Ballot manifest

1. A catalog prepared by election officials listing all the physical paper ballots and their locations in sequence.

Source: Election Terminology Glossary - Draft, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), https://pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlossary/; Pilot Implementation Study of Risk-Limiting Audit Methods in the State of Rhode Island, RLA Working Group, https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/Report-RI-Design-FINAL-WEB4.pdf

2. A list that indicates how the ballots in an election are organized and stored. For instance, a ballot manifest might list the ballot containers used for an election, the number of batches in each container, and the number of ballots in each batch.

Source: 2018 Risk Limiting Audit Pilot Project Report, Orange County Registrar of Voters, https://www.ocvote.com/election-library/docs/2018%20Risk%20Limiting%20Audit%20Pilot%20Project%20Report.pdf