Alert time

The amount of time that a voting device will wait for detectible voter activity after issuing an alert, before going into an inactive state requiring election worker [poll worker] intervention. 2007 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG).

Source: Election Terminology Glossary - Draft, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), https://pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlossary/; Electronic Voting Glossary, Michael I. Shamos, https://collaborate.nist.gov/voting/pub/Voting/Glossary/Shamos-Election-Glossary.pdf