JP2004133547A - Electronic voting system, program, and electronic voting method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the reliability of counting results by efficiently achieving an election based on an electronic voting system. <P>SOLUTION: A voting device 10 of the electronic voting system is adapted to accept a voting operation for elections on which voters can vote. The voting device 10 includes a means 29 for reading both the identification data of votable elections recorded on a recording medium 13 imparted to each voter and determination data indicating whether or not voting was already done; a means 30 for identifying elections yet to be voted on, from votable elections according to the determination data: a retention means 31 for receiving instructions to retain voting on the elections yet to be voted on; a vote accepting means 32 for accepting a voting operation for the elections to which the instructions to retain voting were not given, among the elections yet to be voted on; an updating means 33 for changing the state of the determination data recorded on the recording medium 13 into a state indicating that voting was already done on the election for which the voters did the voting operation; and a means 34 for recording the voting results of the election for which the voters did the voting operation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an electronic voting system, a program, and an electronic voting method for receiving a vote from a voter regarding a voteable election of the voter.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a general election, many operations such as reception, counting, counting, and the like are performed manually. For this reason, there are problems such as an increase in the amount of work and expenses for the election affairs, errors in counting and counting, and the occurrence of unreadable votes. In order to solve such a problem, Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2 propose electronic voting in which a series of operations of reception, voting, and counting of counting of votes are electronically performed.
[0003]
In electronic voting, a voter is confirmed at a reception desk using electronic electoral list data in order to identify voters and eliminate so-called “spoofing”.
[0004]
In electronic voting, an ID for identifying a voter is issued and registered in order to allow one voter to vote only once in one election, and a duplicate vote is checked by inputting the ID ( Patent Literature 1), a voting card for identifying a voter's voteable election is given at the reception. The data recorded on the voting card is encrypted to prevent forgery.
[0005]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-8-16680
[0006]
[Patent Document 2]
JP 2002-222289 A
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the above-mentioned conventional electronic voting system, the voter selects candidates for a plurality of elections or abandons the selection of candidates (abstains) and ends the process. Abandoning a vote means that the voter has cast a blank vote.
[0008]
However, voters may select or abandon a vote for some of the elections, and for other elections, without selecting or abandoning the candidate, There is a case where the user temporarily wants to reserve (hold) the selection and later select a candidate. In the prior art, in the case of re-voting, a countermeasure against duplicate voting is intended by correcting voting data based on an ID for identifying a voter.
[0009]
Reserving votes for some of these elections has not been considered by conventional electronic voting systems.
[0010]
In a general electronic voting system, as shown in FIG. 21, identification data of an election (for example, the name of an election) 1, identification data of a polling place (for example, a place of a polling place) 2, identification data of a voting terminal Voting data 6 in the form of adding a plurality of voting result data 51 to 5n indicating selected candidates, political parties, and white votes to header information 4 including (e.g., terminal number) 3 is created. 6 is recorded in one file 7. Then, tabulation is performed based on the voting data 6. That is, in the conventional electronic voting system, a plurality of voting result data 51 to 5n are managed in one file 7.
[0011]
However, as described above, in the voting data 6 in which a plurality of voting result data 51 to 5n are added to one header information 4, when a failure occurs in a part of the voting data 6, the voting data 6 is included in the voting data 6. In some cases, a large number of voting result data 51 to 5n may become invalid.
[0012]
Further, in the conventional electronic voting system, although the counting and counting operations are performed electronically, displaying the progress of the counting operation and the progress of the counting operation is not considered at all. Therefore, it was difficult to grasp the progress of the election counting operation and the counting operation.
[0013]
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide an electronic voting system, a program, and an electronic voting method with high reliability and operability.
[0014]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Specific means taken for realizing the present invention will be described below.
[0015]
A first invention is a voting device of an electronic voting system that receives a voting operation for a voting election of a voter, wherein the identification data of the voting election recorded in a recording medium provided to the voting person and the voting election are stored. Means for reading determination data indicating whether a vote has been cast or unvoted, means for identifying an unvoted election from voting elections based on the determination data, and accepting an instruction to reserve voting for an unvoted election Reservation interface means, voting accepting means for accepting a voting operation for an election not instructed to retain voting among unvoted elections, and judgment data recorded on a recording medium have been voted on for an election for which a voter has performed a voting operation And a means for recording a voting result for an election in which a voter has performed a voting operation.
[0016]
A second invention is a reception device of an electronic voting system for managing issuance of a recording medium for confirming a voter and recording identification data of a voteable election of the voter, the voter identification data and the voter's voting Means for reading ledger data in which the identification data of the possible elections and the ledger determination data indicating whether the voter has voted or unvoted for the voting possible election, and the voter voting for the ledger determination data of the ledger data Updating means is provided for changing the state of the election for which the operation has been performed to a state indicating that voting has been completed, and for continuing the state of indicating an unvoted state for the election for which the voter has designated voting reservation.
[0017]
In a third aspect based on the reception device of the second aspect, the recording medium includes identification data of a voting election, determination data indicating whether the voting is possible or unvoted, and identification data of a voter. Is recorded, and the determination data is changed to a state indicating that the voter has voted for the election in which the voting operation has been performed, and the determination data indicates an unvoted state for the election in which the voter instructed the voting reservation. A means for reading the recorded data is added, and the updating means updates the ledger data based on the data read from the recording medium.
[0018]
According to the first to third aspects of the present invention, a voter can perform a voting operation for some of the voting-possible elections, and can reserve voting for other elections.
[0019]
A fourth invention is a voting device of an electronic voting system for receiving a voting operation by a voter for a voting election of a voter, wherein a voting accepting means for receiving a voting operation for a voting election, The identification data of the polling place where the voting operation was performed, the identification data of the voting device where the voting operation was performed, and the voting result data of the voting operation are recorded on the recording medium in the form of one file for each voting. Means for performing the operation.
[0020]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a voting operation is performed in a vote counting device of an electronic voting system that counts and totals voting results of voting operations performed by a voter on a voting device for a voteable vote of a voter. A record in which the identification data of the election, the identification data of the polling place where the voting operation was performed, the identification data of the voting device where the voting operation was performed, and the voting result data of the voting operation are recorded in one file for each voting. A vote counting means for reading data from a medium, an absentee vote receiving means for receiving absentee voting results for a plurality of elections, and a plurality of absentee votes based on the data read by the voting means and absentee voting results. Counting means for calculating the counting result of the election.
[0021]
According to the fourth and fifth aspects, since one vote is recorded in one file, the integrity of the voting result data can be improved, and the number of invalid votes due to abnormal data recorded in the file can be reduced. , Can improve the reliability of election results.
[0022]
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a voting operation is performed in a vote counting device of an electronic voting system that counts and totals voting results obtained by a voting operation performed by a voter on a voting device for a voteable election of a voter. Ballot counting means for reading data from a recording medium on which the identification data of the election, the identification data of the polling place where the voting operation has been performed, the identification data of the voting device where the voting operation has been performed, and the voting result data of the voting operation; Absentee voting accepting means for receiving absentee voting results for the absentee voting, and aggregating means for calculating aggregating results of a plurality of elections based on the data read by the counting means and aggregating results of the absentee voting, For each piece of identification data of a plurality of elections, the counting state by the counting means, the receiving state of the voting results of the absentee voting, the tallying state of the data read by the counting means, Overall tabulation state of the voting results of the read data and the absentee vote by vote means, the and means to be displayed on one screen.
[0023]
According to the sixth aspect, it is possible to grasp the counting state and the counting state of the plurality of elections as a whole, and it is possible to make the counting and counting work more efficient and labor-saving.
[0024]
Each means provided in each device of the electronic voting system of the first to sixth inventions may be realized by each device reading a program.
[0025]
By using this program or a recording medium on which this program is recorded, each device, computer, computer system, server, and client of the electronic voting system that does not have the above means can easily function as the above means. Can be added.
[0026]
The electronic voting method executed by each device of the electronic voting system according to the first to sixth aspects of the present invention can be an object of the present invention.
[0027]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following drawings, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals.
[0028]
In the present embodiment, an electronic voting system will be described in which a voting operation is performed for some of the voting-possible elections, and voting can be reserved for other elections.
[0029]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the electronic voting system according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, only characteristic components according to the present embodiment are shown, and other general parts are omitted.
[0030]
The electronic voting system includes an election office management system 8, a reception terminal 9, a voting terminal 10, and a counting and counting system 11.
[0031]
First, basic functions of the election office management system 8, the reception terminal 9, the voting terminal 10, and the counting and counting system 11 will be described.
[0032]
The election office management system 8 manages electoral list (vote list) data 12a, manages absentee voting, manages election schedules, manages candidate data indicating candidates for each election, and manages election affairs. To help.
[0033]
The election office management system 8 records the electoral list data 12a on the recording medium 12.
[0034]
In the electoral list data 12a, identification data of the voter (for example, the name of the voter), date of birth, age, address, and the like are recorded.
[0035]
The reception terminal 9 reads the electoral list data 12a recorded on the recording medium 12, manages the voters at the polling place, issues the voting card 13 given to the voters at the polling place, and counts the number of voters. .
[0036]
As the voting card 13, a recording medium such as an IC card or a magnetic card is used. The voting card 13 records the identification data of the voter, the identification data of the voter's voting election, a flag indicating whether the voting is possible or not for the voting election, and the like. The flag initially indicates unvoted.
[0037]
The voting terminal 10 reads various data recorded on the voting card 13 issued to the voter.
[0038]
In addition, the voting terminal 10 receives a voting operation for a voteable election of a voter. For example, the voting operation includes selection of a candidate, selection of a political party, selection of abandonment (abstention) of a vote without selecting a candidate or a political party (white vote), and the like.
[0039]
Then, the voting terminal 10 records voting data including voting result data on a voting recording medium 14 such as a compact flash.
[0040]
The counting system 11 reads the voting data from the voting recording medium 14 collected from each voting terminal of each polling place, executes a counting operation, executes a counting process, and outputs a counting result.
[0041]
Next, the characteristic configuration of the reception terminal 9, the voting terminal 10, and the count counting system 11 will be described.
[0042]
The reception terminal 9 reads out and executes the program 16 recorded on the recording medium 15.
[0043]
When the program 16 is read into the reception terminal 9 and executed, the program 16 functions as an electoral list recording unit 17, a voting card reading unit 18, a ledger data reading unit 19, and an updating unit 20.
[0044]
The reception terminal 9 according to the present embodiment realizes functions as an electoral list recording unit 17, a voting card reading unit 18, a ledger data reading unit 19, and an updating unit 20 by the program 16, and FIG. The components 17 to 20 of the reception terminal 9 shown may be realized by hardware.
[0045]
Data handled by each of the components 17 to 20 of the reception terminal 9 is recorded in the recording device 21. Each of the components 17 to 20 can read data recorded in the recording device 21 and write data handled by itself. As the recording device 21, for example, an internal memory or the like is applied.
[0046]
The electoral list recording unit 17 reads out the electoral list data 12 a recorded on the recording medium 12 and records it on the recording device 21. Alternatively, the election office management system 8 and the reception terminal 9 are directly connected by a communication line, and the same content as the data recorded on the recording medium 12 is recorded on the recording device 21.
[0047]
The voting card reading unit 18 reads data recorded on the voting card 13 from the card reader / writer 23 when the voter reserves a vote for a part of the election and later performs a vote for the reserved election.
[0048]
The ledger data reading unit 19 reads the ledger data 22 recorded in the recording device 21. The ledger data 22 includes, for example, identification data of a voter's voteable election for a voter, and a flag (ledger determination data) indicating whether the voter has voted or not voted.
[0049]
The update unit 20 manages whether a given voter of the voting card 13 has been voted or not voted for each voting election based on the flag for each voting election recorded in the voting card 13. Update data.
[0050]
The voting terminal 10 includes a card reader / writer 24, an input device 25 such as a touch panel, and an output device 26 such as a display.
[0051]
The voting terminal 10 reads out and executes the program 28 recorded on the recording medium 27.
[0052]
When the program 28 is read and executed by the voting terminal 10, the voting card reading unit 29, the unvoted identification unit 30, the reservation interface unit 31, the voting reception unit 32, the voting card updating unit 33, and the voting result recording unit 34 are executed. Function.
[0053]
The voting terminal 10 according to the present embodiment functions as a voting card reading unit 29, a non-voting identification unit 30, a reservation interface unit 31, a voting reception unit 32, a voting card updating unit 33, and a voting result recording unit 34 by a program. Although the components are implemented, the components 29 to 34 of the voting terminal 10 shown in FIG. 1 may be implemented by hardware.
[0054]
Data handled by each of the components 29 to 34 of the voting terminal 10 is recorded in the recording device 35. Each of the components 29 to 34 can read data recorded in the recording device 35 and write data handled by itself. As the recording device 35, for example, an internal memory or the like is applied.
[0055]
The voting card reading unit 29 reads data recorded on the voting card 13 using the card reader / writer 24.
[0056]
The unvoted identification unit 30 identifies a voted-up election and an unvoted election among the voting-possible elections of the voter based on the flag recorded on the voting card 13.
[0057]
The reservation interface unit 31 displays a “reserve” button on the screen displayed on the output device 26, and receives an instruction to select the “reserve” button from the input device 25.
[0058]
The voting reception unit 32 receives a voting operation performed by the voter on the input device 25 for the election identified as unvoted by the unvoted identification unit 30.
[0059]
In addition, the voting reception unit 32 omits reception of a voting operation for an election for which a reservation instruction has been issued by the reservation interface unit 31 even if the election has been identified as unvoted by the unvoted identification unit 30.
[0060]
The voting card updating unit 33 updates the voting card 13 set in the card reader / writer 24 with the flag of the election for which the voting operation has been performed to “voted”.
[0061]
The voting result recording unit 34 records the voting data including the identification data of the election and the voting result data of the election received by the voting reception unit 32 on the voting recording medium 14 in the form of one file per one vote.
[0062]
The counting and counting system 11 includes an input device 36 such as a mouse and a keyboard, and an output device 37 such as a display.
[0063]
The counting and counting system 11 reads out and executes the program 39 recorded on the recording medium 38.
[0064]
When read and executed by the counting and counting system 11, the program 39 functions as a counting section 40, an absentee vote receiving section 41, a counting section 42, and a screen control section 43.
[0065]
The counting and counting system 11 according to the present embodiment realizes functions as a counting unit 40, an absentee voting reception unit 41, a counting unit 42, and a screen control unit 43 by the program 39. Each of the components 40 to 43 of the tallying system 11 may be realized by hardware.
[0066]
The data handled by each of the constituent elements 40 to 43 of the counting system 11 is recorded in the recording device 44. Each of the components 40 to 43 can read data recorded in the recording device 44 and write data handled by itself. As the recording device 44, for example, an internal memory or the like is applied.
[0067]
The vote counting unit 40 reads the voting data recorded in the voting recording medium 14 in the form of one voting and one file.
[0068]
The absentee vote receiving unit 41 receives the results of the absentee vote for a plurality of elections. The voting results of the absentee voting may be aggregated to some extent.
[0069]
The counting unit 42 obtains the counting results of a plurality of elections based on the voting data read and counted by the counting unit 40 and the voting results received by the absentee voting reception unit 41.
[0070]
The screen control unit 43, for each of a plurality of election names, counts voting data, accepts absentee voting, counts voting data, counts absentee voting, counts voting data and absent. Total flow screen data for displaying the total total state with the voter votes on one screen is created and output to the output device 37.
[0071]
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the aggregation flow screen.
[0072]
As described above, the counting flow screen 45 displays, for each of a plurality of election names, the vote counting state (voting rate) by the electronic voting system and the vote counting state of the absentee vote by receiving the voting results of the absentee vote (voting rate). ), Electronic voting tallying status of voting data (decided / unconfirmed voting result by electronic voting), absentee voting tallying status (confirmed / unconfirmed absentee voting result), voting data The total count status of the absentee votes (confirmed / unconfirmed) is displayed.
[0073]
In addition, on the totaling flow screen 45, when the total totaling state is determined, a “collection record creation” button is displayed.
[0074]
When this "preparation of election record" button is pressed, an election record in which voting results of a plurality of elections are described is printed.
[0075]
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transition state of a screen displayed by the voting terminal 10. The display of each of the screens 46 to 53 is realized by the voting reception unit 32. Although FIG. 3 illustrates an example of an election for selecting a candidate's name, the same applies to an election for selecting a political party.
[0076]
The voting terminal 10 first displays a card insertion instruction screen 46 for prompting insertion of the voting card 13 shown in FIG.
[0077]
When the voting card 13 is inserted into the voting terminal 10, the voting terminal 10 determines whether the voter selects a candidate name, specifies a candidate number, performs a search, as shown in FIG. Display a selection screen 47 for performing the operation.
[0078]
The voting terminal 10 displays one of a candidate name selection screen 48 shown in FIG. 6 selected according to the selection screen 47, a candidate number designation screen 49 shown in FIG. 7, and a search screen 50 shown in FIG.
[0079]
On the candidate name selection screen 48, the name of the election and the names of candidates for the election are displayed. Under the name of the candidate, the name of the political party to which the candidate belongs or that the candidate is not affiliated is described. Note that the name of the political party or the fact that the person is not affiliated may be described on the candidate's name.
[0080]
On the candidate name selection screen 48, an "end without voting" button, which is selected when abandoning the vote, is displayed.
[0081]
In addition, on the candidate name selection screen 48, a "vote reserve" button, which is selected when the voting is reserved, is displayed.
[0082]
The voting terminal 10 inputs the selection result of the candidate's name, an instruction to abandon the voting, or an instruction to reserve the voting.
[0083]
On the candidate number designation screen 49, numbers for designating the election name and the candidate number are displayed. In addition, a "end without voting" button and a "reserve voting" button are displayed.
[0084]
The voting terminal 10 inputs the number of the candidate who wants to vote, an instruction to abandon the vote, or an instruction to reserve the vote.
[0085]
The search screen 50 displays the characters of the Japanese syllabary. The voting terminal 10 searches for a candidate name including the character selected by the voter, and displays a search result display screen 51 that displays the searched candidate name in the same format as the candidate name selection screen 48. I do. The voting terminal 10 inputs the selection result of the candidate's name, an instruction to abandon the voting, and an instruction to reserve the voting.
[0086]
The voting terminal 10 displays a confirmation screen 52 for confirming the contents designated by the voter shown in FIG.
[0087]
On the confirmation screen 52, a "vote" button and a "correction" button are displayed. When the “voting” button on the confirmation screen 52 is designated, a voting end screen 53 indicating the end of voting shown in FIG. 10 is displayed.
[0088]
In each of the voting screens shown in FIGS. 6, 7, and 8, there is a "vote reserve" button for retaining the voting, but as shown in FIG. It is preferable to provide a “vote reserve” button so that the voting can be reserved.
[0089]
If there is another election for which the voting has not been completed or reserved, any one of the selection screen 47 or the screens 48 to 50 is displayed for that election, and the same screen transition is repeated.
[0090]
The ledger data 22 recorded in the reception terminal 9 mainly includes election data 22a, candidate data 22b, polling place data 22c, and voting possible election data 22d.
[0091]
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the structure of the election data 22a recorded in the reception terminal 9 that manages the issuance of the voting card 13.
[0092]
The election data 22a includes, for each election, an election number, an election name, a date on which the election is executed, kana notation of the election name, a constant, the number of candidates, an election type, and a political party name which are data for identifying the election. It consists of a position and a display method of the candidate name.
[0093]
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the structure of the candidate data 22b.
[0094]
The candidate data 22b includes, for each candidate, a candidate number which is data for identifying the candidate, an election number for which the candidate ran, a candidate name, a district name where the candidate ran, a political party name, and the like. It consists of the display order when displayed on the screen in relation to the candidate.
[0095]
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the structure of polling place data.
[0096]
The polling place data 22c includes, for each polling place, a prefectural code, a prefecture name, a ward, municipal code, a ward, municipal name, a voting ward number, a voting ward name, a voting place number, a voting place name, and version information.
[0097]
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of the voting possible election data 22d.
[0098]
The voting-possible election data is composed of, for each voter's identification data (such as a voter's name), identification data of the voter's voting-possible election (such as an election name) and a flag indicating whether the vote has been voted or not. Is done.
[0099]
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of data recorded on the voting card 13 issued by the reception terminal 9. The data 13a recorded on the voting card 13 is created according to the voter based on the electoral list data 12a and the ledger data 22.
[0100]
The data 13a recorded on the voting card 13 includes the identification data of the voter holding the voting card 13, the type of the voting card, the prefecture code, the ward / municipal code, the voting district number, the polling place number, the card issuance date and time, and the voting election. (Election name, etc.), and a flag indicating whether the vote has been made or not.
[0101]
FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing an example of voting data recorded by the voting terminal 10 in the format of one voting and one file.
[0102]
The voting data 141 includes election identification data (election number), voting district number, polling place number, voting terminal identification data (voting terminal number), and one piece of voting result data indicating the result of voting by the voter. . The same applies to the other voting data 142 to 14n.
[0103]
The voting data 141 to 14n are individually recorded in the files 541 to 54n, and a plurality of files 541 to 54n are recorded in the voting recording medium 14.
[0104]
A process regarding the electronic voting system having the above configuration will be described.
[0105]
FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a general work flow of a voter who votes by the electronic voting system according to the present embodiment.
[0106]
In step S1, the voter brings the mailed voting postcard and goes to the polling place.
[0107]
In step S2, the voter submits a voting postcard at the reception of the polling place.
[0108]
In step S3, the voter receives identification at the reception. The reception terminal 9 is used to confirm the voter at this reception.
[0109]
In step S4, when the voter is confirmed as the person himself, the voter is issued a voting card 13 for recording identification data of his or her voting election. Issuance of the voting card 13 is managed by the reception terminal 9.
[0110]
In step S5, the voter inserts the issued voting card 13 into the card insertion slot of the card reader / writer 24 provided in the voting terminal 10.
[0111]
In step S <b> 6, the voter selects whether to perform a voting operation or reserve the voting for an arbitrary election selected from the voting-possible elections, and inputs the result to the voting terminal 10.
[0112]
When the voting operation is selected, the voter performs a voting operation on the voting terminal 10 in step S7. The voting terminal 10 changes the flag of the election in which the voting operation has been performed recorded on the voting card 13 to “voted”, and records the voting data on the voting recording medium 14.
[0113]
On the other hand, when selecting to reserve the vote, the voter inputs an instruction to reserve the vote to the voting terminal 10 in step S8.
[0114]
In step S9, the voter repeats the operations in step S6 and subsequent steps if there is an election where voting is possible.
[0115]
In step S10, when the voter instructs to reserve any of the votes, in step S11, the voter temporarily returns the voting card 13 to the reception, and repeats the above steps S3 and subsequent steps.
[0116]
FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of accepting a voting operation by the voting terminal 10 according to the present embodiment.
[0117]
In step T <b> 1, the voting terminal 10 reads out identification data (voting name, etc.) of voting-possible election information recorded on the voting card 13 and a flag for voting-possible elections.
[0118]
In step T2, the voting terminal 10 identifies and selects, based on the flag, an election that can be voted, has not been voted, and has not been designated for reservation.
[0119]
In step T3, the voting terminal 10 accepts an instruction to reserve a vote for the selected unvoted election or accepts a voting operation.
[0120]
If the voting operation is performed without voting, the voting terminal 10 changes the flag recorded on the voting card 13 about the election in which the voting operation has been performed to “voted” in step T4.
[0121]
In step T5, the voting terminal 10 records voting data on the voting recording medium 14 in the form of one voting and one file for the election in which the voter has performed the voting operation.
[0122]
Steps T4 and T5 may be performed in the reverse order or may be performed in parallel.
[0123]
In step T6, the voting terminal 10 selects all the elections for which the voter can vote, has not yet voted, and has not been instructed to reserve, and performs a voting operation or an instruction to reserve votes for the selected election. Is determined.
[0124]
When the voting operation or the voting reservation instruction is performed for all of the voting-possible elections, the voting terminal 10 ends the voting operation receiving process.
[0125]
On the other hand, when the voting operation or the instruction to reserve the voting has not been performed for all of the voting-possible elections, the voting terminal 10 repeats the processing in step T2 and subsequent steps.
[0126]
FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an example of ledger data update processing of reception terminal 9 according to the present embodiment.
[0127]
In step U1, the reception terminal 9 reads the data 13a recorded on the voting card 13 returned to the reception and the ledger data 22 managed by itself.
[0128]
In step U <b> 2, the reception terminal 9 updates the voter's voteable election flag included in the ledger data 22 according to the voteable election flag recorded on the voting card 13. Thereby, at the reception of the polling place, it is possible to manage the pollable election and the voted or unvoted for the voter.
[0129]
FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the counting and counting process of the counting and counting system according to the present embodiment.
[0130]
In step V1, the counting and counting system 11 reads the voting data recorded on the voting recording medium 14 and receives the voting result of the absentee voting input by the input device 36.
[0131]
In step V2, the counting and counting system 11 obtains the counting results of a plurality of elections based on the voting data recorded on the voting recording medium 14 and the voting results of the absentee voting.
[0132]
In step V3, the counting and counting system 11 displays a counting flow screen 45 on the output device 37 according to the counting result.
[0133]
In the above-described embodiment, the voter, for example, votes for only a part of his or her voting election, reserves the vote for the other elections, leaves the polling place, and then leaves the polling place. You can vote again for the election that you have visited and reserved.
[0134]
In addition, in the present embodiment, the voting data is managed in one file per voting, so that even if a failure occurs in the data, the number of invalid voting can be reduced, thereby improving data integrity. Can be done. Therefore, it is possible to improve the reliability of the counting result of the voting.
[0135]
Further, in this embodiment, the counting and counting states of a plurality of elections are displayed on one screen. Therefore, the progress of the counting and counting can be easily grasped, and the operability of the counting and counting system 11 is improved. Further, it is possible to prevent errors such as forgetting to read the voting data from the voting recording medium 14 recorded by a certain voting terminal 10.
[0136]
In addition, by using the electronic voting system according to the present embodiment, the operating cost required for the election can be reduced, the work of counting votes is reduced, and labor saving of counting operations is realized.
[0137]
In addition, by using the electronic voting system according to the present embodiment, counting and counting are automated, mistakes caused by humans can be eliminated, and questionnaires can be eliminated because there are no unclear votes.
[0138]
In the present embodiment, the voting terminal 10 receives an instruction to perform a voting operation or a reservation by an input device 25 such as a touch panel. However, as the input device 25, for example, a keyboard on which Braille is arranged, a raised button having a surface with irregularities in order to be able to grasp numbers and the like by touch may be applied.
[0139]
The components of the reception terminal 9, the voting terminal 10, and the counting and counting system 11 according to the present embodiment may be changed in arrangement as long as the same operation can be realized. The components may be combined, and each component may be freely divided.
[0140]
In the present embodiment, the counting and counting system 11 may be configured by a plurality of computers, and the program 39 may be arranged in a distributed manner among the plurality of computers, and may execute the process while cooperating with each other.
[0141]
The programs 16, 28, and 39 according to the present embodiment can be applied to a computer by being written in a recording medium such as a magnetic disk (a flexible disk, a hard disk, or the like), an optical disk (a CD-ROM, a DVD, or the like), or a semiconductor memory. . The programs 16, 28, and 39 can be transmitted to a communication medium and applied to a computer. The computer reads the programs 16, 28, and 39 recorded on the recording medium and controls the operations by the programs 16, 28, and 39 to realize the above functions.
[0142]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, in the present invention, the election by the electronic voting system can be efficiently realized, and the reliability of the counting result can be improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of an electronic voting system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of an aggregation flow screen.
FIG. 3 is an exemplary view showing an example of a transition state of a screen displayed by the voting device according to the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a card insertion instruction screen.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a selection screen.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a candidate name selection screen.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a candidate number designation screen.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a search screen.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a confirmation screen.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a voting end screen.
FIG. 11 is an exemplary view showing an example of the structure of election data recorded in the reception terminal according to the embodiment.
FIG. 12 is an exemplary view showing an example of the structure of candidate data recorded in a reception terminal according to the embodiment.
FIG. 13 is an exemplary view showing an example of the structure of polling place data recorded in the reception terminal according to the embodiment.
FIG. 14 is an exemplary view showing an example of the structure of voting possible election data recorded in the reception terminal according to the embodiment.
FIG. 15 is an exemplary view showing an example of the structure of data recorded on a voting card issued by the reception terminal according to the embodiment.
FIG. 16 is an exemplary block diagram showing an example of voting data recorded in the form of one file per file by the voting terminal according to the embodiment;
FIG. 17 is an exemplary flowchart showing an example of a general operation of a voter voting by the electronic voting system according to the embodiment;
FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an example of a process of accepting a voting operation by the voting terminal according to the embodiment.
FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing an example of ledger data update processing of the reception terminal according to the embodiment.
FIG. 20 is an exemplary flowchart showing an example of the counting and counting processing of the counting and counting system according to the embodiment;
FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional relationship between voting data and files.
[Explanation of symbols]
8. Election office management system
9 ... Reception terminal
10 ... Voting terminal
11: Counting system
13. Voting card
14. Voting recording medium
18, 29: Voting card reading section
19 Ledger data reading unit
20 ... Update section
30 ... Unvoted identification part
31 ... Reservation interface
32: Voting reception department
33 ... Voting card update section
34: Voting result recording section
40: counting section
41… Absentee vote acceptance department
42: Tabulation unit
43 ... Screen control unit
45: Total flow screen

Claims (14)

In a voting device of an electronic voting system that accepts a voting operation for a voteable vote of a voter,
Means for reading identification data of the voting election recorded on a recording medium given to the voter and determination data indicating whether the voting is possible or not for the voting election,
Means for identifying an unvoted election from among the votable elections based on the determination data;
Reservation interface means for receiving an instruction to reserve voting for the unvoted election,
Voting accepting means for accepting a voting operation for an election in which the voting reservation is not instructed among the unvoted elections,
Update means for changing the determination data recorded in the recording medium to a state indicating that the voter has performed a vote for the election for which the voter has performed a vote,
Means for recording a voting result for an election in which the voter has performed a voting operation. In a receiving device of an electronic voting system that manages issuance of a recording medium that confirms a voter and records identification data of a voteable election of the voter,
Means for reading ledger data in which the identification data of the voter, the identification data of the voter's voteable election, and the ledger determination data indicating whether the voter has voted or not voted on the voteable election When,
The ledger determination data of the ledger data is changed to a state indicating that the voter has voted for the election in which the voter has performed a voting operation, and the update is performed to continue the state indicating that the voter has not voted for the election instructed to reserve the vote. And a receiving device. The reception device according to claim 2,
The recording medium records identification data of the voting election, determination data indicating whether the voting is possible or unvoted, and identification data of the voter, and the voter performs a voting operation. The determination data is changed to a state indicating that a vote has been completed for the election, and the determination data indicates an unvoted state for an election in which the voter instructed to retain a vote,
Adding means for reading data recorded on the recording medium,
The receiving device, wherein the updating unit updates the ledger data based on data read from the recording medium. In a voting device of an electronic voting system that receives a voting operation by the voter for a voteable vote of a voter,
Voting accepting means for accepting a voting operation for the voting-possible election,
One piece of voting is performed between the identification data of the election where the voting operation is performed, the identification data of the polling place where the voting operation is performed, the identification data of the voting device where the voting operation is performed, and the voting result data of the voting operation. Means for recording the data on a recording medium in the form of a single file. In a vote counting device of an electronic voting system for counting and counting voting results by a voting operation performed on a voting device by the voter for a voteable vote of a voter,
One piece of voting is performed between the identification data of the election where the voting operation is performed, the identification data of the polling place where the voting operation is performed, the identification data of the voting device where the voting operation is performed, and the voting result data of the voting operation. Counting means for reading data from a recording medium recorded in the form of a single file,
An absentee vote accepting means for receiving absentee vote results for a plurality of elections;
A counting means for counting the plurality of elections based on the data read by the counting means and the voting result of the absentee vote. In a vote counting device of an electronic voting system for counting and counting voting results by a voting operation performed on a voting device by the voter for a voteable vote of a voter,
The record which recorded the identification data of the election where the voting operation was performed, the identification data of the polling place where the voting operation was performed, the identification data of the voting device where the voting operation was performed, and the voting result data of the voting operation Counting means for reading data from the medium;
An absentee vote accepting means for receiving absentee vote results for a plurality of elections;
Tallying means for calculating a totaling result of the plurality of elections based on the data read by the counting means and a totaling result of the absentee vote,
For each piece of the identification data of the plurality of elections, a counting state by the counting means, a reception state of the voting result of the absentee vote, a totaling state of data read by the counting means, data read by the counting means Means for displaying, on a single screen, a total tabulation state of the voting results of the absentee ballots. In the voting device of the electronic voting system that accepts voting operations for voters who can vote,
A function of reading identification data of the voting election recorded on the first recording medium given to the voter and determination data indicating whether the voting is possible or not for the voting election,
A function of identifying an unvoted election from among the votable elections based on the determination data;
A reservation interface function for receiving an instruction to reserve a vote for the unvoted election from the input means;
A voting accepting function for accepting a voting operation for an election not instructed to reserve the vote among the unvoted elections from the input means;
An update function of changing the determination data recorded on the first recording medium to a state indicating that the voter has voted for the election in which the voter has performed a voting operation;
A function of recording, on a second recording medium, a result of voting in an election in which the voter has performed a voting operation. In a receiving device of an electronic voting system for managing issuance of a recording medium for confirming a voter and recording the identification data of a voteable election of the voter,
Ledger data associating identification data of the voter, identification data of a voting election of the voter, and ledger determination data indicating whether the voter has voted or not voted on the voting election from recording means Function to read the
For the ledger determination data of the ledger data, the voter changes to a state indicating that a vote has been made for the election in which the voter has performed a voting operation, and the voter continues a state indicating an unvoted state for the election instructed to reserve the vote, A program for realizing an update function to be recorded in the recording means. A vote counting device of an electronic voting system that counts and totals voting results by a voting operation performed on a voting device by the voter for a voting election of a voter,
One piece of voting is performed between the identification data of the election where the voting operation is performed, the identification data of the polling place where the voting operation is performed, the identification data of the voting device where the voting operation is performed, and the voting result data of the voting operation. A counting function for reading data from a recording medium recorded in a single file format,
An absentee voting reception function for receiving absentee voting results for a plurality of elections from input means,
A program for realizing a counting function for obtaining a counting result of the plurality of elections based on data read out by the counting function and a voting result of the absentee vote. A vote counting device of an electronic voting system that counts and totals voting results by a voting operation performed on a voting device by the voter for a voting election of a voter,
The record which recorded the identification data of the election where the voting operation was performed, the identification data of the polling place where the voting operation was performed, the identification data of the voting device where the voting operation was performed, and the voting result data of the voting operation A counting function for reading data from the medium,
An absentee voting reception function for receiving absentee voting results for a plurality of elections from input means,
A counting function for calculating a counting result of the plurality of elections based on the data read by the counting function and a voting result of the absentee vote;
For each piece of the identification data of the plurality of elections, a counting state by the counting function, a receiving state of the voting result of the absentee vote, a totaling state of data read by the counting function, data read by the counting function And a function of displaying, on a single screen, a total counting state of the voting result of the absentee vote and the voting result of the absentee vote. In an electronic voting method for receiving a voting operation for a voting election of a voter by a voting device of an electronic voting system,
Reading identification data of the voting election recorded on the first recording medium given to the voter and determination data indicating whether the voting is possible or not for the voting election,
Identifying an unvoted election from among the votable elections based on the determination data,
Receiving an instruction to reserve a vote for the unvoted election from the input means, or accepting a voting operation for an election not instructed to reserve the vote among the unvoted elections from the input means;
The determination data recorded on the first recording medium is changed to a state indicating that the voter has voted on the election in which the voter has performed a voting operation, and the voting result of the election in which the voter has performed the voting operation is displayed. An electronic voting method, wherein the electronic voting method is recorded on a second recording medium. In the electronic voting method for managing the issuance of a recording medium for confirming a voter and recording identification data of a voteable election of the voter by a reception device of the electronic voting system,
Ledger data associating identification data of the voter, identification data of a voting election of the voter, and ledger determination data indicating whether the voter has voted or not voted on the voting election from recording means Read out,
For the ledger determination data of the ledger data, the voter changes to a state indicating that a vote has been made for the election in which the voter has performed a voting operation, and the voter continues a state indicating an unvoted state for the election instructed to reserve the vote, An electronic voting method, wherein the ledger data of the recording means is updated. The electronic voting method according to claim 12,
The recording medium records identification data of the voting election, determination data indicating whether the voting is possible or unvoted, and identification data of the voter, and the voter performs a voting operation. The determination data is changed to a state indicating that a vote has been completed for the election, and the determination data indicates an unvoted state for an election in which the voter instructed to retain a vote,
While reading the ledger data, and reading the data recorded on the recording medium,
The electronic voting method, wherein the ledger determination data of the ledger data is updated based on data read from the recording medium. In the electronic voting method of counting and counting the voting results by a voting operation performed on the voting device by the voter for the voteable election of the voter,
The record which recorded the identification data of the election where the voting operation was performed, the identification data of the polling place where the voting operation was performed, the identification data of the voting device where the voting operation was performed, and the voting result data of the voting operation Read data from the medium and accept the absentee voting results for multiple elections from the input means,
Based on the data read from the recording medium and the voting results of the absentee voting, determine the aggregation results of the plurality of elections,
For each of the plurality of pieces of identification data of the plurality of elections, a reading state of data from the recording medium, a receiving state of a voting result of the absentee vote, a tallying state of data read from the recording medium, and a reading state of the recording medium. An electronic voting method characterized by displaying, on a single screen, a total counting state of the selected data and the voting result of the absentee vote.

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