Election-Specific Terms
These terms have been defined by the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC), a bipartisan commission charged with developing voting system guidelines.
Audit
Systematic, independent, documented process for obtaining records, statements of fact, or other relevant information and assessing them objectively to determine the extent to which specified requirements are fulfilled.
Ballot
The official presentation of all of the contests to be decided in a particular election.
Central Count Voting System
A voting system that tabulates ballots from multiple precincts at a central location. Voted ballots are placed into secure storage at the polling place. Stored ballots are transported or transmitted to a central counting place, which produces the vote count report.
