Each party may send a trained volunteer to observe check-in and counting without disrupting voters or seeing marked ballots. What is this person usually called?

An election notice lists the school gym where voters will cast in-person ballots under election workers' supervision. What is the gym in this election called?

A voter receives the contests for the district where she legally lives because elections are organized by small geographic areas. What is that election administration area called?

At 6 a.m., trained temporary staff open the polls, check in voters, issue ballots, assist voters, and later reconcile ballots cast with voters checked in. What are they called?

In one county, any registered voter in the county may vote at a single authorized location instead of only at an assigned precinct site. What is that location called?

A ballot printed at public expense lists all candidates and proposals, is distributed at the polling place, and is marked secretly. What is this system called?

A student away at college requests a ballot, marks it at her dorm, signs the return envelope, and mails it to election officials. What kind of ballot is this?

A county opens a supervised voting site for several days before Election Day, and voters cast regular in-person ballots there. What method is being used?

Two neighbors live in the same precinct, but one is in a different school-board district, so the poll book assigns different contests to each ballot. What is the assigned version called?

A voter uses an electronic screen to review choices, then the machine prints a human-readable paper ballot for review. What device is being used?

The polls close, precinct totals are transmitted, and a website shows 100% of precincts reporting, but the canvass is not done. What kind of results are these?

After Election Day, officials compare voter check-in records with ballots cast and include eligible mail, early, Election Day, and provisional ballots. What process is this?

A typical post-election sequence is unofficial results, canvass, post-election audit in many states, and then what final step?

Election officials sign a statement that the totals are a true and accurate accounting of all votes cast in a race. What action have they taken?

A state law requires an additional count because the margin is very close. What election procedure is being used?

A voter's name is missing from the precinct list, but she says she is registered and eligible. Under federal minimum rules, what should the poll worker offer?

A voter accidentally marks the wrong oval, notices the mistake before casting the ballot, and asks for help. What should election rules allow?

The posted closing time arrives while voters are still standing in line at the polling place. What should happen to those voters?

A poll watcher begins questioning voters loudly and trying to view marked ballots. What rule should poll workers enforce?

A voter with a disability asks to mark and cast a ballot privately and independently at the polling place. What should election officials provide?