Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Voting machine
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-12
2011-07-12
Le, Thien M. (Department: 2887)
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Voting machine
C235S375000, C283S005000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07975919
ABSTRACT:
A method of enabling a voter to vote by mail by using a secret vote code (SVC) that includes translating the SVC into a one-time code (OTC) valid only for the election, storing the OTC, and mailing to the voter a ballot, a return envelope, and a mechanism for enabling the SVC to be translated into a translated format. Further, the method includes receiving the return envelope from the voter that includes a completed ballot, the voter's signature, and the translated format, determining whether the signature obtained from the envelope matches a stored signature for the voter, obtaining a second one-time code based on the translated format and determining whether the second one-time code matches the stored one-time code. The ballot is counted only if it is determined that: (i) the signatures match, and (ii) the second one-time code matches the stored one-time code.
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Campagna Matthew J.
Haas Bertrand
Le Thien M.
Lemm Brian A.
Malandra, Jr. Charles R.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Vo Tuyen K
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