N.J. Admin. Code § 15:10-7.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024
Section 15:10-7.2 - Definitions

The following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

"Adjustments log" means an electronic record of all manual adjustments made to any e-poll book system data.

"Electronic poll book" or "e-poll book" means an electronic device that is used to access the electronic list of registered voters and associated signatures and used to check in voters at polling places for an election.

"Electronic poll book system" or "e-poll book system" means all hardware including, but not limited to, electronic poll books, laptops, and peripherals, including scanners, printers, signature pads, routers, servers, removable media devices, chargers, and batteries; software including, but not limited to, operating systems and vendor applications; and network infrastructure configured to support the creation of an e-poll book to verify registered voters at polling places for an election.

"Entity" means a corporation; sole proprietorship; partnership; corporation that has made an election under Subchapter S of Chapter One of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any other business entity through which income flows as a distributive share to its owners; limited liability company; nonprofit corporation; or any other form of business organization located either within or outside this State, but excluding any public or private institution of higher education.

"Multifactor authentication" means authentication using two or more factors to achieve authentication of a user, as defined pursuant to NIST 800-53.

"NIST 800-53" means the National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53, Revision 5 (September 23, 2020), published by the United States Department of Commerce, which publication addresses security and privacy controls for information systems and organizations and provides standard guidelines for information security practices. NIST 800-53 is adopted herein by reference, as amended and supplemented.

"Software installation/removal log" means an electronic record of software installed on, or removed from, an e-poll book system.

"System integrity failure log" means an electronic record of failures detected during the verification of files critical to the operation or security of an e-poll book system or an integrity issue found with any e-poll book system data.

"User access log" means an electronic record of all user access to an e-poll book system.

N.J. Admin. Code § 15:10-7.2