| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention is a computerized electronic voting system that employs an easy-to-use, paperless, voting station to collect and tally votes. In one embodiment, the voting system includes a voting server ( 12, 52, 62 ) coupled to a voter security card station ( 24, 56, 66 ) and a plurality of voting stations ( 28, 70 ). Alternatively, the voting system may include a voting server that is connected to an existing computer network ( 50 ) and coupled to a voter security card station. In another embodiment of the invention, the voting system comprises a voting server connected to a plurality of work stations or voting stations and a voter security card station, forming a computer network. The system software installed on the voting server preferably includes a voting application and an administrative application for controlling operation of the voting process. Important aspects of the invention include the ability to print a voter security card for each registered voter at the polling places, the functionality of multiple voting stations running on a single computer or server, and the auditability of voting results.</p> |
