JP2005196287A - Candidate selection method for electronic voting, electronic voting machine, candidate selection method for electronic voting using the internet, and voting server - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify selection operation for a candidate in electronic voting. <P>SOLUTION: It is decided whether votable first election is a type 2 or not (S21 in Figure). When it is decided that the election is the type 2 (S21, YES), it advances to step S22, and a candidate selection screen having an all selection button bringing all the candidates into a selection state is displayed. In the candidate selection screen of the type 2, because all the candidates displayed on the screen at that time can be selected by one-time operation by operating the all selection button, an operation frequency of a button for the voting can be reduced. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic voting candidate selection method, an electronic voting machine, an electronic voting candidate selection method using the Internet, and a voting server.

Electronic voting is gradually being introduced at the local election stage, and is expected to be introduced in national elections in the future.
In general election voting, multiple candidates are displayed on the display device of the electronic voting machine, and the voter selects a specific candidate among those candidates and operates the voting button to vote. Determine.

  Depending on the type of election, there are also elections where multiple candidates can be selected at the same time. For example, in the examination of the distrust of the judges of the Supreme Court, if there are multiple judges who do not trust, it is necessary to select multiple persons.

  In order to easily select a plurality of candidates, for example, in Patent Document 1, a coordinate input board using a pen (stylus) is provided on the display surface, and the candidates displayed on the display screen are selected by a pen operation. Thus, it is described that detailed information associated with each candidate is displayed on the display screen.

In the invention described in Patent Document 1, a plurality of candidates can be selected and voted by individually selecting a plurality of candidates. In addition, since detailed information on any of a plurality of candidates can be displayed on the display screen, it is possible to obtain an effect that detailed information on the plurality of candidates can be acquired with a simple operation.
JP-A-6-180707 (FIG. 10) JP-A-8-44919

In the invention described in Patent Document 1, in order to select a plurality of candidates, it is necessary to individually select candidates by operating a pen, and the operation for selecting candidates is complicated.
An object of the present invention is to simplify a candidate selection operation in electronic voting.

  In the electronic voting candidate selection method of the present invention, selection type information indicating whether at least a voting type that individually selects candidates or a voting type that can select all of a plurality of candidates is stored in a storage unit. , Referring to the selection type information stored in the storage means, it is determined whether or not the vote to be executed is a type of vote that can select all of the plurality of candidates, and the selection type of all of the plurality of candidates can be selected. When it is determined that voting is performed, all selection buttons for selecting all of a plurality of candidates are displayed on the candidate selection screen of the display device of the electronic voting machine, and when the all selection button is operated, the selection is displayed on the candidate selection screen. All candidates are set to the selected state.

  According to the present invention, when the vote to be executed is a type of election in which all of a plurality of candidates can be selected, all candidates can be selected by operating the all selection button once. In this case, the selection operation of the candidate in is simplified.

  According to another electronic voting candidate selection method of the present invention, a plurality of candidate names and a plurality of group selection buttons for assigning selected candidates to a specific group among the plurality of groups are the same on the display device of the electronic voting machine. When the first group selection button among the plurality of group selection buttons is operated in a state where the first candidate is selected on the candidate selection screen, the first selection screen is displayed. The candidate is set to the state selected as the first group, and when the second group selection button is operated in the state where the second candidate is selected, the second candidate is selected as the second group. To set the state.

  According to the present invention, when performing selection for assigning a plurality of candidates to any one of a plurality of groups, a plurality of group selection buttons can be operated on the same candidate selection screen by operating a plurality of group selection buttons. it can. This eliminates the need to switch the group selection screen to select a group, thereby simplifying the selection operation.

  The present invention relates to an electronic voting candidate selection method for performing voting by transmitting and receiving data between a plurality of terminal devices and a voting server via the Internet, wherein the display control means of the voting server includes a display screen of the terminal device. A plurality of candidate names and a plurality of group selection buttons for assigning the selected candidates to a specific group are displayed on the candidate selection screen, and the plurality of candidates are displayed on the same candidate selection screen displayed on the display device. When the first group selection button of the plurality of group selection buttons is operated while the first candidate is selected, the first candidate is selected as the first group When the second group selection button is operated with the second candidate selected on the same candidate selection screen, the second candidate is selected as the second group. chosen Create a selection data in state, when operated button to confirm the selection, to transmit the selected data determined in the voting server as voting data.

  According to the present invention, when electronic voting is performed using the Internet, a candidate name and a plurality of group selection buttons are simultaneously displayed on the same candidate selection screen of the terminal device, so that the selection operation of a plurality of groups is the same. Can be performed on the candidate selection screen. Thereby, operation for group selection can be simplified.

  The voting server of the present invention is a voting server of an electronic voting system that performs voting by transmitting and receiving data between a plurality of terminal devices and the server via the Internet, and the same candidate selection screen of the display device of the terminal device Display control means for displaying a plurality of candidate names and a plurality of group selection buttons for assigning the selected candidates to a specific group, and a first of the plurality of candidates on the same candidate selection screen. When the candidate is selected, when the first group selection button of the plurality of group selection buttons is operated, the selection data is generated so that the first candidate is selected as the first group. When the second group selection button is operated in a state where the second candidate is selected on the same candidate selection screen, the second candidate is set to the state selected as the second group. To create-option data, when the button to confirm the vote content is operated, and a voting data transmission control means for transmitting the determined selection data as voting data.

  According to the present invention, when electronic voting is performed using the Internet, a plurality of group selection operations can be performed on the same candidate selection screen, so that an operation for group selection can be simplified.

  In the above invention, a receiving unit that receives voting data transmitted from a plurality of terminal devices, and a counting result indicating to which group the plurality of candidates are selected based on the voting data of the plurality of terminal devices. It has a totaling means for calculating.

  With this configuration, voting data transmitted from a plurality of terminal devices via the Internet can be aggregated.

  According to the present invention, since all candidates can be selected by operating the all selection button once, the selection operation of candidates in electronic voting is simplified. In addition, when performing selection for assigning a plurality of candidates to any of a plurality of groups, a selection operation for a plurality of groups can be performed on the same candidate selection screen by operating a group selection button. This simplifies the group selection operation. In addition, in electronic voting using the Internet, the electronic voting input operation on the terminal device side can be simplified.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration of an electronic voting system according to an embodiment.
The election management committee system has a function of inputting an election type and a candidate name from an election information input terminal 11 and creating an election information installation disk 12 used at a polling place. Further, it has a function of creating a voting data recording medium 13 for recording election data for each polling place.

The polling place system includes a ballot card issuing terminal 21, a polling place server 22, and an electronic voting machine 23.
The ticketing office system includes a ticketing server 31 and a plurality of ticketing devices 32.

  An election information installation disk 12 created using the election management committee system and a voting data recording medium 13 for recording voting data are distributed to each polling place. The election information installation disk 12 is used as an activation disk when the voting card issuing terminal 21 and the voting server 22 are activated at each polling place. The voting data recording medium 13 comprises a magneto-optical disk, an IC card, or the like.

In addition, the election information installation disk 12 is used as an installation disk for starting the vote-voting server 31 at the vote-voting place.
When the voting is performed using the electronic voting machine 23 of the polling place and the voting data is transmitted to the polling place server 22, the voting place server 22 writes the voting data in the voting data recording medium 13. When the voting is completed, the voting data recording medium 13 is conveyed to the counting place. The voting data recorded in the voting data recording medium 13 is totalized by the voting device 32 at the voting place. The counting results of each of the vote counting devices 32 are further totaled by the vote counting server 31.

  Although the hardware configuration of the electronic voting machine 23 is not shown, from a CPU that executes processing, a memory that temporarily stores processing results, a hard disk that stores programs, a medium reading / writing device that reads and writes recording media, and the like Become.

Next, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the electronic voting machine 23. The following processing is executed by the control unit (CPU) of the electronic voting machine 23.
First, the electronic voting machine 23 is activated (FIG. 2, S11). Next, election information is acquired from the polling place server 22 (FIG. 2, S12).

Next, a message “Please insert a voting card” is displayed, and a voting card insertion wait state is entered (FIG. 2, S13).
When a voting card is inserted by a voter, the card information recorded on the voting card is read, and the card information is referred to the voting card issuing terminal 21 or the like (FIG. 2, S14). It is determined whether or not the elapsed time since the voting card is issued is within the issue valid time (FIG. 2, S15).

  If the card issuance time of the voting card is invalid, that is, if a certain time or more has passed since the voting card was issued, the process proceeds to step S16, an error screen is displayed, and the voting card is discharged. Further, it is determined whether or not the voting card has been extracted by the voter (FIG. 2, S17). If the voting card is extracted, the process returns to step S13 to wait for insertion of the voting card.

In step S15, when it is determined that the voting card issuance time is valid (S15, YES), the process proceeds to step S18 to determine whether there is an unvoted election.
If there is an unvoted election (S18, YES), the process proceeds to step S19 to determine whether or not the first election that can be voted is type 1. If there is no unvoted election (S18, NO), the process proceeds to step S16, and an error screen is displayed.

When it is determined that the first election that can be voted is type 1 (S19, YES), the process proceeds to step S20, and a candidate selection screen for selecting only one person from a plurality of candidates is displayed.
On the other hand, when it is determined in step S19 that the election is not type 1 (S19, NO), the process proceeds to step S21, and it is determined whether or not the election is type 2.

  When it is determined that the first election that can be voted is type 2 (S21, YES), the process proceeds to step S22, and a candidate selection screen with all selection buttons for selecting all candidates is displayed.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S21 that the election is not type 2 (S21, NO), the process proceeds to step S23, and it is determined that the first election that can be voted is type 3. In the next step S24, a candidate selection screen having a group selection button is displayed.

  Through these processes, a plurality of candidate names are displayed on the display device of the electronic voting machine 23 and a voter selects one of those candidates. Either a type 2 candidate selection screen on which all selection buttons to be selected simultaneously are displayed or a type 3 candidate selection screen on which a plurality of candidate names and group selection buttons are displayed is displayed.

  Therefore, on the type 2 candidate selection screen, the voter can select all candidates displayed on the screen at one time by operating the all selection button. The number of button operations can be reduced. In the type 3 selection screen, since a plurality of candidate names and a plurality of group selection buttons are displayed on the same candidate selection screen, there is no need to switch the selection screen when selecting a group. Operation is simplified.

  If a candidate is selected on the type 1, type 2 or type 3 candidate selection screen described above, or if a candidate is not selected and it is detected that the voting button has been pressed (FIG. 2, S25), the selected candidate Is registered in the polling place server 22 (S26 in FIG. 2). Then, the corresponding election in the card information of the voting card is rewritten as voted (FIG. 2, S27).

  Next, it is determined whether or not there is an unvoted election on the voting card (S28 in FIG. 2). If there is an unvoted election (S28, NO), the process returns to step S19 and the above-described processing is repeated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S28 that there is no unvoted election (S28, YES), the process proceeds to step S29, the all-election end screen is displayed, and the voting card is discharged. Thereafter, it is determined whether or not a voting deadline instruction has been received (FIG. 2, S30). If a voting deadline instruction is received, the electronic voting program is terminated and the power supply is shut down (FIG. 2, S31).

Here, the setting of the selection type when creating the election information installation disk 12 and the method of setting the implementation election will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the selection type setting screen shown in FIG. 3, conditions such as selection types 1 to 3 to be used, an upper limit number that can be selected, a lower limit number, and whether or not all selection buttons are used can be set.

For selection type 1, since only one (or one) candidate can be selected, “1” is set as the upper limit number and “0” is set as the lower limit number.
For selection type 2, the user arbitrarily sets the upper limit number and the lower limit number, enables or disables a check box for determining whether or not to display all selection buttons, and inputs the title name of the button. The example of FIG. 3 shows a case where the all selection button for distrusting all candidates is enabled and the all selection button is displayed on the candidate selection screen.

  For selection type 3, the user arbitrarily sets the upper limit and lower limit, sets the group selection button and the check box for determining whether or not to display all group selection buttons to be enabled or disabled, and inputs the group name. To do. The example of FIG. 3 shows a case where the group selection button is enabled and a group selection button “necessary within the year” and a group selection button “necessary” are displayed on the candidate selection screen.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a setting screen for an implementation election. Enter the election execution date, election name, and its reading, and the voting type will either display candidates in a list, enter candidate numbers with the numeric keypad, or display them in the Japanese syllabary style Set whether there is. In addition, the selection type is set to any one of types 1 to 3.

  Data on the selection type (selection type information) and information on the election set on the selection type setting screen and the implementation election setting screen are recorded on the election information installation disk 12, and the polling place server 22 of each polling place, Alternatively, when the election information installation disk 12 is read by the electronic voting machine 23, it is stored in the memory (storage unit) of the electronic voting machine.

Next, display processing of the candidate selection screen when the selection type is set as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, the election name Z to be displayed is acquired (FIG. 5, S41). Next, candidate names corresponding to the election names are substituted into candidate labels X1 to Xm (variables for designating candidate names on the display screen) (S42 in FIG. 5).

Next, the election type selection type set on the selection type setting screen described above is acquired (FIG. 5, S43).
Next, it is determined whether or not the selection type is set to have a group selection button (FIG. 5, S44).

If the group selection button is set (YES in S44), it is determined whether or not the group all selection button is set (FIG. 5, S45).
If the group all selection button is set (YES at S45), the process proceeds to step S46, and the group name set on the selection type setting screen described above is substituted into variables B1 to Bn of all selection groups. The group name is read from the election information new stall disk 12 by the polling place server 22 or the electronic voting machine 23 and stored in an internal memory or the like.

  Next, in order to display n group all selection buttons B1 to Bn that enable a selection operation to associate all candidates with a specific group, all group selection buttons B1 to Bn are displayed in the all selection group display area of the candidate selection screen. Are arranged (FIG. 5, S47).

  Next, the group name is substituted into variables A1 to An of the selected group for individually selecting the group (FIG. 3, S48). Further, n buttons A1 to An are arranged in the selected group display area of the candidate selection screen in order to display n group selection buttons that enable a selection operation for individually associating each candidate with a group (FIG. 5). , S49). Next, the upper limit number and the lower limit number set on the selection type setting screen are acquired (FIG. 5, S50).

  Next, display areas for displaying candidate names are provided in areas other than the display areas A1 to An for group selection buttons and the display areas B1 to Bn for all group selection buttons (FIG. 5, S51).

  Next, m candidate labels X1 to Xm are arranged in the candidate display area of the candidate selection screen, and the election name label Z is further arranged (FIG. 5, S52). Thereby, the candidate names X1 to Xm are displayed in the candidate display area of the candidate selection screen, and the election name Z is displayed in the election name display area.

If it is determined in step S44 that no group selection is set (S44, NO), the process proceeds to step S53, and it is determined whether or not all selection buttons are set.
If all selection buttons are set (YES at S53), the process proceeds to step S54, and the name of all selection buttons C is acquired from the memory. Then, the all selection button C is arranged in the display area of the group all selection button (FIG. 5, S55).

Next, the selectable upper limit number and lower limit number are acquired (FIG. 5, S56), and candidate display areas are set in areas excluding the display area C of all selection buttons (FIG. 5, S57).
If it is determined in step S53 that the all selection button is not set (S53, NO), the process proceeds to step S58, and a general election screen in which the all selection button is not displayed is displayed. And the upper limit number and lower limit number which can be selected of a candidate are acquired (FIG. 5, S59). Then, the display area of the candidate on the candidate selection screen is calculated (FIG. 5, S60). Then, the process of step S52 mentioned above is performed.

Finally, the data of each display area is displayed by the above processing and the candidate selection screen is displayed (FIG. 5, S61).
Next, the voting process according to the first embodiment of this invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 6 and the display example of FIG. In the first embodiment, all selection buttons are displayed on the candidate selection screen so that all candidates can be selected simultaneously.

  First, a candidate selection screen is displayed (FIG. 6, S71). A selection screen as shown in FIG. 7A is displayed as the candidate selection screen. FIG. 7 shows a candidate selection screen for conducting a national examination of the Supreme Court judge, in which a judge who is not trusted is selected and voted.

  A plurality of candidate names are displayed in the center of the candidate selection screen in FIG. 7A, and a candidate selection column is displayed above each candidate name. In addition, an “all not trusted” button, which is an all selection button for simultaneously selecting all candidates, is displayed on the right side of the screen, and a “vote” button, which is a voting button, is displayed on the lower side of the screen.

  In the candidate selection screen, it is determined whether or not the all candidate selection button (“all untrusted” button in FIG. 7A) has been operated (FIG. 6, S72). If all candidate selection buttons have not been operated (S72, NO), the process proceeds to step S73 to determine whether or not a specific candidate has been selected (FIG. 6, S73).

When a specific candidate is selected (S73, YES), the process proceeds to step S74, and it is determined whether or not the number of selected candidates is equal to or less than the upper limit value.
When the number of candidates selected by the voter exceeds the preset upper limit value (S74, NO), the process proceeds to step S75, and a message requesting cancellation of the selected candidate is displayed on the display device. To do.

  If it is determined in step S74 that the number of selected candidates is equal to or less than the predetermined upper limit (S74, YES), the process proceeds to step S76, and “1” is set to the selection flag flg of the corresponding candidate. The confirmation screen of the selected candidate is displayed.

  FIG. 7B is a diagram illustrating an example of the selection content confirmation screen. Multiple candidate names are displayed in the center of the confirmation screen, an “x” is displayed in the selection field above the selected candidate, and “Yes” button confirms the selection at the bottom of the screen Then, a “No button” to cancel the selection is displayed. FIG. 7B shows a state when the “all untrusted button” is operated and all candidates are selected at the same time.

Next, it is determined whether or not the “Yes” button for confirming the selected content or the “No” button for returning the selected content is operated on the confirmation screen (FIG. 6, S77).
If it is determined in step S77 that the “No” button has been operated (S77, No), the process proceeds to step S78, and the selection flag of the candidate whose selection flag is set to “1” is changed to “0”. Then, the process returns to step S71.

That is, when the “No” button is operated on the confirmation screen, the selection of the selected candidate is released, and the display of “x” in the selection column above the candidate name in FIG. 7B disappears.
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S77 that the “yes” button has been operated (S77, yes), the process proceeds to step S79, where the selected flag of the candidate being “1” is set to “1” and selected. The currently selected candidate flag remains “0”. Then, the display of the “Yes” and “No” buttons is erased, and the “Vote” button is displayed instead, and “X” is displayed in the selection column above the candidate name whose selection is confirmed (FIG. 6, S80). .

That is, when the “Yes” button is operated on the selection content confirmation screen, the screen is switched to a voting screen as shown in FIG. 7C, and a “vote” button is displayed below the candidate name.
If it is determined in step S72 that the all candidate selection button has been operated (S72, YES), the process proceeds to step S83, the selection flag for all candidates is set to “1”, and the selection confirmation screen for all candidates is displayed. After the display, the process proceeds to step S77.

  That is, when the all selection button (“all untrusted” button) is operated on the candidate selection screen of FIG. 7A, all candidates displayed on the screen are selected at the same time, and FIG. Switch to the selection confirmation screen shown in.

  Therefore, when all the candidates are selected, the voter presses the “all untrusted” button once without performing an operation of selecting individual candidates (in the example of FIG. 7, five selection operations). All candidates can be selected simply by operating. This makes the voting operation easy and shortens the voting time.

  If it is determined in step S73 that no candidate has been selected (S73, NO), the process proceeds to step S81 to determine whether or not an operation for canceling the selection of the selected candidate has been performed. . If an operation to cancel the selection is performed (S81, YES), the process proceeds to step S82, and “0” is set as a selected flag for the corresponding candidate. As a result, the display of “x” in the selection column above the candidates on the candidate selection screen disappears and the state becomes non-selected.

  When the selection of candidates is completed and it is detected that the “vote” button is pressed (FIG. 6, S84), the process proceeds to the next step S85, and the confirmation screen is switched to the voting screen. Then, in the next step S86, the voting data for the candidate whose selected flag flg is “1” is transmitted to the polling place server 22, and it is confirmed whether or not the writing of the voting data is successful. If it is confirmed that the voting data has been successfully written, a voting completion screen is displayed in the next step S87.

  According to the first embodiment described above, by operating the all selection buttons displayed together with the candidate names on the candidate selection screen, it is possible to select all candidates at the same time in one operation. Selection operation becomes very easy.

  Next, FIG. 8 is a flowchart of voting processing according to the second embodiment of this invention. In the second embodiment, a plurality of group selection buttons are displayed on one candidate selection screen, and a selection operation for assigning a plurality of candidates to an arbitrary group is simplified.

Hereinafter, the voting process of the second embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 8 and the display example of FIG.
First, a candidate group selection screen is displayed (S91 in FIG. 8). A candidate selection screen as shown in FIG. 9A is displayed as the candidate group selection screen. This candidate selection screen is a screen for conducting a resident questionnaire, and the displayed candidates summarize the opinions of residents about "whether it is necessary within the year", "whether it is necessary", or "unnecessary" Is for.

  In the center of the candidate selection screen in FIG. 9 (A), a plurality of candidate names (for example, a new station north exit bicycle parking lot, a new bus stop in front of the central public hall, etc.) are displayed, and a candidate selection column is displayed above each candidate name. The Further, three group-unit selection buttons are displayed on the right side of the screen, and three group all-selection buttons for selecting all candidates as a specific group are displayed below the group selection button.

  Next, it is determined whether or not a candidate selection operation has been performed (FIG. 8, S93). If one or more candidates are selected (S93, YES), it is detected in the next step S74 whether or not the group selection button has been operated. If the group selection button has been operated, in step S95, It is determined whether the number of selections is less than or equal to the upper limit number.

When the number of selected candidates exceeds the upper limit number (S95, NO), the process proceeds to step S96, and a message requesting deselection of the selected candidate is displayed.
On the other hand, if the number of selected candidates is less than or equal to the upper limit number (S95, YES), the process proceeds to step S97, the selected flag flg of the selected candidate is set to “1”, and the group number of the selected group is Set as a candidate and switch the screen from the candidate selection screen to the selection confirmation screen.

  FIG. 9B is a diagram illustrating an example of the selection content confirmation screen. Multiple candidate names are displayed in the center of the confirmation screen, the selected group number is displayed in the selection field above the selected candidate, and the “Yes” button to confirm the selection is selected at the bottom of the screen and the selection “No” button to cancel is displayed.

Next, it is determined whether or not the “Yes” button for confirming the selected content or the “No” button for returning the selected content is operated on the confirmation screen (S98 in FIG. 8).
If it is determined in step S98 that the “NO” button has been operated (S98, NO), the process proceeds to step S99, and the selection flag of the candidate whose selection flag is set to “1” is changed to “0”. Then, the process returns to step S91.

That is, when the “No” button is operated on the confirmation screen, the selection of the selected candidate is canceled and the display of the group number “1” in the selection column above the candidate name in FIG. 9B disappears.
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S98 that the “Yes” button has been operated (S98, Yes), the process proceeds to step S100, where the selected flag whose selection flag is “1” is set to “1” and selected. The candidate selection flag is set to “0”. Then, the designated group number is displayed in the selection column of candidates for which group selection has been completed (FIG. 8, S101).

  That is, when the “Yes” button is operated on the selection confirmation screen, the voting screen as shown in FIG. 9C is displayed, the group number is displayed on the candidate name, and “voting” is displayed below the candidate name. "Yes" button is displayed.

  If it is determined in step S92 that the all group selection button has been operated (S92, YES), the process proceeds to step S104, where all candidate selection flags are set to “1” and all selection confirmation screens are displayed. Displays the group number in the candidate selection field. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S98.

  That is, when the group all selection button (any button of “all necessary within the year”, “all necessary”, or “all unnecessary”) is operated on the candidate selection screen of FIG. The screen switches to the selection confirmation screen of B), and the group numbers of the selected groups are set and displayed for all the displayed candidates.

  Therefore, when selecting all candidates for a specific group, the voter does not need to perform an operation for selecting individual candidates (in the example of FIG. 9, an operation for selecting candidates five times). Since all candidates can be selected as a specific group by operating all the group selection buttons once, input operations such as a resident questionnaire can be simplified.

  If it is determined in step S93 that no candidate is selected (S93, NO), the process proceeds to step S102, and it is determined whether or not an operation for canceling the selection of a candidate has been performed.

  If an operation for canceling the selection is performed (S102, YES), the process proceeds to step S103, and “0” is set as a selected flag for the corresponding candidate. As a result, the display of the group number in the selection column at the top of the candidate selection screen disappears, and the state becomes non-selected. If no candidate is selected and no operation to cancel the selection is performed (S102, NO), the process proceeds to step S105.

  When it is detected that the “vote” button is pressed on the voting screen (FIG. 9, S105), the process proceeds to the next step S106, and the screen is switched to the voting screen. Then, the voting data for the candidate whose selected flag flg is “1” is transmitted to the polling place server 22 to confirm whether or not the writing of the voting data is successful. If it is confirmed that the voting data has been successfully written, a voting completion screen is displayed in the next step S108.

  According to the second embodiment described above, by displaying a plurality of candidate names and a plurality of group selection buttons on one candidate selection screen, for example, a plurality of candidates are displayed in a plurality of groups in a resident questionnaire or the like. When making a selection to be assigned to any of the above, a plurality of groups can be selected in one candidate selection screen. Further, by displaying a plurality of group all selection buttons on the candidate selection screen, all candidates can be simultaneously selected as a specific group by operating the group all selection button once. Thereby, the input operation such as a questionnaire becomes very simple.

  Next, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of voting processing according to the third embodiment of this invention. The third embodiment relates to an electronic voting system that enables electronic voting from a home terminal device via the Internet. Then, the all selection button or the group selection button of the first or second embodiment is displayed on the candidate selection screen of the terminal device to reduce the input operation of the voter.

  The following processing is executed by a voting server (not shown) at an electronic polling place on the Internet. This voting server has a function corresponding to the network, and has the same functions as the electronic voting machine 23 and the polling place server 22 of FIG.

  When the voter accesses the electronic polling place, the display control unit of the vote server displays a vote acceptance screen on the voter terminal device (S111 in FIG. 10). Next, an input of a citizen card number and a password is accepted (S112 in FIG. 10).

The control unit of the voting server determines whether or not the input citizen card number and password are coincident with information registered in advance (FIG. 10, S113).
When the input information and the registered information do not match (S113, NO), the process proceeds to step S114, and a message “Incorrect input” is displayed on the terminal device.

  If the input information matches the registered information (S113, YES), the process proceeds to step S115, and the vote status is inquired. And it is discriminate | determined whether the election with which the person of the input citizen card number can vote is registered (FIG. 10, S116).

  If no voting election is registered (NO in S116), the process proceeds to step S117, and a message notifying that there is no voting election is displayed on the terminal device of the voter.

  On the other hand, if an election that can be voted is registered (S116, YES), the process proceeds to step S118, whether or not the voting status flag flg is “2”, that is, whether or not voting of all the elections is completed. Is determined.

  When the voting status flag is “2” and all voting is completed (S118, YES), the process proceeds to step S119, and a message that all the elections have been voted is displayed on the terminal device of the voter.

  On the other hand, if the voting status flag is not “2” (S118, NO), the process proceeds to step S120 to display the login ID input screen, and in the next step S121, the login ID entered on the election postcard is input. Accept.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the login ID is valid depending on whether or not the input login ID matches the login ID registered corresponding to the citizen card number (FIG. 10, S122).

If the login ID is invalid (S122, NO), the process proceeds to step S123, and the message “input is not correct” is displayed on the terminal device.
On the other hand, if the login ID is valid (S122, YES), the process proceeds to step S124, and the voting status flag is set to “1”. Then, a valid first vote candidate selection screen is displayed on the terminal device (FIG. 10, S125). Thereafter, the voting process shown in FIG. 6 or FIG. 8 is executed.

  If it is detected that voting for all elections has been completed (FIG. 10, S126), “2” is set in the voting status flag (FIG. 10, S127). Finally, the logout process of the voting acceptance process is executed (FIG. 10, S128).

  In the third embodiment described above, in electronic voting using the Internet, an operation for selecting a plurality of candidates can be realized by a single button operation by displaying all selection buttons on the candidate selection screen. The selection operation can be simplified. Further, in a resident questionnaire using the Internet, a plurality of group selection buttons are provided on the candidate selection screen, and by operating these buttons, a plurality of groups can be selected in one screen. Thereby, it is possible to simplify the group selection operation for assigning the selected candidate to a specific group in inputting a questionnaire or the like. Furthermore, by providing a group all selection button for selecting all candidates in the same group, it is possible to reduce the number of operations when a plurality of candidates are all selected as a specific group. Such an effect is particularly effective for residents to easily input questionnaires when collecting questionnaires for residents using the Internet.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and may be configured as follows.
The present invention can be applied not only to electronic voting for elections at polling stations, but also to collecting questionnaires using the Internet.

It is explanatory drawing of an electronic voting system. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of an electronic voting machine. It is a figure which shows the setting screen of a selection type. It is a figure which shows the setting screen of an implementation election. It is a flowchart of the display process of a candidate selection screen. It is a flowchart of the voting process of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display screen of 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart of the voting process of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display screen of 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart of the voting process of 3rd Embodiment.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Election information input terminal 12 Election information installation disk 13 Election data recording medium 21 Voting card issue terminal 22 Polling place server 23 Electronic voting machine 31 Voting place server 32 Voting apparatus

Claims (9)

Selection type information indicating whether the voting is a type that at least selects candidates individually or a voting that can select all of a plurality of candidates is stored in the storage means,
Referencing the selection type information stored in the storage means, it is determined whether or not the vote to be executed is a type of vote that can select all of a plurality of candidates, and a selection type of vote that can select all of the plurality of candidates. If it is determined that, all selection buttons for selecting all of a plurality of candidates are displayed on the candidate selection screen of the display device of the electronic voting machine,
A candidate selection method for electronic voting in which all candidates displayed on the candidate selection screen are set in a selected state when the all selection button is operated. A plurality of candidate names and a plurality of group selection buttons for assigning selected candidates to a specific group among the plurality of groups are displayed on the same candidate selection screen of the display device of the electronic voting machine,
When the first group selection button among the plurality of group selection buttons is operated in a state where the first candidate is selected on the candidate selection screen, the first candidate is selected as the first group. Electronic voting that sets the second candidate to the state selected by the second group when the second group selection button is operated in a state where the second candidate is selected and the second candidate is selected Candidate selection method. Selection type information indicating at least one type of voting for selecting candidates individually or a type of voting for assigning selected candidates to a specific group among a plurality of groups is stored in the storage means,
With reference to the selection type information stored in the storage means, when it is determined that the vote to be executed is a type of vote for group selection, a plurality of candidate names and the plurality of candidates are displayed on the same candidate selection screen. 3. The electronic voting candidate selection method according to claim 2, wherein a group selection button is displayed. An electronic voting machine used for electronic voting,
Storage means for storing selection type information indicating whether a vote of a type for individually selecting candidates or a type of vote for selecting all of a plurality of candidates;
Selection type determination means for referring to selection type information stored in the storage means to determine whether or not the vote to be executed is a vote that can select all of a plurality of candidates;
Display means for displaying all selection buttons for selecting all of the plurality of candidates on the candidate selection screen when the selection type determining means determines that the plurality of candidates can be selected as a vote.
An electronic voting machine comprising candidate selection means for setting the plurality of candidates to a selected state when the all selection button on the candidate selection screen is operated. An electronic voting machine used for electronic voting,
Display means for displaying a plurality of candidate names and a plurality of group selection buttons for assigning the selected candidate to a specific group among the plurality of groups on the same candidate selection screen,
When the first group selection button among the plurality of group selection buttons is operated in a state where the first candidate is selected on the candidate selection screen, the first candidate is selected as the first group. Candidate selection that sets the second candidate to the state selected as the second group when the second group selection button is operated with the second candidate selected and the second candidate selected. And an electronic voting machine. The display means displays a plurality of candidate names, a plurality of group selection buttons, and a plurality of group all selection buttons for assigning all of the plurality of candidates to one group on the same candidate selection screen,
When the group all selection button is operated, the candidate selection unit sets all candidates displayed on the candidate selection screen to a state selected as a group corresponding to the operated group all selection button. The electronic voting machine according to claim 5. A candidate selection method for electronic voting that performs voting by transmitting and receiving data between a plurality of terminal devices and a voting server via the Internet,
The display control means of the voting server displays a plurality of candidate names and a plurality of group selection buttons for assigning the selected candidates to a specific group on the same candidate selection screen of the display device of the terminal device,
The first group selection in the plurality of group selection buttons in a state where the first candidate among the plurality of candidates is selected on the same candidate selection screen displayed on the display device of the terminal device When the button is operated, selection data is generated to make the first candidate selected as the first group, and the second candidate is selected on the same candidate selection screen. When the second group selection button is operated, selection data for creating the second candidate in the state selected as the second group is created, and when the button for determining the voting content is operated, the selected selection data is determined. A method for selecting candidates for electronic voting using the Internet, which transmits voting data as voting data. A voting server of an electronic voting system that performs voting by sending and receiving data between a plurality of terminal devices and a server via the Internet,
Display control means for displaying a plurality of candidate names and a plurality of group selection buttons for assigning the selected candidates to a specific group on the same candidate selection screen of the display device of the terminal device;
When the first group selection button of the plurality of group selection buttons is operated in a state where the first candidate among the plurality of candidates is selected on the same candidate selection screen, Selection data for creating a state in which one candidate is selected as the first group is created, and the second group selection button is operated in a state where the second candidate is selected on the same candidate selection screen. Voting data transmission for generating selection data for selecting the second candidate as the second group and transmitting the selected selection data as voting data when a button for determining voting contents is operated. A voting server of an electronic voting system comprising control means. Receiving means for receiving voting data transmitted from a plurality of the terminal devices;
9. The voting server for an electronic voting system according to claim 8, further comprising a counting unit that calculates a counting result indicating to which group the plurality of candidates are selected based on voting data of the plurality of terminal devices.