Ballot Programming

Definition

The process of encoding information about the ballot, including office titles, candidate names and parties, so it can be read and processed by a voting machine to display the BALLOT (more properly, BALLOT STYLE) to a voter. This is a misleadi ng term because ballot setup usually does not involve “programming” in the sense of “computer programming.” The setup is normally performed by filling in computerized form s or static database tables without using any executable instructions.