Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Voting machine
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-18
2006-07-18
Le, Thien M. (Department: 2876)
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Voting machine
C705S012000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07077314
ABSTRACT:
Votes are cast using an electronic voting machine that is configured to transmit the votes cast in electronic form and to memorialize the votes in a persistent and tangible form (such as a printed paper ballot, for example) that is both machine and human readable. To ensure that the voter has the ability to verify that his or her completed ballot accurately reflects his or her voting choices, the present voting machine is configured to securely present the printed ballot for the voter's visual inspection prior to finalizing the voting process. The present electronic voting machine is preferably configured with a read-after-write functionality, wherein one or more scanners read what the voting machine's print head prints, during or immediately after the printing process. The present voting systems and methods are configured such that the voting procedures for absentee and non-absentee voters are parallel and identical, except that the voting card is carried by the absentee voter and not limited to the local polling place.
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Labaze Edwyn
Le Thien M.
Oracle International Corporation
Young Law Firm P.C.
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