JP2005056152A - Electronic voting system, method, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic voting system for making it unnecessary for a votor side to visit a voting place, or unnecessary for an election official side to manually count the votes, and for preventing a illegal voting such as pretense. <P>SOLUTION: A server device 10 comprises a voter information DB 11, a candidate information DB 12, a voter identifying means 13, a candidate information presenting means 14, a voting information accepting means 15, and a voting information totaling means 16. The voter information DB11 relates the resident registration number information of voters to password information for access to the server device 10 and stores them, and the voting information DB 12 stores election target items and a plurality of voting information for those items in predetermined election. A voter identifying means 13 authenticates terminal equipment 3 of the voter who has performed access through the Internet 2 with the resident registration number information and password information by referring to the voter information DB 11, and sets a votable status. Then, the voter votes by the voting information presenting means 14 and the voting information accepting means 15, and the votes are totaled by the voting information totaling means 16. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic voting system, a method, a program, and a recording medium.

  Traditionally, in the elections for members of the Diet, prefectural governors and legislators, municipal heads and legislators, voters (voting people) go to polling places set up at ward offices and schools, or absentee voting And so on. For voters, it may be cumbersome to actually go to the polling place, or it may not take time. From such a current situation, the voting rate does not increase, and particularly when the voting day is a bad day, the voting rate further decreases.

  In addition, since voting at a polling place is generally performed using paper, the counting of votes performed by an election manager requires manpower and takes time.

  In order to solve such problems, various electronic voting systems that perform electronic voting via a communication network using terminals owned by each voter or terminals installed in a predetermined place have been proposed. (For example, see Patent Document 1). The electronic voting system described in Patent Document 1 is a system that is intended to suppress an increase in the cost of the system configuration and to eliminate the need for a voter to go to a polling place through effective use of a network. In this system, the election manager manages the voter information such as a voter list and password information for each voter, and delivers the password information to each voter's address by mail within a predetermined period. The election manager side gives an individual ID to the user terminal of the voter who has accessed the vote management site provided by the election management server for voting, and has the password information and the individual ID. In addition, the regular voter is authenticated, and the vote is accepted for the certified voter.

However, fraud is often done during elections, such as transferring your vote to another person and obtaining compensation. In particular, it is possible to easily carry out illegal voting in absentee voting. Even with the electronic voting system described in Patent Document 1, many problems like this can occur. In order to solve this problem, an electronic voting system that prevents the occurrence of illegal voting, human error, electronic data falsification, and the like has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2). The electronic voting system described in Patent Document 2 can detect fraud simply and at low cost by providing means for requesting confirmation by feeding back the contents voted by the voter to the voter. Prevents human error and falsification of electronic data within the organization, so as to obtain fair results.
JP 2002-342527 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-114954

  However, in the conventional electronic voting system, it is easy to perform an illegal vote by impersonating a voter, and it is difficult to prevent many illegal votes.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and not only does the voter have to go to the polling place, but the election manager does not have to manually vote for the election. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic voting system, an electronic voting method, an electronic voting program, and a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded, which can prevent illegal voting due to the above.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention of claim 1 is an electronic voting system comprising an election management server device for managing voting in an election, wherein the election management server device is a voter's basic resident register number. Voter information storage means for storing information and password information for access to the election management server device in association with each other, and voted information for storing election target items and a plurality of voted information for each election target item during a predetermined election Voter authentication means for authenticating a terminal device of a voter who has been accessed via the Internet using the storage means, the basic resident register number information and the password information, with reference to the voter information storage means, and the voter The election target item and voted information are presented to the voter's terminal device authenticated by the authentication means via the Internet. Voting information presentation means, voting information reception means for receiving voting information from a voter's terminal device over the election target item and voted information presented by the voted information presentation means, and the voting information reception means Voting information totaling means for totaling the voting information received in the above for each item to be elected.

  The invention of claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 1, the voter information storage means has password grant means for giving a password to the voter's basic resident register number.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the voter information storage means assigns a password to each voter item stored in the voted information storage means for each voter's basic resident register number. It is characterized by having a password giving means.

  The invention of claim 4 is the invention of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the voter information storage means stores voter information including the name and address of each voter, and the basic resident register number information and password information. Is information previously mailed to each voter's address.

  The invention of claim 5 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the election management server device is accessed via the Internet using the basic resident register number information during a predetermined period in the election. It has a password information transmission means for transmitting the password information stored in the voter information storage means to the terminal device for the terminal device of the voter.

  The invention of claim 6 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the voter information storage means stores voter information including a name and an address of each voter, and the voted information storage means is an address. The voting information presenting means stores the voting information items and the voted information for each constituency based on the voter information storage means with reference to the voter information storage means for the terminal device of the voter authenticated by the voter authentication means. The election item and voted information are extracted from the voted information storage means for each voter's constituency, and the extracted election item and voted information are presented to the terminal device via the Internet. It is a thing.

  The invention of claim 7 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the voter information storage means stores voter information including a fingerprint or a retina pattern for each voter, and the voter authentication means Using the voter information in addition to the basic resident register number information and password information, the voter terminal device accessed via the Internet is authenticated with reference to the voter information storage means It is.

  The invention of claim 8 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the voted information presenting means presents voted information for each item to be elected, and the vote information receiving means is the election It is characterized by receiving voting information for each target item.

  The invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the voted information presenting means presents voted information for each item to be elected, and the vote information receiving means Voting information is received by selecting the voted information to be voted on.

  The invention of claim 10 is an electronic voting method for performing electronic voting using an election management server device that manages voting in an election, and is for accessing the voter's basic resident register number information and the election management server device. Voter information storage step for storing password information in association with the election management server device, and voted information for storing election target items and a plurality of voted information for each election target item in the election management server device during a predetermined election A voter authentication step for authenticating a voter terminal device accessed via the Internet with reference to the information stored in the voter information storage step, using the storage step and the basic resident register number information and password information And the election item and the investment target for the terminal device of the voter authenticated in the voter authentication step. Voting information presentation step for presenting information via the Internet, and voting information for receiving voting information from a voter's terminal device over the election target items and voting information presented in the voted information presentation step via the Internet A receiving step and a voting information counting step of counting the voting information received in the voting information receiving step for each item to be elected.

  The invention of claim 11 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 10, the voter information storage step includes a password granting step of granting a password to the voter's basic resident register number.

  The invention of claim 12 is the invention of claim 10, wherein the voter information storage step assigns a password to each voter item stored in the voted information storage step for each voter's basic resident register number. It includes a password assignment step.

  According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the tenth to twelfth aspects, the voter information storage step includes a step of storing voter information including a name and an address of each voter, and the basic resident register number information The password information is information previously mailed to each voter's address.

  According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the tenth to twelfth aspects of the invention, a voter who has accessed the election management server device via the Internet using the basic resident register number information during a predetermined period in the election. The terminal apparatus includes a password information transmission step of transmitting the password information stored in the voter information storage step to the terminal apparatus.

  The invention of claim 15 is the voter information storage step according to any one of claims 10 to 14, wherein the voter information storage step includes a step of storing voter information including a name and an address of each voter. Includes a step of storing election target items and voted information for each constituency based on an address, wherein the voted information presentation step stores the voter information for the voter's terminal device authenticated in the voter authentication step. With reference to the information stored in the step, the election target item and voted information are extracted from the information stored in the voted information storage step for each voter's constituency, and the extracted election target item and voted The method includes a step of presenting information to the terminal device via the Internet.

  According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the tenth to fifteenth aspects, the voter information storage step includes a step of storing voter information including a fingerprint or a retina pattern for each voter, and the voter authentication step. Uses the voter information in addition to the basic resident register number information and password information to authenticate the terminal device of the voter accessed via the Internet with reference to the information stored in the voter information storage step. It is characterized by doing.

  The invention of claim 17 is the invention of any one of claims 10 to 16, wherein the voted information presenting step includes a step of presenting voted information for each item to be elected, and the vote information receiving step is And a step of receiving voting information for each item to be elected.

  The invention of claim 18 is the invention of any one of claims 10 to 16, wherein the voted information presenting step includes a step of presenting voted information for each item to be elected, and the vote information receiving step comprises , Including a step of accepting voting information by selecting the voted information that the voter wants to vote.

  An invention of claim 19 is a program for causing a computer to function as the election management server device in the electronic voting system of any one of claims 1 to 9.

  The invention according to claim 20 is a program for causing a computer to execute the electronic voting method according to any one of claims 10 to 18.

  A twenty-first aspect of the invention is a computer-readable recording medium on which the program of the nineteenth or twentieth aspect of the invention is recorded.

  According to the present invention, at the time of election, the voter side does not have to go to the polling place, and the election manager side does not have to make a vote manually, but also can prevent illegal voting due to impersonation, etc. It becomes.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an electronic voting system according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is an electronic voting system, 2 is the Internet, 3a, 3b,. . . Is a voter terminal device, 10 is an election management server device, 11 is a voter information database (DB), 12 is voted information DB, 13 is voter authentication means, 14 is voted information presentation means, 15 is vote information reception means, Reference numeral 16 denotes vote information counting means.

  An electronic voting system (hereinafter referred to as the present system) 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an election management server device (hereinafter simply referred to as a server device) 10 that manages voting in an election, and performs electronic voting. It is a system that made it possible. The present invention uses a human psychology that the basic resident register number registered in the basic resident register network system is a number that other people do not want to know, and prevents illegal voting due to impersonation, etc. In this system, the access right to the election management server device 10 (the right to vote) is determined by allowing voters to enter the basic resident register number.

  The server device 10 includes each voter A, B,. . . Terminal devices 3a, 3b,. . . (Often represented by 3), it can be connected via the Internet 2 using a communication line regardless of wired or wireless. The server device 10 may be provided with a WWW server for accessing from the terminal device 3 via the Internet 2. Note that the terminal device 3 is not limited to a PC terminal, and may be a PDA or a mobile phone. Furthermore, even in a system in which a plurality of information processing devices are connected to a network, the server device 10 is accessed and an electronic vote described later. Any system including a terminal device capable of executing processing may be used. The terminal device 3 can be said to be a client device for the server device 10.

  The server device 10 includes voter information storage means, voted information storage means, voter authentication means 13, voted information presentation means 14, vote information reception means 15, and vote information counting means 16, and in the example of FIG. As an example of the voter information storage means and the voted information storage means, explanation will be made assuming that the voter information DB 11 and the voted information DB 12 are respectively accessible from the server device 10.

  The voter information DB 11 stores voter basic resident register number information and password information for accessing the election management server device 10 in association with each other. The voted information DB 12 stores election target items and a plurality of voted information for each election target item during a predetermined election. Here, election target items are information on items subject to elections such as prefectural governors, city council members, prefectural assembly members, national examinations, etc., and voted information refers to voted persons (that is, candidates) and citizens. In the case of examination, it is information such as judges of the Supreme Court to be examined.

  As another form, the voter information storage means may have password giving means. As this password granting means, a password is assigned to the voter's basic resident register number, or a password is assigned to each voter information item stored in the voted information DB 12 for each voter's basic resident register number. You can do that. In the former case, the voter can input one password information even if there are a plurality of items to be elected when accessing the server device 10 by the terminal device 3 and voting. On the other hand, in the latter case, when the voter accesses the server device 10 by the terminal device 3 and performs voting, when there are a plurality of items to be elected, the voter inputs the password information assigned to each item to be elected. There is a need to.

  The voter authentication means 13 authenticates the voter's terminal device 3 accessed via the Internet 2 with reference to the voter information DB 11 using the basic resident register number information and password information, so that the voter can be voted. To do. Here, the access to the server device 10 via the Internet 2 using the basic resident register number information and password information by the voter's terminal device 3 is assigned to the voters in the basic resident register network system. This means that the voter inputs the basic resident register number and the password information obtained by the voter by some means (example will be described later) to the terminal device 3 and accesses the server device 10. It is preferable that the server device 10 requests the input of the information after accessing the server device 10.

  As another form of the voter authentication means 13, voter information including a fingerprint or a retina pattern is stored in the voter information DB 11 for each voter, and the voter authentication means 13 stores the basic resident register number information and password information. In addition, the terminal device 3 of the voter who has accessed via the Internet 2 using the voter information may be authenticated with reference to the voter information DB 11 to further prevent unauthorized access. However, in this case, the terminal device 3 requires fingerprint reading means and retinal pattern reading means.

  In the voted information presenting means 14, the election target items and the voted information are presented via the Internet 2 to the voter's terminal device 3 authenticated by the voter authenticating means 13. As an example of the method of presentation, first present the item to be elected, let the voters select the item to be voted for voting, present the voted information of the selected item to be elected, the voting ends, etc. The same process is repeated when there is an election target item, and the process ends as soon as there is no election target item for which voting (including abstention voting) is not performed. Alternatively, all the election target items and corresponding voted information may be presented at a time.

  The voting information receiving means 15 receives voting information from the terminal device 3 of the voter via the Internet 2 with respect to the item to be elected and the voted information presented by the voted information presenting means 14. For example, the voter may select voted information to be voted on the screen of the terminal device 3, and the terminal device 3 may transmit the voter's selection operation to the server device 10 as voting information. Further, the voting information receiving unit 15 may confirm the selection operation of the voters on the terminal device 3 side.

  As another form regarding presentation of voted information and acceptance of vote information, voted information presenting means 14 presents voted information for each item to be elected, and vote information accepting means 15 provides vote information for each item to be elected. You may make it accept. Alternatively, the voted information may be received by presenting the voted information for each item to be elected by the voted information presenting means 14 and selecting the voted information that the voter wants to vote by the vote information receiving means 15.

  The voting information totaling unit 16 totals the voting information received by the voting information receiving unit 15 for each item to be elected. In this tabulation, the received voting information may be registered in a database so that it can be automatically tabulated.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the electronic voting process in the electronic voting system of FIG. 1, and is also a flowchart for explaining an example of the electronic voting method according to the embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen in the electronic voting process of FIG. 2, FIG. 3A illustrates an example of a password information input screen, and FIG. 3B illustrates an example of a voting process screen. . In FIG. 3, 21 is a password information input screen, 22 is a basic resident register number input field, 23 is a password input field, 24 is a voting process screen, 25 is a selection button, and 26 is a voting button.

  In the electronic voting process in the present system 1, first, the voters' basic resident register number information and password information for accessing the server device 10 are associated with each other and stored in the voter information DB 11 (step S1). In the process of step S1, these pieces of information may be stored. Since the Basic Resident Register number information exists in the Basic Resident Register network system in advance, it can be used for subsequent processing without being stored again. In this case, the voter information DB 11 (or a part thereof) exists in the basic resident register network system. In the process of step S1, the basic resident register number information registered in the basic resident register network system may be newly stored in another voter information DB 11. In any case, the password information must be stored in association with the basic resident register number information at least before the voting date. Regardless of the process before and after step S1, the election target item and a plurality of voted information for each election target item are stored in the voted information DB 12 for a predetermined election (step S2). The storage in step S2 is also executed at least before the voting date.

  On the voting day, a voter accesses the server device 10 using the terminal device 3 to vote. First, access from the terminal device 3 is performed using basic resident register number information and password information. For example, when a voter accesses the server device 10 side with the terminal device 3, the server device 10 displays a password information input screen 21 displaying a basic resident register number input field 22 and a password input field 23 as shown in FIG. 3. It is displayed on the terminal device 3. The voter operates the terminal device 3 to enter the basic resident register number and password in the basic resident register number input field 22 and password input field 23, respectively.

  The server device 10 authenticates the voter terminal device 3 accessed via the Internet 2 by referring to the voter information DB 11 using these pieces of information (step S3). Among them, the item to be elected and the voted information are presented to the authenticated voter terminal device 3 via the Internet 2 (step S4). For example, a voting process screen 24 displaying a selection button 25 and a voting button 26 as shown in FIG. 3 is presented and displayed on the terminal device. In this example, the election target item is a prefectural governor's election, the candidates are A candidate and B candidate, and the voter selects the candidate B with the selection button 25. Thereafter, the voter operates the terminal device 3 and clicks the voting button 26 to vote. Then, the voter information from the voter's terminal device 3 is accepted via the Internet 2 for the presented election item and voted information (step S5), and the received vote information is tabulated for each election item (step S5). S6).

  Here, the terminal device 3, the server device 10, and various DBs described in the present specification, such as the terminal device 3, the server device 10, the voter information DB 11, the voted information DB 12, and the like described above will be supplementarily described.

  Even if the database such as each DB 11, 12 is physically included in the server device 10, the DB 11, 12 is connected to the server device 10 through a network and physically separated. May be. In addition, the DBs 11 and 12 may be separate or integrated, and may be any form that can function as a database. The server device 10 that manages the DBs 11 and 12 is preferably provided with dedicated software (DB management system) for maintaining and operating the DB. This makes the data in the DB physically and logically independent from the program (application software) that implements each function according to the present invention, facilitating various application version upgrades and system construction, and data matching. (Security) and security of data can be easily secured. The server device 10 may be a server having a hierarchical structure corresponding to processing, such as a WWW server or a DB management server.

  Furthermore, various types of information processing in a general-purpose computer such as a PC (personal computer) and a server computer such as the terminal device 3 and the server device 10 described above will be described with reference to a configuration example of a general information processing apparatus shown in FIG. To do. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a general information processing apparatus, in which 31 is a CPU, 32 is a RAM, 33 is a ROM, 34 is an input device, 35 is a display device, 36 is an output device, 37 Is a bus.

  Information handled by the system 1 is temporarily stored in the RAM 32 at the time of processing, then stored in various ROMs 33, read out by the CPU 31, and corrected and written as necessary. A program for causing the computer to function as the server device 10 in the system 1 is stored in the ROM 33 and is executed by being read out by the CPU 31. In addition, the progress of the process and the result of the process are presented to the user through a display device 35 such as a CRT or LCD, and if necessary, the user needs to perform the process from the input device 34 such as a keyboard or mouse (pointing device). You only need to specify the parameters. This program may be provided with a graphical user interface (GUI) for the display device 35 so that it can be easily used by users (administrators and voters of the system 1). The output device 36 includes a communication device, a printing device, and the like. The communication device is a device for communicating with the network such as the Internet 2 described above. The printing device prints data displayed on the screen, voter information itself, and the like. It is a device to do. Note that the CPU 31, RAM 32, ROM 33, input device 34, display device 35, and output device 36 may be connected by a bus 37 or the like. The processing for each terminal device 3 is basically the same. However, if there is a Web browser such as a general-purpose computer, a PDA similar to the general-purpose computer, or a mobile phone, a special application or circuit can be configured.

  As described above, according to each embodiment described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4, since electronic voting can be performed from the terminal device possessed by the voter, the voter does not need to go to the polling place during the election, and the election manager The side can count up without manually counting votes. In addition, the Basic Resident Register number registered in the Basic Resident Register Network System is a number that you do not want to be known to others, and you are using this Basic Resident Register Number to allow voters to vote electronically. The act of selling a vote is no longer performed, and illegal voting due to impersonation or the like can be prevented.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an example of an electronic voting process in an electronic voting system according to another embodiment of the present invention, and for explaining an example of an electronic voting method according to another embodiment of the present invention. It is also a flow diagram.

  An electronic voting system (hereinafter referred to as the present system) 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention is the system 1 of each embodiment described with reference to FIGS. Password information (/ password information and basic resident register number information) is mailed, and the voter accesses the server device 10 from the terminal device 3 and votes by the password information and basic resident register number information. The description of the same parts and application forms as those of the system 1 will be omitted including the description of the effects.

  In the electronic voting process in the present system 1, first, the basic resident register number information of the voter, the password information for accessing the server device, and the voter information including the voter's address and name are associated and stored in the voter information DB 11 (step). S11). The storage process of voter information including the voter's basic resident register number information, address, and name in step S11 is the same as that described in step S1 of FIG. Regardless of the process before and after step S11, the item to be elected and its plurality of voted information are stored in the voted information DB for a predetermined election (step S12). The storage in step S12 is also executed at least before the voting date. Then, the election manager mails the password information to the voter's address so that it arrives before the vote date (step S13).

  Next, as in steps S3 to S6 in FIG. 2, the terminal device 3 of the voter who has been accessed via the Internet 2 is authenticated with reference to the voter information DB 11 using the basic resident register number information and password information. (Step S14), the object item and the voted information are presented to the authenticated voter terminal device 3 via the Internet 2 (Step S15), and the presented item and the voted information are presented. The vote information from the terminal device 3 of the voter is received via the Internet 2 (step S16), and the received vote information is totaled for each election target item (step S17).

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a configuration example of an electronic voting system according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the electronic voting process in the electronic voting system of FIG. 6, and is also a flowchart for explaining an example of the electronic voting method according to another embodiment of the present invention. . In FIG. 6, reference numeral 17 denotes a password information transmission means.

  An electronic voting system (hereinafter referred to as the present system) 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention is the same as the system 1 of each embodiment described with reference to FIGS. Access using the ledger number information and name, etc., and have the server device 10 send password information to the terminal device 3, and the voter accesses the server device 10 from the terminal device 3 with the password information and the basic resident register number information. The description of the same parts and application forms as those of the system 1 described above will be omitted including the description of the effect.

  The election management server device 10 in the present system 1 further includes password information transmission means 17. In the password information transmission means 17, the password stored in the voter information DB 11 for the voter terminal device 3 accessed via the Internet 2 using the basic resident register number information during a predetermined period in the election before the election date. Information is transmitted to the terminal device 3. The password information transmitting means 17 may transmit the email information if the email address is registered together with other voter information in the voter information DB 11. The password information may be displayed on the terminal device 3 for browsing, or may be stored in the terminal device 3.

  In the electronic voting process in the present system 1, first, voter's basic resident register number information and password information for accessing the server device are associated with each other and stored in the voter information DB 11 (step S21). The storage process of the voter's basic resident register number information in step S21 is the same as that described in step S1 of FIG. Regardless of the process before and after step S21, the item to be elected and its plurality of voted information are stored in the voted information DB 12 for a predetermined election (step S22). The storage in step S22 is also executed at least before the voting date. And the password information memorize | stored in voter information DB11 with respect to the terminal device 3 of the voter who accessed via the internet 2 using the basic resident register number information during the predetermined period in an election is stored in the terminal device 3 Transmit (step S23).

  Next, as in steps S3 to S6 in FIG. 2, the terminal device 3 of the voter who has been accessed via the Internet 2 is authenticated with reference to the voter information DB 11 using the basic resident register number information and password information. (Step S24), the election target item and the voted information are presented to the authenticated voter terminal device 3 via the Internet 2 (Step S25), and the presented election target item and the voted information are displayed. Vote information from the terminal device 3 of the voter is received via the Internet 3 (step S26), and the received vote information is totaled for each item to be elected (step S27).

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining an example of an electronic voting process in an electronic voting system according to another embodiment of the present invention, and for explaining an example of an electronic voting method according to another embodiment of the present invention. It is also a flow diagram.

  An electronic voting system (hereinafter referred to as the present system) 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention is a system 1 of each embodiment described in any of FIGS. 1 to 4, 4, 5, 6 and 7, When a voter accesses the server device 10 from the terminal device 3 by the password information and the basic resident register number information and performs a vote, it is a system that can easily vote for the voter's electoral district by judging the electorate's electoral district, The description of the same parts and application forms as those of the system 1 described above will be omitted including the description of the effects. However, in the present system 1, a voter's address is required. Here, only a modified example from the system 1 described in FIGS. 6 and 7 will be described.

  In the system 1, voter information including the name and address of each voter is stored in the voter information DB 11, and the election target items and voted information are stored in the voted information DB 12 for each district based on the address. Then, the voted information presenting means 14 refers to the voter information DB 11 for the voter's terminal device 3 authenticated by the voter authentication means 13 and refers to the voter information DB 11 for the voter's voting information and the voted information for each voted district. Extracted from the DB 12 and the extracted election target items and voted information are presented to the terminal device 3 via the Internet 2.

  In the electronic voting process in the system 1, first, the basic resident register number information of the voter, the password information for accessing the server device 3, the address and name of the voter are associated and stored in the voter information DB 11 (step S31). The storage process of voter information including the voter's basic resident register number information, address, and name in step S11 is the same as that described in step S1 of FIG. Regardless of the process before and after step S31, the election target item and the plurality of voted information thereof are stored in the voted information DB 12 for each electoral district based on the address (step S32). The storage in step S32 is also executed at least before the voting date. And the password information memorize | stored in voter information DB11 with respect to the terminal device 3 of the voter who accessed via the internet 2 using the basic resident register number information during the predetermined period in an election is stored in the terminal device 3 Transmit (step S33).

  Next, as in step S3 in FIG. 2, the terminal device of the voter who has been accessed via the Internet is authenticated with reference to the voter information DB using the basic resident register number information and password information (step S34). ). Then, for the voter's terminal device 3 that has been authenticated, the voter information DB 11 is referred to, the election target items and the voted information are extracted from the voted information DB 12 for each voter's constituency, and the extracted election target item and subject Voting information is presented to the terminal device 3 via the Internet 2 (step S35). Next, as in steps S5 and S6 of FIG. 2, the vote information received from the voter's terminal device 3 is accepted via the Internet 2 for the presented election target item and voted information (step S36), and the vote received Information is tabulated for each item to be elected (step S37).

  As described above, each embodiment has been described with a focus on the system and method of the present invention with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 8, but the present invention is described in the description of the election management server device 10 in each of the above-described embodiments. As described above, a program for causing a computer to function as such a system (or an election management server apparatus in the system), or a program for causing a computer to execute the processing procedure of these systems (or the election management server apparatus in the system) and these methods. Alternatively, a form as a computer-readable recording medium in which the program is recorded is also possible.

  An embodiment of a recording medium storing a program and data for realizing the electronic voting function according to the present invention will be described. Specifically, a CD-ROM, a magneto-optical disk, a DVD-ROM, an FD, a flash memory, and other various ROMs and RAMs can be assumed as the recording medium, and the functions of the system according to each embodiment of the present invention described above. Is executed by a computer, and a program for realizing the electronic voting function is recorded on these recording media and distributed, thereby facilitating the realization of this function. Then, the information processing apparatus such as a computer illustrated in FIG. 4 is loaded with the recording medium as described above, and the program is read by the information processing apparatus, or the program is loaded on the recording medium included in the information processing apparatus. The function of electronic voting according to the present invention can be executed by storing it and reading it out as necessary.

It is a figure showing an example of 1 composition of an electronic voting system concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the electronic voting process in the electronic voting system of FIG. 1, and is also a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the electronic voting method which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen in the electronic voting process of FIG. FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a general information processing apparatus. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the electronic voting process in the electronic voting system which concerns on other embodiment of this invention, and is also a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the electronic voting method which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. . It is a flowchart for demonstrating the example of 1 structure of the electronic voting system which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the electronic voting process in the electronic voting system of FIG. 6, and is also a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the electronic voting method which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the electronic voting process in the electronic voting system which concerns on other embodiment of this invention, and is also a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the electronic voting method which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. .

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Electronic voting system, 2 ... Internet, 3, 3a, 3b ... Terminal device, 10 ... Election management server device, 11 ... Voter information DB, 12 ... Voted information DB, 13 ... Voter authentication means, 14 ... Voted information Presenting means, 15 ... voting information receiving means, 16 ... voting information counting means, 17 ... password information transmitting means, 21 ... password information input screen, 22 ... basic resident register number input field, 23 ... password input field, 24 ... voting process Screen, 25 ... Selection button, 26 ... Voting button, 31 ... CPU, 32 ... RAM, 33 ... ROM, 34 ... Input device, 35 ... Display device, 36 ... Output device, 37 ... Bus.

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  An electronic voting system comprising an election management server device for managing voting in an election, wherein the election management server device includes voter's basic resident register number information and password information for accessing the election management server device. Using voter information storage means for storing in association with each other, voted information storage means for storing a plurality of voted information for the election target item and each election target item during a predetermined election, and the basic resident register number information and password information The voter authentication means for authenticating a voter's terminal device accessed via the Internet with reference to the voter information storage means, and the election for the voter's terminal device authenticated by the voter authentication means. Voting information presenting means for presenting target items and voted information via the Internet, and presenting by the voted information presenting means Voting information receiving means for receiving vote information from a voter's terminal device over the Internet for the election target items and voted information, and the voting information received by the voting information receiving means is tabulated for each election target item An electronic voting system comprising: voting information counting means.   2. The electronic voting system according to claim 1, wherein the voter information storage unit includes a password grant unit that grants a password to a voter's basic resident register number.   The voter information storage means has password grant means for giving a password to each voter item stored in the voted information storage means for each voter's basic resident register number. The electronic voting system described.   The voter information storage means stores voter information including the name and address of each voter, and the basic resident register number information and password information are information previously mailed to each voter's address. Item 4. The electronic voting system according to any one of Items 1 to 3.   The election management server device stores the password information stored in the voter information storage means for the voter terminal device accessed via the Internet using the basic resident register number information during a predetermined period in the election. The electronic voting system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising password information transmitting means for transmitting to the terminal device.   The voter information storage means stores voter information including the name and address of each voter, and the voted information storage means stores election target items and voted information for each constituency based on the address. The information presenting means refers to the voter information storage means for the voter's terminal device authenticated by the voter authentication means, and stores the voted item information and voted information for each voter's constituency. The electronic voting system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic voting system is extracted from the means and the extracted election target item and voted information are presented to the terminal device via the Internet.   The voter information storage means stores voter information including a fingerprint or a retina pattern for each voter, and the voter authentication means uses the voter information in addition to the basic resident register number information and password information to The electronic voting system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a terminal device of a voter who has been accessed via the authentication unit is authenticated with reference to the voter information storage unit.   8. The voted information presenting means presents voted information for each election target item, and the vote information receiving means accepts vote information for each election target item. The electronic voting system according to claim 1.   The voted information presenting means presents voted information for each item to be elected, and the vote information receiving means receives vote information by selecting the voted information that a voter wants to vote. The electronic voting system according to any one of claims 1 to 7.   An electronic voting method for performing electronic voting using an election management server device that manages voting in an election, wherein the basic resident register number information of a voter is associated with password information for accessing the election management server device A voter information storage step for storing in the election management server device; a voted information storage step for storing a plurality of voted information for the election target item and each election target item in the election management server device during a predetermined election; Using the ledger number information and password information, a voter authentication step of authenticating a voter's terminal device accessed via the Internet with reference to the information stored in the voter information storage step, and in the voter authentication step The election subject item and voted information are sent to the terminal device of the voter who has been authenticated. Voting information presentation step for presenting via voting information receiving step for receiving voting information from a voter's terminal device for the election target item and voting information presented in the voting information presentation step via the Internet; A voting information counting step of counting the voting information received in the voting information receiving step for each item to be elected.   The electronic voting method according to claim 10, wherein the voter information storing step includes a password granting step of granting a password to a voter's basic resident register number.   The voter information storing step includes a password granting step of granting a password for each item to be elected stored in the voted information storing step with respect to a basic resident register number of each voter. The electronic voting method described.   The voter information storage step includes a step of storing voter information including a name and an address of each voter, and the basic resident register number information and password information are information previously mailed to each voter's address. The electronic voting method according to any one of claims 10 to 12.   For a voter's terminal device that has accessed the election management server device via the Internet using the basic resident register number information during a predetermined period in the election, the password information stored in the voter information storage step is 13. The electronic voting method according to claim 10, further comprising a password information transmission step of transmitting to the terminal device.   The voter information storage step includes a step of storing voter information including a name and an address of each voter, and the voted information storage step stores an election target item and voted information for each constituency based on the address. The voted information presenting step refers to the information stored in the voter information storage step with respect to the voter's terminal device authenticated in the voter authentication step, and for each electoral district of the voters, And extracting the item and voted information from the information stored in the voted information storage step, and presenting the extracted election target item and voted information to the terminal device via the Internet. The electronic voting method according to claim 10.   The voter information storage step includes a step of storing voter information including a fingerprint or a retinal pattern for each voter, and the voter authentication step uses the voter information in addition to the basic resident register number information and password information. The electronic device according to any one of claims 10 to 15, wherein a terminal device of a voter who has accessed via the Internet is authenticated with reference to the information stored in the voter information storage step. Voting method.   The voted information presenting step includes a step of presenting voted information for each election target item, and the vote information receiving step includes a step of receiving vote information for each election target item. Item 17. The electronic voting method according to any one of Items 10 to 16.   The voted information presenting step includes a step of presenting voted information for each item to be elected, and the vote information receiving step includes a step of receiving vote information by selecting the voted information that a voter wants to vote. The electronic voting method according to any one of claims 10 to 16, further comprising:   The program for functioning a computer as the said election management server apparatus in the electronic voting system of any one of Claims 1 thru | or 9.   A program for causing a computer to execute the electronic voting method according to any one of claims 10 to 18.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 19 or 20 is recorded.

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