Systems and methods for providing security in a voting machine

Details Systems and methods for providing security in a voting machine Systems and methods for providing security in a voting machine

2006-09-25

2008-09-09

Lee, Michael G. (Department: 2876)

Registers

Systems controlled by data bearing records

Voting machine

C705S012000, C400S075000, C400S185000, C358S001140, C358S001160

Reexamination Certificate

active

07422151

ABSTRACT:
The invention provides systems and methods for ensuring security for a voting machine. The voting machine can include a display screen upon which numerous election choices are displayed for selection by a voter. A detachable printer can also be provided that is adapted to be securely attached to the voting machine and that prints the choices selected among the election choices to a print medium to generate a printed audit trail. A summary of the election choices visible on the display screen can be simultaneously compared with the printed audit trail by the voter poised in a voting position.

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