Method and apparatus for ink-based electronic voting

Details Method and apparatus for ink-based electronic voting Method and apparatus for ink-based electronic voting

2006-03-04

2008-03-04

Stcyr, Daniel (Department: 2876)

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Systems controlled by data bearing records

Voting machine

Reexamination Certificate

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07337964

ABSTRACT:
The present invention is an ink-based electronic voting apparatus that generates a paper ballot for every voter. The voter marks a ballot with a probe as he/she would with a conventional ink-based system. In one embodiment, the paper ballot is situated underneath the surface of an input board electrically connected to a computer. A vote is cast when the probe is depressed onto the ballot at a designated input point. The electrical interaction between the probe and the input board generates a vote signal for recording and causes ink to be released from the probe to mark a corresponding spot on the paper ballot. As such, votes are electronically recorded for fast tabulation while paper ballots are generated for manual and/or optical scanner recounts to safeguard against computer errors and tampering. Furthermore the voting apparatus has a built-in mechanism to prevent undervoting and overvoting and thus increases valid votes.

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