EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Doug Jones
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/27/2005
Glossary Comments
Glossary Term : | Cast Vote Record
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. Cast Vote Record (CVR): Permanent record of all votes produced by a single voter whether in electronic or paper copy form. Used for counting votes. Also referred to as ballot set or ballot image when used to refer to electronic ballots. Cast Vote Record (CVR): Permanent record of all votes cast by a single voter whether in electronic or paper copy form. Used for counting votes. Also referred to as a ballot image when used to refer to electronic ballots, and referred to as a cast ballot when used to refer to the paper form. -- Comment: I have never heard the term ballot set used before, it is not in the glossary, and therefore, I would deprecate it.