Automated postal voting system and method

Details Automated postal voting system and method Automated postal voting system and method

2008-09-23

2008-09-23

Labaze, Edwyn (Department: 2887)

Registers

Systems controlled by data bearing records

Voting machine

C705S012000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11176256

ABSTRACT:
A voting indicium product including a human-readable portion to represent a unique vote identification element for a specific ballot choice by a specific voter. The voting indicium further including a bar-coded portion to represent the unique vote identification element for the specific ballot choice by the specific voter, the bar-coded portion encoding at least the unique vote identification element.

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