election worker: any person who interacts with those coming to vote. This includes any poll worker, election day worker, early voting worker, or other temporary staff engaged in supporting the voting or vote counting process. #ElectionTermOfTheDay #ElectionGeeks pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...

absentee voting: voting that can occur unsupervised at a location chosen by the voter either before or on election day. #ElectionTermOfTheDay #ElectionGeeks pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...

election day: the last day on which voters may cast a ballot. Absentee votes and early votes may be cast in advance of election day. #ElectionTermOfTheDay #ElectionGeeks pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...

special election: primary or general election that is not regularly scheduled. A special election may be combined with a scheduled election. #ElectionTermOfTheDay #ElectionGeeks pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...

presidential primary election: Primary election in which voters choose the delegates to the presidential nominating conventions allotted to their states by the national party committees. #ElectionTermOfTheDay #ElectionGeeks pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...

primary election: Election held to determine which candidates qualify to appear as contest options in subsequent elections. #ElectionTermOfTheDay #ElectionGeeks pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...

general election: election in which all eligible voters, regardless of party affiliation, are permitted to select candidates to fill public office and/or vote on ballot measures. #ElectionTermOfTheDay #ElectionGeeks pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...

election: A formal process in which qualified voters select candidates to fill seats in one or more offices and/or vote on one or more proposed ballot measures. #ElectionTermOfTheDay #ElectionGeeks pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...

street segment data: The portion of a street between two consecutive cross streets that can be assigned to a precinct. #ElectionTermOfTheDay pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...

precinct split: a subdivision of a precinct which arises when a precinct is split by two or more election districts that may require different ballot styles. #ElectionTermOfTheDay #ElectionGeeks

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polling place: location at which voters may cast in-person ballots under the supervision of election workers during one or more specific time periods. #ElectionTermOfTheDay

election district: administrative area in which voters are entitled to vote in contests that are specific to that area. #ElectionTermOfTheDay

Great idea, @dziurlaj.bsky.social!

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I’m introducing something new to your feed. Every day I’ll post a different #ElectionTermOfTheDay, from the NIST Election Glossary. Let’s learn about elections together!

precinct: election administration division corresponding to a geographic area that is the basis for determining which contests the voters legally residing in that area are eligible to vote on. #ElectionTermOfTheDay #ElectionGeeks pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlossa

Would anybody be interested if I restarted #ElectionTermOfTheDay here?