EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Lillie Coney, et al.
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/27/2005
Glossary Comments
Glossary Term : | Procedure-Dependent, Procedure-Independent
Definition : |
Comment : | We also suggest the addition of the following terms: Procedure-dependence: to distinguish between i. properties (such as security and privacy) that require polling officials to behave honestly and follow process ii. properties that hold independent of whether polling officials behave honestly and follow process Definition Procedure-Dependent A certain property (such as count integrity, ballot secrecy, privacy) is procedure-dependent if its satisfaction requires that election officials properly and honestly perform various procedures. Definition Procedure-Independent A certain property (such as count integrity, ballot secrecy, privacy)is procedure-independent if it is guaranteed independent of election officials properly and honestly performing various procedures.