled election.
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An issued ballot that will not be cast, usually because it has been incorrectly marked or impaired in some way.
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A kind of Voter Registration Identification
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has person exactly one occurrence of State Government
- issued by some occurrences of Motor Vehicle Authority
This concept is the domain of has person
This concept is the range of has state identification
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A kind of Controlling Contest
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has option some occurrences of only Straight Party Option
- ReportTrueOnly exactly one occurrence
- Ruleset exactly one occurrence
This concept is the domain of has indirect selection
Definition:
A controlling contest that allows voters to select multiple candidates of the same political party appearing in multiple contests through a single selection of a political party.
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A kind of Contest Option
that meets all of the following conditions:
- appears on exactly one occurrence of Ballot
- appears under exactly one occurrence of only Straight Party Contest
Not an occurrence of Party Selection
This concept is the domain of appears on and represents
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A kind of Direct Selection
that overrides
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Straight Party Indirect Selection
This concept is the domain of overrides
Definition:
Explicit voter selection that overrides or supplements the vote selections made by a straight party voting option. Straight party overrides may be subject to state election rules for how they work or whether they are allowed.
Model-Generated Definition:
A kind of Direct Selection
that meets all of the following conditions:
- causes some occurrences of Straight Party Indirect Selection
- indicates contest option exactly one occurrence of only Straight Party Option
- represented as exactly one occurrence of Political Party
- votes for exactly one occurrence of Party Affiliation
This concept is the range of candidate recieves votes via and caused by
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Mechanism that allows voters to cast a single vote to select all candidates on the ballot from a single political party.
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A kind of Voter Intent Mark
that indicating
no
occurrences
of anything
This concept is the domain of crossing
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Mark that falls primarily or completely outside the contest selection position and determined to not indicate a contest selection.
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A mark that overlaps the contest option, such as to strike the candidate’s name.
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A kind of thing that has presentable ballot
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Presentable Ballot Style
This concept is the domain of has presentable ballot
This concept is the range of has structual data
Definition:
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A kind of Relative Thing
that meets all of the following conditions:
- for exactly one occurrence of Person
- to exactly one occurrence of VoterRegistrationAgency
This concept is the range of has submitted registration and in possession of
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A kind of Voting Location Category
that has election supervisor
some
occurrences
of
Election Supervisor
This concept is the domain of has election supervisor
This concept is the range of has supervised voting
Definition:
Voting in presence of election officials.
T
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A report containing the counts associated with ballots tabulated for a given election district.
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A kind of thing that for period ending on
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Calendar Date
Not an occurrence of Election Specific Absentee Request or Permanant Absentee Request
This concept is the domain of for period ending on
Definition:
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A kind of Voting Variation
that conducted during voting period
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Voting Period
This concept is the domain of conducted during voting period
Definition:
Voting that occurs over a particular voting period.
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A kind of thing that
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Office Seat
This concept is the range of has term of office
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The top-most concept
A kind of thing that meets all of the following conditions:
- assistedBy exactly one occurrence
- childOf exactly one occurrence
- parentOf exactly one occurrence
- registeredAt exactly one occurrence
This concept is the domain of assistedBy, childOf, made up of, parentOf, part of, registeredAt, represented by, and represents
This concept is the range of assistedBy, childOf, made up of, parentOf, part of, registeredAt, represented by, and represents
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A kind of Reading Range
that determined by vertical timing mark
exactly
one
occurrence
of only
Vertical Timing Mark
This concept is the range of has timing control
Definition:
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Equivalent to
Clock Mark
A kind of thing that composing timing track
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Timing Track
Not an occurrence of Data Mark
This concept is the domain of composing timing track
This concept is the range of composed of timing mark
Definition:
A rectangular mark on a ballot that indicates the beginning, ending (inclusive or exclusive) of a reading range across a single axis (horizontal or vertical).
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Equivalent to either Horizontal Timing Track or Vertical Timing Track
A kind of thing that composed of timing mark
some
occurrences
of
Timing Mark
This concept is the domain of composed of timing mark
This concept is the range of composing timing track
Definition:
A series of timing marks in a track on which a pattern of signals is recorded to provide a timing reference [OMR book]
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A kind of Semiotic Mark
that made along
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Contest Option Position Appearence
This concept is the domain of made along
Definition:
Mark made exclusively along the contest selection position indicator.
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Vote that cannot be allocated to a specific contest option due to an undervote or overvote.
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A kind of thing that allocated to
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Undervote Count
Not an occurrence of Overvote
Definition:
Occurs when the number of selections in a contest is less than the maximum number allowed for that contest. The number of undervotes is equal to the number of votes lost, e.g., if no selection is made in a vote for two contest, the number of votes lost is two.
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The number of undervotes associated with a particular contest.
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A kind of thing that made at
no
occurrences
of anything
Not an occurrence of Expected Mark
This concept is the domain of made at
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Mark that falls wholly outside a contest selection position.
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A kind of Country
This concept is the domain of has birth in united states
This concept is the range of has united states
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A ballot that has been successfully read but the ballot style identification code is not a code contained in the election definition being used by the device or, in the case of a batch-fed scanner, the code is not defined for the precinct whose batch is has been identified to be processed.
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Voting that occurs unsupervised at a location chosen by the voter.
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Equivalent to a thing that conducted during uocava voting period
exactly
one
occurrence
of
UOCAVA Voting Period
A kind of Pre Election Day Voting
This concept is the domain of conducted during uocava voting period
Definition:
Voting that occurs prior to election day using various means.
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A kind of Pre Election Day Voting Period
This concept is the range of conducted during uocava voting period
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The period during which UOCAVA voting may take place. This period must begin prior to election day.
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A ballot produced an image that the scanner cannot extract information from due to not recognizing the required format, has been damaged, contains marks that obliterate the format information making it unintelligible or scanning of the ballot failed for mechanical reasons (such as slippage or skew).
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A kind of Absentee Request
that meets requirements of
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Pre Election Day Voting
This concept is the domain of meets requirements of
This concept is the range of has valid absentee request and occurs for
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A kind of Timing Mark
This concept is the domain of has direct under, has facom, has mark to mark, has reading range, and has timing control
This concept is the range of between vertical timing mark, determined by vertical timing mark, and under vertical timing mark
Definition:
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A kind of thing that composed of timing mark
any number of
occurrences
of only
Vertical Timing Mark
Not an occurrence of Horizontal Timing Track
This concept is the range of has vertical timing track
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Electronic ballot interface which presents ballot information and voting instructions as video images. See also ballot. (VVSG 1.1)
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A kind of thing that meets all of the following conditions:
- has horizontal timing track some occurrences of Horizontal Timing Track
- has vertical timing track some occurrences of Vertical Timing Track
This concept is the domain of has horizontal timing track and has vertical timing track
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The grid of potential contest option positions as a result of the overlay of the horizontal timing track and horizontal timing track.
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A display format in which ballot choices and other information are displayed on screen or paper for perception using sight.
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A polling place where voters from multiple precincts may cast their ballots.
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ESS Term
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An automated device that is used directly by a voter to vote a ballot.
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A kind of Person in Role
that meets all of the following conditions:
- fills out absentee request some occurrences of Absentee Request
- performs some occurrences of Act of Voting
- performs some occurrences of Ballot Marking
- registeredVia exactly one occurrence of RegistrationForm
- votes at some occurrences of Polling Location
- votes in some occurrences of Election
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A ballot processing device that:
accepts hand-marked or BMD-produced paper ballots one sheet at a time;
is usually used for in-person voting;
permits election officials to open and close the polls; scans a ballot and rejects it if either unreadable or un-processable; detects, interprets and validates contest selections; notifies the voter of voting exceptions (such as undervotes or overvotes) or unreadable marks; stores accepted ballots in a secure container; sorts or otherwise marks ballots or ballot images that need subsequent human review; and tabulates and reports contest results after polls are closed. This unit was previously referred to as precinct count optical scanner or PCOS.
accepts hand-marked or BMD-produced paper ballots one sheet at a time;
is usually used for in-person voting;
permits election officials to open and close the polls; scans a ballot and rejects it if either unreadable or un-processable; detects, interprets and validates contest selections; notifies the voter of voting exceptions (such as undervotes or overvotes) or unreadable marks; stores accepted ballots in a secure container; sorts or otherwise marks ballots or ballot images that need subsequent human review; and tabulates and reports contest results after polls are closed. This unit was previously referred to as precinct count optical scanner or PCOS.
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A kind of thing that to make
some
occurrences
of
Contest Selection
This concept is the domain of indicated by and to make
This concept is the range of indicating
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A cognitive construct, formed by the voter, which they attempt to express through the actions they take to mark, verify, and cast their ballot.
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A standard for counting ballots that aims to ensure that ballots are counted in accordance with the goals of the voter, using written rules for both human processes and machine algorithms to ensure that all ballots marked in a similar way are counted in the same way.
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A kind of Declared Party Affiliation and Party Ballot Selection
that instructs
some
occurrences
of
Voter Party Affiliation
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- A point in time in which certain facts holds about a voter.
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A kind of thing that meets all of the following conditions:
- has closed primary exactly one occurrence of Closed Primary
- has partisan ballot exactly one occurrence of Partisan Ballot
- has voter exactly one occurrence of Partisan Voter
This concept is the range of has voter voting in closed primary
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A kind of Situation
that meets all of the following conditions:
- has voter exactly one occurrence of Voter
- has voter possessable ballots exactly one occurrence of Voter Possessable Ballots
This concept is the domain of has voter and has voter possessable ballots
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A kind of Independent Thing and State Government
This concept is the domain of in possession of
This concept is the range of to
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Voting that occurs at a particular location.
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A kind of thing that informs
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Contest Instructions
This concept is the domain of has contest in election and informs
This concept is the range of voted according to
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A kind of Purpose and Reason
that meets all of the following conditions:
- exactly one occurrence of Election Outcome
- has action some occurrences of Act of Voting
- produces exactly one occurrence of Outcome
This concept is the domain of produces
This concept is the range of has voting
Definition:
A process which associates voter's with intentions.
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A kind of Continuant, Description, and Script
that
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Temporal Voting Category
This concept is the range of conducted during voting period
Definition:
The period during which voting may take place.
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A kind of thing that part of
some
occurrences
of
Election System
This concept is the domain of part of
This concept is the range of part of
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Equipment (including hardware, firmware, and software), materials, and documentation used to define elections and ballot styles, configure voting equipment, identify and validate voting equipment configurations, perform logic and accuracy tests, activate ballots, capture votes, count votes, reconcile ballots needing special treatment, generate reports, transmit election data, archive election data, and audit elections.
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A kind of thing that has ballot format
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Ballot Format
This concept is the domain of has ballot format
Definition:
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Voting style, option, or feature such as in-person voting, absentee voting, provisional / challenged ballots, review-required ballots, closed primaries, open primaries, write-ins, ballot rotation, straight party voting, cross-party endorsement, split precincts, N-of-M voting, cumulative voting, or ranked order voting. (NIST Twiki Glossary)
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Device that is part of the voting system.
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Not an occurrence of Candidate Option
This concept is the domain of has write-in response position
This concept is the range of selected at
Definition:
A type of contest option that allows a voter to specify a candidate, usually not already listed under the same contest. Depending on jurisdiction rules, only certain names will be considered as valid write-ins.
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A kind of Response Position
This concept is the domain of selected at
This concept is the range of has write-in response position
Definition:
A specified area on a ballot where a voter’s selection for a contest option not on the ballot may be indicated.
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A kind of Tabulation Report
that has verification purpose
exactly
one
occurrence
of
Verification Purpose
This concept is the domain of has contest count and has verification purpose
Definition:
A tabulation report produced at the opening of polls to verify that there are no stored votes.
Unnamed Concepts
Model-Generated Definition:
This concept is the domain of has horizontal timing mark
This concept is the range of unnamed property1
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