EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Doug Jones
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/27/2005
Glossary Comments
Glossary Term : | Election Definition
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 D, having completed A through C in previous comments. As before, in each case, I am quoting the original and then offering an alternative definition. Election Definition: Abstract definition of the races and questions that may appear on ballot forms. Election Definition: Information from which all of the Ballot Configurations in an election are derived. This includes the candidate lists for each race in each election district that is included, in part, within the jurisdiction, as well as geographic information about which precincts are included in which districts. -- Comment: I have recommended striking (or at least depricating) the term Ballot Form, and I recommend therefore that Election Definition be clearly defined without reference to that term.