EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Alan Dechert
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/27/2005
Glossary Comments
Glossary Term : | Summary Paper Ballot (SPB)
Definition : |
Comment : | I would like to add two terms, especially, to the voting terms glossary. You may receive other requests/comments from Open Voting Consortium or Open Voting Consortium members regarding the glossary, but these are the most essential ones in my view. SUMMARY PAPER BALLOT (SPB) is needed to distinguish the paper printout from a computerized ballot marking system from other types of ballots. The SPB is analagous to the "Ticket" used in the 19th century, whereby a voter submitted a list of his selections. This type of paper ballot did not have all available choices listed -- only the ones selected. Here's how I would like these to read: SUMMARY PAPER BALLOT (SPB): A type of VVPB in which only affirmative voting preferences are contained on a human-readable ballot. For example, a SPB might contain the name of a voter's preferred candidate, but omit the names of non-preferred candidates for typographic and handling convenience Association: Voting Source: OVC