Game concept
Candidate Score
The game also links it as Candidate Scores.
From the game's encyclopedia
Characters in the Line of Succession for a Title with Theocracy or Bureaucratic Government have a Candidate Score.
This score dictates who will receive the title(s) upon Succession and can be changed through various means from Scheming to spending Influence.
The game's text for patch 1.20.1.2. Words in blue are entries of the encyclopedia: hover one to read it, as in the game.
Candidate Score is an entry of Crusader Kings III's in-game encyclopedia. The game explains it: "Characters in the Line of Succession for a Title with Theocracy or Bureaucratic Government have a Candidate Score." It is part of Administrative. It covers Investment Capacity. The game also links it as Candidate Scores. Patch 1.20.1.2, from game/common/game_concepts/07_ep3_game_concepts.txt and game/localization/english/game_concepts_l_english.yml.
Source: game/common/game_concepts/07_ep3_game_concepts.txt, game/localization/english/game_concepts_l_english.yml and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.1.2.