Registers – Voting machines
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-01
2007-05-01
Le, Thien M. (Department: 2876)
Registers
Voting machines
C235S386000, C705S012000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10348547
ABSTRACT:
An election system provides, in one example, each voter with multiple physical “layers” that the voter is able to choose between. The voter takes part of the layers as a kind of receipt and the other layers are retained and/or destroyed by the system. The actual vote is not readily revealed by the layers taken by the voter, thus protecting against improper influence. In the voting booth, when all the layers are combined, however, the voter is readily able to verify the vote. Moreover, posted images of the layers not taken by the voter can be used to compute the election results in a way that is verifiable by interested parties. The results cannot be changed without substantial probability of detection and privacy of votes can be maintained unless a number of parties are compromised or collude.
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Le Thien M.
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