Ballot system and method adapted for optical scanning

Details Ballot system and method adapted for optical scanning Ballot system and method adapted for optical scanning

2006-04-04

2006-04-04

Stcyr, Daniel (Department: 2876)

Registers

Systems controlled by data bearing records

Voting machine

C235S491000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07021539

ABSTRACT:
A ballot system including a printed ballot wherein the locations intended for marking voter choices are pre-treated with invisible ink, the remainder of the ballot being untreated; a marking pen containing an activating chemical which makes the invisible ink change to visible and produce permanent marks; and an optical scanning system which detects and tallies the marks made visible by the activation.

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