System And Method For Preparing Test Ballots And For Testing An Electronic Voting Machine

摘要

A system for the preparing of test ballots and for testing an electronic voting machine. The system provides for the building of the ballot test chart through an easy to utilize entry method. Once the data has been entered for every race and issue on the ballot, the system creates a test chart of ballots. The system not only creates the chart for ballots, but also optimizes the test chart so as to minimize the number of ballots that are to be utilized. The user can then complete a series of ballots following the test chart, or, alternatively, a series of ballots can be created and saved as a PDF file corresponding to the ballots that are to be created with the test chart.

主权项

1. One or more computer storage media comprising computer-executable instructions for preparing a ballot test chart, the computer-executable instructions when executed by a computing device performing steps comprising:
receiving information pertaining to an election; receiving information as to at least one of a candidate and a proposal; reviewing a set of rules for the election with the information received; determining a manner in which to mark a plurality of test ballots; and providing the manner in which to mark a plurality of test ballots in the form of a test ballot chart.