| AABBM – Annual Application for a Ballot By Mail (on the grounds of age or disability) |
ABBM - Application for a Ballot By Mail |
ACMM – Administrative Certification of a Minor Modification |
ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act |
AG – Attorney General (of Texas); see also OAG |
AJ – Alternate Judge |
ANSI – American National Standards Institute |
ATI – Audio Tactile Interface |
AVSR – Annual Voting Systems Report |
| BCC – Ballot Canvass & Certification |
BOD – Ballot On Demand (in ES&S voting system) |
BOSS – Ballot Origination Software System (Hart eSlate system component) |
| CC – County Clerk |
CCS – Central Counting Station |
CEB – County Election Board |
CEC - County Election Commission |
CEO – County Election Official |
CFR – Code of Federal Regulations |
CHL – Concealed Handgun License (issued by DPS) |
CoCh – County Chair |
CS – City Secretary |
CSO – City/School/Other (Political Subdivision) |
CITY - When used on a VR Certificate, abbreviation for the city in which a voter is registered |
COMM – When used on a VR Certificate, abbreviation for Commissioner’s Precinct |
CWPPP – County Wide Polling Place Program |
| DAU – Disabled Access Unit (in a DRE voting system) |
DEM – Democrat/Democratic Party |
DOB – Date of Birth |
DOJ – Department of Justice (federal agency) See also USDOJ |
DPS – Department of Public Safety (state agency) |
DRE – Direct Recording Electronic (voting machine) |
| (E) – When used on a VR Certificate, denotes that the individual named on the certificate has a permanent exemption, based on disability, from showing a photo ID when voting. |
ED/EDay – Election Day |
EDR – Effective Date of Registration |
EA – Elections Administrator |
EAC – Elections Assistance Commission (federal agency that serves as a national clearinghouse and resource for the compilation of information and review of procedures with respect to the administration of Federal elections.) |
EIC – Election Identification Certificate (Issued by DPS) |
EJ – Election Judge (see also PJ) |
EMS – Election Management System |
ENR – Election Night Returns |
ES&S – Election Systems and Software (a voting system vendor) |
Ethics – Texas Ethics Commission |
EV - Early Voting |
EVBB – Early Voting Ballot Board |
EVBM – Early Voting By Mail |
EV Clerk/EVC – Early Voting Clerk |
EVIP – Early Voting in Person (i.e., by personal appearance) |
EVPPL – Early Voting Polling Place |
| FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions |
FEC – Federal Election Commission |
FPCA – Federal Post Card Application |
FVAP – Federal Voting Assistance Program, a federal agency; go to FVAP.org |
FVSS – Federal Voting Systems Standards |
FWAB – Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot |
| GEMS – Global Election Management System (vendor Dominion’s voting system) |
| GRN – Green (Party) |
| HAVA – Help America Vote Act (of 2002) |
HB – House Bill |
HJR – House Joint Resolution |
| IACREOT – International Association of County Recorders, Election Officials and Treasurers |
ID - Identification |
IEEE – International Foundation of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
IFES – International Foundation of Electoral Systems |
IIMC – International Institute of Municipal Clerks |
IND - Independent (Candidate) |
ISD – Independent School District |
ITA – Independent Testing Authority |
iVO – ES&S DRE iVotronic Voting Machine |
| L&A – Logic and Accuracy (test) |
LIB – Libertarian (Party) |
LOE – Local Option (Liquor) Election |
| M-100 – ES&S Optical Scan Voting Machine |
MBB – Mobile Ballot Box |
MOVE – Military and Overseas Empowerment Act |
| NACO – National Association of Counties |
NACRC – National Association of County Recorders, Election Administrators and Clerks |
NASED – National Association of State Election Directors |
NASS – National Association of Secretaries of State |
NCOA – National Change of Address (USPS) |
NGA – National Governors Association |
NIST – National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NVRA – National Voter Registration Act (of 1993) (“Motor Voter”) |
| OAG – Office of the (Texas) Attorney General; see also AG |
| OLRV – Official List of Registered Voters |
| PAC – Political Action Committee |
Pct - precinct |
PBC – Precinct Ballot Counter |
PCEA – President’s Commission on Elections Administration |
PEB – Personal Electronic Ballot (for use in an ES&S iVotronic voting machine) |
PJ – Presiding (election) Judge |
PLBB – Provisional (and) Late Ballot Board |
PMC – Partial Manual Count |
PxP – Precinct by Precinct (report) |
PPL – Polling Place |
Prop – Proposition (on a ballot) |
PW – Poll Watcher |
| REP - Republican (Party) |
ROL – Registration Omissions List |
RTAL – Real Time Audit Log |
| SB – Senate Bill |
SBOE – State Board of Education |
SCHOOL - When used on a VR Certificate, abbreviation for the school district in which a voter is registered; also sometimes abbreviated as ISD |
SJR – Senate Joint Resolution |
S-List – Suspense List |
SMD – Single Member District |
SOR – Statement of Residence |
SOS – Secretary of State |
STREP - When used on a VR Certificate, abbreviation for the state representative district in which a voter is registered |
STSEN - When used on a VR Certificate, abbreviation for the state senatorial district in which a voter is registered |
SVC – Signature Verification Committee |
SWAB – State Write-in Absentee Ballot |
| TAC – Texas Administrative Code |
TAC – Texas Association of Counties |
TASB – Texas Association of School Boards |
TDL – Texas Driver’s License |
TEAM – Texas Election Administration Management (Voter Registration System) |
TEC – Texas Election Code |
TLGC – Texas Local Government Code |
TLO – Texas Legislature Online |
TML – Texas Municipal League |
TRE – Tax Rollback Election |
| UOCAVA – Uniformed and Overseas Civilian Absentee Voting Act |
USDOJ – United States Department of Justice (federal agency) See also DOJ |
USPS – United States Postal Service |
USREP - When used on a VR Certificate, abbreviation for the United States house of representatives district in which a voter is registered |
| VAEHA – Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act |
VVPR – Voter Verified Paper Receipt |
VDR – Volunteer Deputy Registrar |
VDVR – Volunteer Deputy Voter Registrar |
VR – Voter Registrar/Voter Registration |
VR App – Voter Registration Application |
VR Cert – Voter Registration Certificate |
VRA – Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
VRN – Voter Registration Number |
VSS – Voting Systems Standards |
VSTL – Voting Systems Test Laboratories |
VUID – Voter Unique Identification Number |
VVPAT – Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (not used in Texas) |
VVPB – Voter Verified Paper Ballot (not used in Texas) |
VVSG – Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (produced by the EAC) |
| W-I – Write-in (Candidate) |
