GB2428847A - System for recording votes - Google Patents

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GB2428847A
GB2428847A GB0515844A GB0515844A GB2428847A GB 2428847 A GB2428847 A GB 2428847A GB 0515844 A GB0515844 A GB 0515844A GB 0515844 A GB0515844 A GB 0515844A GB 2428847 A GB2428847 A GB 2428847A
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K17/00—Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
    • G06K17/0032—Apparatus for automatic testing and analysing marked record carriers, used for examinations of the multiple choice answer type
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
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Abstract

The system has been designed to create and read electoral voting cards, enabling automatic printing of cards and automated reading of voter's selection on the card through an optical reader. The idea is to speed up considerably the process of counting electoral votes, to improve security through bar-coding and improve quality of counting. The system and hardware is fully transportable to locations and does not require a fixed workstation.

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AUTO VOTE
HcctrQn içVotmgCaJYSfl !cciti2fl TI Vo1ing Card (see l'xhihit I) Ihe card is made oi normaf cardboard. I he system can gcncrute otCr s names, candidate names, date and place of election. authority S name, details o the election from its database on to the card. All this variable date can he changed through the software and any additional data required can also he generated.
The card is marked by the voter placing a line through a spot against their chosen candidate. The software is then enabled inconjunCtiOn with the reader and the card is passed through the reader (see Fxhihit 2). If there is an error reading the card, information is displayed on a screen allowing the user to correct or relect. The software reads both the mark made by the voter and the bar code information to yen fy validity.
The Software The software consists of various modules Voter 1)atahase
Candidate Tables
Voting Card (leneration Screens for user to change variable data Card Reading Software User interlace and screens for card reading errors.
Reporting and Statistics.
Leaderhoard" displays.
l'he software records voters totals against each candidate and can he displayed concurrently on a leaderhoard'. Counting of votes is estimated to be sped up by some 85o with increased accuracy over current niethods, Fhe software can he used at both local, national and european elections and can feed a central system.
The system can generate further reports and statistics, time of' voting, trends etc and can retain data fur many years.

Claims (5)

1. A technological solution for voting that reads, records, sums, displays and reports upon votes cast by inputting a pre-prepared card.
2. The computer software allows the voting card to be pre-printed (as in claim 1) with variable data that is user definable; ( See Exhibit 1) security marks can also me made on the card that are only electronically readable.
3. The person making a vote makes a line through a selected area on the card which is then automatically read through a electronic mark reader (see Exhibit 2).
4. The computer software used in claim! and 2 validates the markings on the voting card and counts automatically selection(s) made and produces reports.
5. The computer software as in claim I, 2, 3 displays to a TV/monitor results of votes cast.
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Citations (5)

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FR2659465A1 (en) * 1990-03-08 1991-09-13 Alisa Bar-coded voting slip
US20020175514A1 (en) * 2001-05-22 2002-11-28 Vanguard Indetification Systems, Inc. Voter ballots and authentication system
JP2002342529A (en) * 2001-05-18 2002-11-29 Ntt Docomo Inc Vote totaling method, vote counting and totaling method, and voting system
US20030173404A1 (en) * 2001-10-01 2003-09-18 Chung Kevin Kwong-Tai Electronic voting method for optically scanned ballot
WO2004068418A2 (en) * 2003-01-17 2004-08-12 Automark Technical Systems, Llc Ballot marking system and apparatus

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2659465A1 (en) * 1990-03-08 1991-09-13 Alisa Bar-coded voting slip
JP2002342529A (en) * 2001-05-18 2002-11-29 Ntt Docomo Inc Vote totaling method, vote counting and totaling method, and voting system
US20020175514A1 (en) * 2001-05-22 2002-11-28 Vanguard Indetification Systems, Inc. Voter ballots and authentication system
US20030173404A1 (en) * 2001-10-01 2003-09-18 Chung Kevin Kwong-Tai Electronic voting method for optically scanned ballot
WO2004068418A2 (en) * 2003-01-17 2004-08-12 Automark Technical Systems, Llc Ballot marking system and apparatus

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