EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Doug Jones
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/27/2005
Glossary Comments
Glossary Term : | Counted Ballot
Definition : |
Comment : | In response to your request for comments on the draft glossary of voting system terminology, I offer the following, picking up with the letter C, having completed A and B in my previous batch of comments. As before, in each case, I am quoting the original and then offering an alternative definition. Counted Ballot: Ballot that has been processed and whose votes are included in the candidate and measures vote totals. Counted Ballot (Image): Ballot, ballot image or cast vote record that has been processed and whose votes are included in the candidate registers and equivalent counters for other types of contests. -- Comment: References to other definitions in the same glossary reinforce the integrity of the whole