EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Doug Jones
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/26/2005
Glossary Comments
Glossary Term : | Ballot Position
Definition : |
Comment : | In response to your request for comments on the draft glossary of voting system terminology, I offer the following. In each case, I am quoting your original and then offering an alternative definition. Ballot Position: Abstract choice that is represented by a single line item where a vote may be recorded in a ballot or ballot image. Ballot Position: A specific place in a ballot or ballot image where a voter's preference for a particular contest may be indicated. Positions may be connected to row and column numbers on the face of a voting machine or ballot, particular bit positions in a binary record of a ballot (for example, a punched card or electronic ballot image), the equivalent in some other form. Ballot positions are bound to specific contests and candidates by the ballot configuration.