Delaware Regulations § 101-3.0 Definitions

For purposes of this regulation, the following words or terms shall have the meaning indicated:

"Audit" or "post-election audit" means the definition of "audit" as set forth in 15 Del.C. § 5012A .

"Audit team" means appointed officials, merit employees, casual/seasonal employees, or temporary employees contracted via a third-party State-authorized vendor assigned and authorized by the State Election Commissioner to conduct a post-election audit.

"Certified election results" means the official results of a primary or school election certified by the State Election Commissioner following post-election review by Department of Elections staff, and the official results of a general or special election certified by the Board of Canvass as convened by the Superior Court in each of the three counties of the State.

"Department" means Delaware Department of Elections, including each of its three county offices and the Office of the State Election Commissioner

"Human-readable text" means the printed names of candidates or answers to ballot questions that may be read and reviewed by individuals during an audit or recount.

"Logic and accuracy test" means the testing undertaken following programming an election on a voting device to ensure accurate ballot marking and tabulation of results.

"Paper ballots" means the ballots of record marked and tabulated by voting machines during an election.

"Recount" means a manual recompilation of election results by examining the human-readable text printed on the ballot.

"State" means the State of Delaware.

"Voting device" means the device which marks and tabulates paper ballots during an election, which can include voting machines and absentee ballot tabulation equipment.

"Voting system" means all components associated with the programming, preparation, and testing of voting devices, the voting devices, and media used to store unofficial voting results tabulated by these devices.