EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Doug Jones
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/26/2005
Glossary Comments
Glossary Term : | Ballot Format
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 Format: One of any number of specific ballot configurations issued to the appropriate precinct. At a minimum, ballot formats differ from one another in content. They may also differ in size of type, graphical presentation, language used, or (e.g., visual or audio). Also referred to as ballot style. Ballot Format: The concrete presentation of a ballot configuration appropriate to the particular voting technology being used. Each ballot configuration may be rendered in several formats, differing in method of presentation (visual or audio), language, or graphical presentation, but all formats for a given configuration will present the same contests.