ES2338501B1 - TEAM INTENDED FOR THE PRACTICE OF VOTING AND ITS OPERATING PROCEDURE .. - Google Patents

Abstract

Equipment intended for voting practice and Its operating procedure.

The current voting process includes the voter identification operations, election of candidate to vote, introduction of ballot paper in the ballot box, counting of votes of the different opinions opening the ballot box, and transfer of the result or minutes, to the central electoral table, in the present all this is replaced by a team consisting of three “PCs” as central table of voting proposals and results, central table of voting and central board of legitimation of voters. PCs previous are in connection via Internet with citizens and then voters, through any communication device electronic, communications between PCs and devices communication will be encrypted and electronically signed with a asymmetric key system. This solves the problem that represents the manual nature of the operations that currently They are practiced.

Description

Equipment intended for voting practice and Its operating procedure.

The present invention patent application consists as indicated in a "Equipment intended for voting practice and its operating procedure ", whose new construction, conformation and design features meets the projected with maximum safety and efficiency.

The so-called "democracy" was invented by the Greeks and their nature allows citizens to take their own same decisions concerning the city (polis), and in the today, thanks to technological advances, as demonstrated later, direct voting is totally viable, in opposition to representative democracy or parliamentarism in that power as an abstract collective entity and invisible, through a single body of representatives elected by the nation as a whole will be the one that will truly embody the will of the electorate.

More specifically, the invention relates to a team consisting of a central table for voting proposals and their results, attended by the corresponding "PC", a central table for the legitimation of voters, as an electoral census, attended by the corresponding "PC", and all of them duly communicated by the appropriate means and duly protected to a central voting table, also attended by the corresponding
"PC."

The purpose of the equipment object of the invention, which includes several "PCs", is the practice of the call democracy, through electronic devices, in addition to those "PC", whose characteristics will be detailed later.

It is understood by representative democracy or parliamentarism the political doctrine and form of government, according to the which sovereignty emanates from the people through their representatives, and for democracy the political system in which the people exercise their sovereignty without the intermediation of a representative body.

The equipment object of the invention allows the active direct democracy exercise as defined, using a democratic voting system through voting independent based on free software, said voting system electronic is a distributed application, that is to say that it runs on different personal computers, through procedures cryptographic and a series of protocols that allow to realize choices in a computer network safely, including and in all cases even the assumption that authorized voters legitimate can act maliciously.

The direct voting system both in terms of to options as to preference of these options, the team will use perfected object of the invention, and will replace as procedure by means of the new technologies, to the call representative and / or parliamentary system, whose characteristics are describe later, providing the team, consisting of several "PC", more electronic devices and the corresponding software, of the appropriate security measures and confidentiality

The present invention aims to solve the practically manual current voting system comprising the operations of:

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To choose the option to vote (manual).

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Identify the voter (manual).

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Enter the ballot in the urn (manual).

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Tell the votes of the different options, opening the ballot box (manual).

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Wear the result of the vote (Minutes) to the central polling station (manual).

The perfected equipment object of the invention based its operation on the aforementioned "PC" that Erect each of them as:

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Table central voting proposals and results.

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Table voting center.

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Table Central of legitimation of voters.

Those tables comprising the corresponding ones "PC" whose characteristics will be reviewed later.

One of the computers that make up the team advocated is the central table of voting proposals and results, which is responsible for collecting voters, the different proposals to vote and publish them later so that These voters may vote freely and directly. This table central voting proposals and results and its "PC", will publish the votes obtained for each proposal received, the which will be binding of the proposal that has obtained more votes, voted freely.

Another of the "PC" that forms the team, is the central table of voter legitimacy, which is responsible for verify that the voter is registered, and entitled to vote according to current legislation issued for that purpose, in the case of not being enabled to vote rejects the vote, and on the contrary if the Elector is legitimate, that is, he is registered, assigns a number of random and secret identification, and automatically deletes it from the voter list, so you can't vote again.

Another of the "PC" that forms the team is the central voting table, which, as the name implies, is the responsible for receiving the votes of the voters coming from the central table of voting proposals and results, once previously identified by the central legitimation table of voters and their associated "PC" for this purpose.

The central table of voting proposals and results, the central voting table and the central table of legitimation of voters, and their associated "PCs", are in Internet connection with citizens and then voters, by any electronic communication device accessible to "Internet" such as a "PC / MAC", a mobile phone, a portable "PC", an electronic ballot box with a school function electoral, and other electronic devices with capacity to transmit orders, and access the computers that make up the equipment recommended.

In relation to the means that ensure the confidentiality and security of the recommended equipment, all communications between the units described above and the "PCs" associated to the tables, will be encrypted and signed with a system of asymmetric key

The equipment operation procedure recommended as is another purpose of the invention, is the next:

The voter or voter accesses the central table of voter legitimacy, which in the identification process of the voter, generates a random and secret identification linked with the voter's identification number, and allows the validated voter access to the central table of proposals for Voting and results, so you can vote on it.

In its procedure, the legitimation table of voters verify that the electoral identification number is correct and is contained within the set of numbers of authorized and censored electors, while simultaneously, validates the vote cast preventing voting more than once per party from the same voter, or a third party with enough information to take a fraudulent vote.

Additionally, the "PC" associated with the table Central of legitimation of voters, removed from the list of possible authorized voters the name or code of the censored voter, and creates a list with the set of validated voters whose identification It is positive.

The central board of legitimation of voters subsequently send the signal to the table by appropriate means voting center, with the list of validated voters whose Identification is positive.

After verification at the central table of voter legitimacy the user accesses the central table of Voting proposals and results and will make your proposal / vote.

The central table of voting proposals and Results (13) publish the proposals to vote, so that subsequently users / voters can vote them.

Once the voting is done this table will forward the following to the central voting table information:

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Number of electoral identification.

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Vote.

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Number of random and secret identification.

Subsequently at the central voting table and in the associated "PC" votes are counted and made public results for each option, along with the list of secret numbers that have voted on each proposed option, sending this data to the central table of voting proposals and results. In this way the user / voter verifies that their vote has been taken into account when publishing your identification number random and secret next to the proposal voted by him.

The conditions that the team allows The previous procedure is as follows:

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Voter Census Control, only duly registered voters can vote.

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Secret of the vote cast.

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Uniqueness of the vote received from each voter.

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Accounting for all votes valid received.

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He partial count does not have to affect the votes cast with later, that is, the count is secret until the end of voting time

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Every Voter may verify that their vote has been taken into account in the scrutiny.

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He System is protected against network attacks.

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He The procedure must be simple, easy and affordable.

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Additionally the procedure advocated is based on free software distribution.

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Making use of the voting system electronic, the novelty regarding the state of the art is is based on the result of the votes obtained or cast, They are binding, being executive when representing the absolute majority on the electoral roll, not being necessary No political intermediary or representative.

Communication between the associated "PCs" between the central table of proposals and results with the central table of legitimation of voters, will be of the type of secure communication, as well as between the central voting legitimacy table and the central voting table.

The three "PCs" associated with these tables, are communicate with the global network "Internet", through a system of communication of the SSL type, communicating said network of Global communications with any type of mobile phone, fixed computer, or laptop, palm, or the like, whereby the Voting may take place from any territorial point or from an electronic ballot box located in an electoral college.

The purpose of the present invention is to replace the choice of "vote option", currently of manually, by an automatic way, replace the paper vote by an electronic vote at the voting table, or remotely with any type of mobile phone, landline, or laptop, palm, or the like, whereby voting can be done from any territorial point, or from an electronic ballot box located in a polling station, replace manual identification by presenting the DNI in the voter list, by a electronic identification, replace manual vote counting, by automatic counting, replace the late publication of results of the vote, for an immediate publication of said results.

Other details and features will go away showing in the course of the description that to It follows, in which reference is made to the figure that This report is accompanied, in which it is shown by way of illustration but not limiting a practical embodiment of the invention.

Follow below a detailed relationship of the different elements of the invention that are engraved in the figure annexed by the corresponding number; (10) team, (11) "PC" associated with the central board of legitimation of voters, (12) "PC" associated with the central voting table, (13) "PC" associated with a central table of voting proposals and results, (14) general communications network, (15) urn electronics, (16) mobile phone, (17) laptop, (18) desktop computer, (19) palm (phonebook), (20- 21-22) computers.

Figure 1 is a diagram of the equipment (10), and in the way that the different "PCs" are interrelated, associated to the corresponding tables, and elements that form the same.

In one of the preferred embodiments of what It is the object of the present invention the equipment (10) for the practice of the so-called "active direct democracy", is formed by as shown in figure 1:

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A central board of legitimation of voters, associated with a "PC" (eleven).

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A central voting table, associated with a "PC" (12).

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A central table of voting proposals and results, associated with a "PC" (13).

Users and then voters through External media such as mobile phones (16), laptops (17), desktops (18), phonebooks (palm) (19) PC personal computers (20-21-22) and electronic urns (15), via the Internet they access the equipment (10), and initially the PC (11) associated with the central board of legitimation of voters, receives the User ID, verify your identity, and then after verifying that said user is coincident with his identification, allows that user to enter their proposal in the PC (13) associated with the central table of voting proposals and results, visualize other proposals received, so that said user acts as a voter, selecting one of the proposals displayed on said PC (13), and sending said PC (13) the vote received to the PC (12) associated with the central voting table, the which transfers the votes received for each proposal to the PC (13) to be published in said central table of proposals for Voting and results (13), the votes obtained for each proposal.

In the aforementioned external media (15 to 22) the user and then voter enter the following data, which receive at the central legitimation table and their PC (11) associated:

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He electoral identification number

Upon receiving the central legitimation table and its "PC" (11) associated with the previous data, check if said number user identification is in the set of censored and authorized numbers that you have registered, and controls avoiding it if necessary, not to vote more than once by the same user.

Subsequently and in the same "PC" (11) associated to the central legitimation table is removed from the set of registered users the identified voter, and adds his identification to a list of validated voters whose identification It has been positive, and in turn generates the identification number random and secret.

According to the rules of "democracy direct active ", the central voting table and its" PC " (12) associate counts the votes cast for each proposal, and publishes them within a certain voting period by displaying them in the central table of voting and results proposals and "PC" (13) associate, along with a list of secret numbers that have voted for each proposal, so that users can ratify that your proposal has been collected at the central table of proposals of votes and results, "PC" (13), and the will of the majority in relation to a proposal, which is the one that is executed as winning proposal, if it is the absolute majority on the census electoral.

Additionally and as is another of the Purposes of the invention, from any of the elements (16-22) you can visualize the results that appear in the table of proposals for votes and results, and their Associated "PC" (13), and the winning option.

Any of the "PCs" associated with the different tables (11-13) may at least have of the following characteristics:

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Pentium 233 MHz processor or equivalent (intelxxx86 architecture).

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RAM 32 MB.

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Windows 95, Linux, operating system Unix, OS2.

Describe the present invention sufficiently and in correspondence with the attached figure, it is easy to understand that any detail modification may be introduced therein that is deemed convenient, as long as the essence is not altered of the invention that is summarized in the following claims.

Claims (2)

1. Equipment destined to the practice of voting, of which they are formed by PC personal computers (11, 12, 13) communicated with each other through a general communications network (14) and accessible via Internet with citizens and then voters through any electronic communication device such as a PC / MAC (18), a mobile phone (16), a laptop (17), an electronic box and other electronic devices (15, 19, 20, 21, 22) with the capacity to transmit orders and access said personal computers (11, 12, 13) that make up said equipment (10), which is characterized by:

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the PC (11) is associated with a voter legitimation table that verify the identity and legitimacy of the registered voters and create for each one a random and secret identification number and, subsequently, after positive identification, remove said voter list voter,

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the PC (13) is associated with a central table of voting proposals and results that collect the different proposals to vote and publish the votes obtained for each one,

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the PC (12) is associated with a central voting board that counts the votes received and transmits them for publication along with the random numbers and identification secrets that have voted each proposal.

2. Procedure for the operation of a team for the practice of voting, such as that of claim 1, characterized in that it has the following stages:

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The central board of legitimation of voters receives the identification of the user / voter from different devices electronic (15 to 22) and verify your identity.

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If he user / voter is legitimized, the central legitimation table of voters assigns a random and secret number of ID.

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The central board of legitimation of voters eliminates, from the set of registered voters, the identified user / voter and creates a list of voters whose identification is positive.

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The central board of legitimation of voters sends the list of voters, whose identification is positive, to the central table of Voting

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Subsequently after verification, the user / voter accesses the central table of voting proposals and results and make your proposal / vote.

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The central table of voting proposals and results publishes proposals to vote for, subsequently, users / voters They can vote them.

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The central table of voting proposals and results refers to the central voting table information related to the number of electoral identification, the random and secret number of identification, and the vote.

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The central voting table counts the votes received for each proposal.

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The central voting table refers to the central proposal table of votes and results, the result of each vote for publication along with the list of random numbers and secrets of identification that have voted each proposal.

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The central table of voting proposals and results publishes votes received for each proposal and the list of random numbers and identification secrets that have voted on each proposal.