Method and system for transparent and secure vote tabulation

Details Method and system for transparent and secure vote tabulation Method and system for transparent and secure vote tabulation

2005-06-02

2008-12-16

Lee, Michael G (Department: 2876)

Registers

Systems controlled by data bearing records

Voting machine

C705S012000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07464874

ABSTRACT:
A system and method to improve the transparency and security of an election are provided. In a first version, a tabulation system includes a paper ballot reader. The ballot reader informs a computational engine of the tabulation system in a digital data format of an informational pattern detected on each paper ballot. The computational engine processes the information provided by the ballot reader in accordance with a system software and in light of instruction and data inputs. The system software and a history of the tabulation system operations are provided as public rectory. The history may include the ballot reader output, computational activity of the tabulation system, computational results of the tabulation system, and instruction and data inputs.

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