Electronic voting system

摘要

An electronic voting system provides increased transparency to the public and verification for the individual voters regarding the tallying of their respective votes. A voting record can be made available electronically, thereby eliminating the need to provide a voter with a paper ballot. A voting record identifier is generated without use of, or reference to, voter identity. The voting record identifier is provided to the voter, such that the voter can access a record of his ballot selections and vote number sequence. In addition, a biometric authentication mechanism is provided to reduce, or eliminate, the potential that a voter is able to vote more than once.

主权项

1. An electronic voting system comprising in combination:
at least one processor; at least one computer readable storage medium bearing instructions which when executed by the processor configure the processor for: receiving at least one ballot selection from a voter; generating a voting record identifier; associating the voting record identifier with the at least one ballot selection such that the voting record identifier and associated ballot selection are electronically available; receiving a signal representing at least one physical characteristic of the voter; determining, at least in part using the signal representing at least one physical characteristic of the voter, whether the voter is an authorized voter, wherein the physical characteristic of the voter includes biometric information of the voter that is associated with a characteristic of the voter who input the ballot selection, the voter biometric information not being associated with personal information revealing the identity of the voter.