Election programming

1. Process by which election officials or their designees use voting system software to create the election definition and configure all election definition medium for use in a specific election.

Source: Election Terminology Glossary - Draft, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), https://pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlossary/

2. Process by which election officials or their designees use voting system software to logically define the ballot for a specific election.

Source: Glossary of terms database, U.S. Election Assistance Commission, https://www.eac.gov/glossary/