KR20060083454A - Electronic voting and election system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic voting ballot and an electronic voting system, which is composed of an integrated election list confirmation system, an electronic voting system, an electronic voting system, an internet / mobile election system, and an electronic voting management system. And dramatically improve voting convenience and credibility. The integrated electoral list verification system has the function of checking the electoral identity and double voting through real-time integrated electoral list inquiry online, and issuing an electronic voting right after digital signature (electronic pen, iris recognition, fingerprint recognition, etc.). The electronic voting system, which operates independently of the integrated electoral list, stores image files of candidate information of national constituencies that are entered through external storage media in the electronic voting system, and images of candidate information of the constituencies to which the elector belongs according to the information stored in the electronic voting rights. It displays the file, inserts an electronic voting right to automatically guide the electorate the voting process, encrypts the voting result, saves it in the storage media in duplicate, and prints the voting result on the ballot record and shows it to the elector. In addition, the bar code is printed on the voting record sheet to facilitate the inspection, and the voting results are provided in an offline manner (also available when an external device is connected). In addition, when voting ends, the information stored in the electronic voting rights is erased so that it can be reused in the voting procedures of other electors. Electronic voting system includes a voting system that collects the voting results stored in the electronic voting machine in an offline manner (or online method when connecting external devices) and counts them. The Internet / mobile election system utilizes the Internet or wireless network and uses the mobile phone, PDA, computer, ARS, etc. to conduct polling vote and election management through electoral list inquiry, electronic authentication and encryption method. The electronic election management system enables the efficient management of elections by computerizing the general election management tasks such as basic data, candidates, election campaigns, election costs, and absentee management. The present invention fundamentally eliminates concerns about hacking and data manipulation by utilizing an electronic voter that is independent or network-connected with a system that utilizes an integrated electoral list online in real time, and enhances the reliability of the ballot by keeping separate voting records. It was.

Description

ELECTRONIC VOTING AND ELECTION SYSTEM             

1 is a view showing an election process using an electronic voting ballot system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

2 is an external view of an electronic voter according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,

3 is an internal structure diagram of an electronic voter according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

4 is an example of a candidate selection screen of the electronic voting machine according to the present invention;

5 is an example of a candidate detailed information screen of the electronic voting machine according to the present invention;

6 is an example of the simultaneous election standby screen of the electronic voting machine according to the present invention,

Figure 7a and 7b is an example of a ballot recording paper output from the electronic voting machine according to the present invention,

8 is an example of an end screen in the electronic voting machine according to the present invention;

9 is a block diagram of an electronic counting system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

10 is a block diagram of a voting ballot system using a paper ballot method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,

11 is a block diagram of a voting ballot system using the Internet voting method according to an embodiment of the present invention,                 

12 is a block diagram of an electronic election management system according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

213: touch screen 220: braille keypad

230: printer 240: earphone

250: protection box 260: ballot

270: Rolling ballot collection roll 910: election management system

920: network connection control device 930: counting result input terminal

940: Ticketing machine 950: Storage medium

The present invention relates to an electronic ballot voting system and an electronic election system, and more particularly, by adopting a separation scheme composed of an integrated voting list identification system shared on a network and an electronic voting system operated independently from each other, hacking from the outside The present invention relates to an electronic voting and ticketing system and an electronic election system, which can effectively operate a stable system by effectively responding to errors or errors.

Typically, in elections such as the president or a member of parliament, the elector goes to the polling place and selects a candidate for the ballot and places the ballot in the ballot box. The counting and counting of votes is then done manually. Therefore, it takes a lot of time and effort to vote and count, and counting errors can occur.

In order to solve the problems of manual voting and counting, an electronic voting machine and an electronic voting system have been proposed to improve the efficiency of election management by quickly and accurately managing voting and counting affairs by utilizing advanced information technology in the election field.

For example, the characteristics of the electronic voting system disclosed in Korean Patent No. 0133954 are as follows.

That is, one or more election terminal devices are installed in each polling place. The vote data of each candidate stored in the vote counter buffer of each election terminal device is transmitted by wire or wirelessly to the terminal control device through the communication interface. The terminal control apparatus is installed in a specific area unit, for example. The terminal controller receives the vote data accumulated in each election terminal device and aggregates the vote data for each candidate. In addition, the vote data collected by the terminal control apparatus is transmitted by wire or wirelessly to the host computer. The host computer aggregates the vote data transmitted from the terminal control apparatus or the election terminal apparatus.

As another example of the related art of the electronic voting system, there is an electronic voting system disclosed in Korean Patent No. 407076 filed by the applicant of the present invention and registered patent.

The prior art comprises an electronic voting system including an electronic voting controller incorporating data and an application program necessary for operating the system, and an electronic voting machine connected through a cable. Here, the electronic voting controller and the electronic voting machine implement a network in a thin-client environment, and the electronic voting machine adopts the technology of a windows-based terminal (WBT), which increases the convenience of the electorate and centralizes it. Network management was possible, and the system construction cost was minimized.

However, in the electronic voting system according to the related art as described above, when all components are connected through a network, the operation of the entire system is disturbed when an hacking attempt from the outside or an operation error occurs in a specific component. There is a problem.

The object of the present invention, which solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, can effectively cope with emergencies such as hacking attempts from outside or system error by sharing the integrated election list checking system on the network and operating the electronic voting system independently. To provide an electronic voting ticket and an electronic election system.

Another object of the present invention is to enable a quick counting and counting operation through a backup system or a dual storage device even in the event of corruption or error of the voting result data, and an electronic voting system capable of accurate post-verification in the event of a dispute about the voting result. To provide.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a consumer-centered democratic election system that enables the elector to choose a method that is convenient for them by effectively using various voting methods (paper voting, electronic voting, internet voting) in parallel. It is.                         

Electronic voting system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention for realizing the above object, the network to search the integrated electoral list DB connected to the network to perform identity verification for the elector, the identity of the elector by the identity verification means Upon successful completion of verification and double voting, an electoral identity verification terminal that stores voting or not through the real-time storage method in the integrated election list DB, election and constituency information, and images of candidate combinations of the constituent constituencies stored in the electronic voting machine. An electronic voting ticket issuer for issuing an electronic voting ticket having a function of displaying a display and a function of erasing the stored information after the voting is completed, and is operated in an offline manner independently of the integrated electoral list DB. Inform the electorate of the voting process And an electronic voting machine for storing the voting result by the elector, wherein the electronic voting machine comprises: a candidate information storage device storing an image of registered candidate combinations of all constituencies nationwide, and based on the information stored in the electronic voting rights. A display device for displaying an image of a candidate combination of an electoral district to which the electoral information is stored in the candidate information storage device, an input device for selecting one of the candidates displayed on the display device, and a voting result storage to store the voting result And a media and an output device for printing and outputting the result of the ballot on a ballot recording paper as a character and a bar code.

In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the electronic voting ticket may be implemented in various forms including a smart card, a magnetic card, an RFID card or a barcode printed card. In addition, the output device may be separately installed inside or outside the electronic voting machine, and the ballot recording sheet may be printed in various forms such as a bar code indicating information including the voting result so as to easily recognize the inspection-marked voting result.

The electronic voting system according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the electronic voting system, and includes a voting result input terminal for inputting information stored in the voting result storage medium, and is connected to the voting result input terminal. It includes an election management system that counts and counts voting results for each election or district.

An electronic check system according to another embodiment of the present invention, an input device for performing a check using a ballot recording paper printed and output by the electronic balloting system, and inputting the printed information on the ballot recording paper, And a display device for outputting a check result based on the information, and a retrieval device for retrieving the check result.

On the other hand, the electronic voting ticket and electronic ticketing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, using the Internet or wireless network, using the mobile phone, PDA, computer, ARS, etc. voter vote inquiry and electronic voting through the electronic authentication and encryption method Internet and mobile election system that conducts election management and / or electronic election management system that conducts election management by computerizing overall election management tasks such as basic data, candidates, campaign, election expenses, absentee management, etc. Can be used.

There may be a plurality of embodiments of the present invention. Hereinafter, preferred embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. This embodiment allows for a better understanding of the objects, features and advantages of the present invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, a process of performing a voting procedure by the electronic voting system according to the present invention will be described. 1 is a view showing a procedure of electronic voting using an electronic voting system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an elector who enters a polling station first presents an identification card to an election official, and the election official uses a computer terminal (election identity verification terminal) connected to a dedicated network to access the integrated election list DB (database) and make an election. Perform a directory verification procedure. Here, the integrated electoral list DB is a database storing the electoral information created by integrating nationally or regionally, and is directly created by the electoral officials or delivered a recording medium storing the electoral list information from a local authority (old city). Receive and build, or send and build Electoral Directory information online via the network. In addition, in the event of a change in the information on the elector, the change can be reflected in the integrated electoral list DB in real time, and checks the voter's vote in real time to prevent double voting in all kinds of voting systems. To do it.

In case the network connection between the electoral identity verification terminal and the integrated electoral list DB is cut off, each polling place may be equipped with a separate electoral list DB or documented electoral list, for example. . Alternatively, the electoral identification terminal may be connected to the local election list DB connected to the small local network when the network connection with the integrated election list DB is disconnected.

The electoral officials can check the voter list, double vote, etc. through the electoral list verification process, and perform the identity verification process for the elector by having the elector make an electronic signature (electronic pen, iris recognition, fingerprint recognition, etc.). have. The identity verification process may be performed by biometrics such as fingerprint recognition and iris recognition, in addition to digital signature using an electronic pen.

Once the electoral roll verification and identity verification process is completed, the electoral voter database stores the voter votes in real time, and the electoral officials can display information about the electoral and electoral districts, as well as the image of the candidates' unions in their district. Issue an electorate to the electorate with the function and the ability to erase stored information after voting is completed. Here, the electronic voting ticket is preferably implemented in the form of a smart card, in addition to the magnetic card, RFID card or bar code may be implemented in the form of a printed card.

The electorate, who has been issued an electronic ballot, enters the polling place established at the polling place and votes. The elector initiates the voting process by injecting the issued electronic voting rights into the electronic voting machine. In other words, information on all candidates in the country is stored inside the electronic voting machine of each polling place where the elector enters, and based on the stored candidate information, the image of the candidate combination is automatically touched by voice guidance for each constituency to which the elector belongs. Displayed on a monitor such as a screen, the elector will vote according to the above procedure.

2 is an external view of an example of an electronic voting machine installed in each ballot box, and FIG. 3 is an internal structure diagram of an example of the electronic voting machine. As shown therein, the touch screen 213 of the electronic voter is installed in the protective box 250 so that the front surface thereof is exposed to the outside of the protective box 250. Although FIG. 2 illustrates a form in which the touch screen 213 is integrally formed with the main body, the touch screen 213 may be manufactured in a state in which the touch screen 213 is integrally manufactured and bonded to the main body. The printer 230 is installed on the shelf 251 in the protective box 250 such that the output surface printed with the voting result on the voting record sheet 260 is reflected on the viewing window 253 provided on one side of the protective box 250. Here, the printer 230 may be implemented in a form that is installed on the outside of the electronic voting machine and connected to the electronic voting machine through a connection cable, the viewing window 253 is composed of a convex lens to facilitate the confirmation of the voting results by the elector. Can be. 2 illustrates a form in which the protective box 250 of the electronic voting machine is made of an opaque material, but a process in which the voting result is printed on the voting record sheet 260 and a process in which the voting record 260 in which the voting result is printed are stored. In order for the elector to check the back, the appearance of the electronic voting machine including the protective box 250 may be manufactured using a transparent material.

The ballot record 260 printed with the voting result not only displays the voting result in letters or numbers, but also additionally displays a bar code and the like for efficiently performing the inspection procedure to be described later. In general, the ballot recording paper 260 is made of paper, but may be made of a special material (for example, a thin film) other than paper.

In addition, the braille keypad 220 is installed below the touch screen 213 installation position, the earphone 240 is disposed in the vicinity of the braille keypad 220 is rotated in conjunction with the print output of the printer 230 The ballot recording paper collection roll 270 is installed in the vicinity of the printer 230 on the shelf 251 and winds and stores the ballot recording paper 260 on which the voting results are printed.                     

In the drawings, reference numeral 255 denotes a rotary driver for rotating the ballot collection roll 270 to interlock with the operation of the printer 230, 257 denotes a panel for opening and closing the protective box 250, and 259 denotes a protective box ( The guide rail for drawing the shelf 251 to the outside in the open state of 250. Although not shown in the drawing, a keypad protective cover is installed below the touch screen 213 installation position, and the braille keypad 220 is disposed inside the cover to protect the braille keypad 220 from external impact or unnecessary manipulation.

The braille keypad 220 and the earphone 240 installed in the electronic voting machine may be used as a voting input means or a guiding means of the voting procedure for the visually impaired elector. In addition, voice guidance may be performed to guide the voting procedure to the elector through the earphone 240. In addition, the front surface of the touch screen 213 of the electronic voting machine may be configured as a touch screen made of, for example, durable tempered glass as an input means for the elector to perform the voting procedure.

Meanwhile, although FIG. 3 illustrates a configuration in which the ballot recording paper 260 printed with the voting result of the elector by the printer 230 of the electronic voting machine is stored in a form wound by the collection roll 270, the collection roll 270 is shown. In order to solve the problem of volume limitation of the voting record paper 260 wound by), it is also possible to install a separate supply device and storage device of the voting record paper outside the electronic voting machine.

Although not shown in the drawing, the electronic voting machine is provided with a separate slot for inputting the electoral vote, and the electronic voting machine displays an image of the candidate combination of the corresponding electoral district according to the information displayed or stored in the inputted electronic voting ticket. The marking procedure is performed according to the contents of the screen displayed on the screen 213. If an elector casts an electronic ballot through the slot of the electronic ballot, the electronic ballot shall not be released outside the electronic ballot until the elector completes the voting procedure. In addition, the entire body of the electronic ballot shall be put into the electronic ballot so that the elector does not recover the electronic ballot until the balloting process is completed.

The information stored in the electronic voting rights can be deleted and recovered from the electronic voting rights after the voting process is completed and can be reused through the process of inputting election information for other electors. In addition, after the voting process of the elector is completed, the electronic voting right is automatically discharged through the slot of the electronic voting machine, and the electronic voting machine is equipped with the electronic voting right to prevent the elector from retrieving the electronic voting right after completing the voting process. After the automatic discharge, an apparatus for performing a voice guidance for notifying the electorate of the collection of the electronic voting rights or for outputting a warning sound or a warning signal after a predetermined time has elapsed may be added.

In addition to the device for collecting the electronic voting rights installed in the electronic voting machine, a search station for detecting the possession of the electronic voting rights may be installed in a passage for leaving the elected voter. In the case where a search station for detecting the possession of the electronic voting right is installed, the electronic voting right is preferably implemented using an RFID tag.

In addition, in order to smoothly proceed with the voting process and protect the confidentiality of the voting, a signal device may be added to the outside of the voting booth where the electronic voting machine is installed so that a red light turns on during the election of the elector and a blue light turns on after the voting is completed.

Inside the electronic voting machine, a voting result storage medium (or storage device) for storing voting results determined according to the voting procedure described later is installed, and the voting results are encrypted by a predetermined encryption method as necessary to enhance security. Can be stored in a storage medium. Meanwhile, the electronic voting machine stores information about candidates of all the electoral districts in the nation in a candidate information storage medium (or storage device) through a removable storage medium, and displays the candidate combination image of the electoral district in which the electorate stored in the electronic voting rights belongs. A function is provided to allow the electorate voting procedure to be performed, and a function to display or guide information about the candidate to the elector during the voting process.

In addition, in order to prevent a failure due to data loss due to a system error, the voting result storage medium or the candidate information storage medium may be a plurality of storage media of different types or the same type for storing the same data repeatedly (for example, , HDD, FDD, CD, DVD, flash memory card, etc.).

In addition, on the surface of the electronic voting machine, a separate display device (for example, an LED display device) for notifying that a system failure occurs or notifying the electoral proceedings may be additionally installed. In addition, AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulator) function is built in to prevent power failure due to instantaneous power failure, unexpected power outage, sudden power failure, load voltage fluctuation, power noise, etc. Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) can be used. In addition, when an emergency such as a power failure occurs, a separate storage device for backing up the most recent information recorded in the voting result storage medium or the candidate information storage medium may be added.                     

Using the electronic voting machine having the configuration as described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, the elector performs the following voting procedure.

That is, the elector injects the electronic voting right into the slot of the electronic voting machine according to the voice guidance of the electronic voting machine. Then, the electronic voting machine extracts the registered candidate information of the corresponding electoral district based on the stored data of the candidate DB for each constituency stored in the candidate information storage medium by using the information stored or printed in the inputted electronic voting right, and the extracted candidate information Determine the display mode accordingly. This is to provide various types of candidate selection screens that vary the allocation size for each candidate on the screen according to the number of candidates.

When the display mode is determined, the candidate selection screen as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the touch screen 213 of the electronic voting machine, and the electronic voting machine provides voice guidance regarding the candidate information displayed on the touch screen 213 and a method of selecting a candidate. Perform

When the elector presses a specific candidate assignment area on the screen according to the voice guidance of the electronic voting machine, the coordinates are recognized by the touch screen 213, and the electronic voting machine identifies candidates selected by the elector based on the coordinate information, and candidates for each constituency. The DB is searched to extract detailed information of the selected candidate and output to the touch screen 213.

As such, the candidate screen information and confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the touch screen 213 and voice guidance related thereto is performed, and the correction button or the confirmation button ("Yes" or "No") by the elector is displayed. The selection information is input to the electronic voter by the process of transmitting and receiving coordinate information.

If the elector is a visually impaired elector, the balloting process is conducted in a manner different from that described above. That is, the electronic voting machine stops the touch screen function and reads candidate information from the stored data of the candidate DB for each constituency. And through the voice guidance outputs the candidate's preferences and brief information through the earphone 240. When the elector who has received candidate information through the earphone 240 operates the braille keypad 220 to select a specific candidate, the electronic voting machine identifies the candidate selected by the elector based on the corresponding key signal, and searches the candidate DB by constituency. After extracting the detailed information of the selected candidate, the detailed information of the selected candidate and the confirmation request voice are output through the earphone 240. Then, the selection information of the correct button or confirmation button of the braille keypad 220 by the elector is input to the electronic voter by the above-described key signal transmission and reception process.

On the other hand, when several elections are performed at the same time, the election waiting screen or the election guide voice as shown in FIG. 6 is output to guide the election of the elector, and the candidate selection procedure as described above is repeated as many times.

As shown in FIG. 5, when selection of a candidate is completed by selection of a confirmation button (“Yes” or “No”) displayed on the touch screen 213, the printer 230 of the electronic voting machine performs the above voting procedure. The voting result is printed on the voting record sheet 260 and output. The elector can check the print result through the viewing window 253 provided on one side of the protective box 250. 7A and 7B are exemplary views of the ballot paper 260 in which the voting result is printed, and in the case of a single election, the printing result is output as shown in FIG. 7A, and in the case of the simultaneous election, the printing result is output as shown in FIG. 7B. 7A and 7B, only the symbol and name of the candidate are displayed, but in addition, the unique number of the electronic voting machine and the area code (try-old city-ballot-serial number-date) may be displayed together.

When the candidate selection procedure, i.e., the voting procedure is completed, the touch screen 213 displays a "end" button (not shown) indicating that the voting procedure has ended. When the elector selects the "Exit" button, the electronic voting machine discharges the electronic voting right that has been put out and rotates the collection roll 270 to store the ballot record 260 on which the voting results are printed, and the like, as shown in FIG. 8. Display the end screen or output the end guide voice to the earphone 240.

Meanwhile, the electronic voting machine stores the voting result data obtained by the above voting procedure in a voting result storage medium installed therein. In this case, the voting result data may be stored after coding using a predetermined encryption method (for example, PKI method).

When the voting is completed according to the above procedures, the sealing and transferring procedures of the electronic voting machine and the voting result storage medium are performed, which is performed by moving the voting result storage medium and the voting record sheet installed inside the electronic voting machine installed at each polling place to the designated ticketing office. Is performed.

The storage medium transferred to the ticket booth is connected to an election management system installed at the ticket booth. 9 shows an example of a form in which a voting result storage medium is connected to an election management system 910 installed at a ticket office. That is, the voting result input terminals 930/1 to 930 / k have an encrypted voting result from the voting result storage medium 950/1 to 950 / m in which the voting result data is encrypted based on the candidate selection result through the electronic voting machine. The result data is read, and the election management system 910 is connected to the voting result input terminals 930/1 to 930 / k and the network connection control device (for example, a hub) 920 to determine the voting result by election or Count and count by constituency.

Meanwhile, the counting and counting results of the election management system 910 may be displayed on a display device (not shown), sorted by candidates and by election districts. In addition, the counting and counting results may be displayed first in the constituent district of the voting result storage medium, and may be additionally displayed in the order of administrative sequence in the other constituencies.

In the above, an example in which voting-related data is stored in a recording medium and transported offline is described. However, this counting and counting procedure may be performed online by connecting an electronic voting machine of a polling place and an election management system of a voting station to a network. That is, the electronic voting machine may be provided with a detachable interface for connecting to a wired or wireless network if necessary.

On the other hand, if there is an objection by an observer or the like during the counting process at the counting booth, the ballot result storage media and the ballot record sheet collected at the counting booth are transferred to a designated ticketing system to carry out the checking procedure. The inspection system includes an input device (e.g., a barcode input device) capable of inputting information (character information or a barcode) displayed on the ballot record sheet, a display device for outputting data on the number of votes for each candidate, the ballot, and the result of the inspection. It includes a search device for inputting a command to search. The search apparatus of the ticketing system may perform a function of searching the input ballot record information by one page, a function of continuously searching a plurality of pages at a low speed or a high speed, a repetitive search function, and the like.

The display apparatus of the inspection system enlarges and outputs an image or barcode reading result of the ballot recording paper inputted by the input device, and may process and output the reading result so that the inspection person can recognize the reading result quickly and easily. In addition, the situation in which the check result is classified by candidates, constituencies, and polling places may be visually displayed, for example, as a video.

The inspection system is configured separately from the above-described electronic voting machine, but may be implemented in a form detachable from the electronic voting machine so that a ballot record (printed with the voting results) stored in the electronic voting machine can be directly input. Alternatively, it may be implemented in the form of a voting / voting compound machine in which the electronic voting machine and the inspection system are combined. In this case, a switching switch or button for enabling switching between the voting function and the ballot function can be installed in the electronic voting machine or the ballot / voting compound.

In the above description, the electronic voting system using an electronic voting machine installed at the voting booth has been described. However, in the actual election procedure, the voting system using the ballot paper can be used in parallel with the electronic voting system according to the preference of the elector or the polling place. . 10 illustrates a voting procedure using a ballot.

In addition, for example, for absentee ballots at home and abroad, it is also possible to perform a voting procedure using a terminal (eg, a mobile phone, a PDA, a notebook, etc.) connected to the Internet in the current residence of the elector. 11 illustrates a voting procedure using the Internet. In this case, the elector checks the election advertisements and candidates through a computer terminal connected to the Internet, accesses the integrated electoral list DB, registers a ballot application such as absentee notification, and confirms the identity using electronic authentication, and then selects the candidate. You will be able to participate in the election.

The election of the voter on the Internet is carried out as follows. That is, the elector can apply for an Internet vote through the Election Commission's homepage, for example, and if the Internet vote is selected, the Election Commission's unique number (e.g. social security number) ) And the initial password. At this time, the unique number and initial password of the elector may be given using a method of sending by registered mail in the form of a thin-coated scratch card such as, for example, electronic authentication or instant lottery ticket. In addition, the elector can access the homepage of the Election Commission and enter the assigned unique number and initial password to modify the password. In case of forgotten PIN, initial password, or revised password, the electorate can ask the Election Commission for reissuance.

On the other hand, with respect to the procedure performed in the networked state (online state) of the electronic voting ticket system, it is possible to switch to the offline state as needed. In addition, in order to effectively prepare for hacking attempts from the outside of the electronic voting system, the firewall system may be further constructed on the network.

In addition to the existing polling place, the above electronic voting system may be installed in polling places installed in places where elections are frequently visited (department stores, markets, industrial complex entrances, subway station entrances, amusement park entrances, highway rest areas, etc.). In addition, in rural and rural areas far from existing polling stations such as mountainous areas, it is possible to install an electronic voting machine in a mobile polling station such as a vehicle. In this case, the procedure performed online, such as the electoral list check operation of the electoral administration staff may be performed on the wired or wireless network through a wired or wireless network connection device installed detachably to the terminal for the electoral list check operation.

Voting and counting procedures using the electronic ballot counting system described above may be monitored by observers appointed by each candidate or political party.

In addition, the electronic voting system according to an embodiment of the present invention can be operated in conjunction with the electronic election management system to computerize the overall election management tasks such as basic election data, candidates, campaigns, election costs, absentee management. . The electronic election management system according to the present invention uses a local administrative network or a high-speed national network to perform certification management of G4C, local governments, etc., and to manage elections in connection with G4C, local governments, and voters / candidates and interested parties. By accessing the electronic election management system through the wireless network, election-related information can be checked quickly. 12 is a block diagram of an electronic election management system according to the present invention.

The electronic election management system manages basic data for election (population count management, electoral list creation management, absentee report list management, electoral list confirmation status management, polling place setting, disability election management, election cost management, propaganda wall, etc.) Management, print cost calculation, election cost limit calculation, election cost income and expense report management, election cost preservation, etc., candidate management (candidate and campaign limiter management, recommender management, candidate registration data management, candidate list printing) , Candidate registration data report, proportional representative candidate inquiry and election decision, deposit related report, campaign management, campaign organization / officer management, printed matter management, newspaper campaign campaign management, political party / agency management), absentee management (Absent list management, absentee status report, report of ineligible persons, etc.) Management of counting votes, counting votes, counting votes, managing elected candidates, printing out the attached documents, etc.), reporting management (mandatory management of candidate information sessions, election staff, electoral lists, absentee ballots, voting, etc.) Is operated using an election management application.

In the above description, but limited to the embodiment of the present invention, it is obvious that the technology of the present invention can be easily modified by those skilled in the art. Such modified embodiments should be included in the technical spirit described in the claims of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention implements a separate type of system including an electronic voting system that operates independently of the integrated election list checking system shared by a network, thereby preventing emergencies such as hacking attempts from outside or system errors. There is an effect that can be effectively prepared.

According to the present invention, after the candidate selection result by the elector is printed on the ballot record sheet and collected separately from the voting result storage medium, the counting and counting is performed even when the voting result data stored in the storage medium of the electronic voting machine is damaged or an error occurs. In case of dispute over the result of the voting, the ballot record sheet can be used as evidence to enable post-verification.

Within the electronic voting rights of the present invention, personal information about the elector is not stored in addition to the corresponding constituent district information, and personal information about the elector is not stored in the storage medium and the ballot recording paper of the electronic voting machine. Etc. problems can be prevented.

In addition, the electronic voting system according to the present invention is easy to use in parallel with a variety of voting methods (paper voting, electronic voting, Internet voting), so that the elector-centered (not supplier-centered) to choose the convenient method directly There is an advantage in enabling a democratic election system.

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Search the integrated electoral list DB connected to the network to verify the identity of the elector, and if the successful identification of the elector and the double voting by the identity verification means are successfully stored in the integrated electoral list DB An electoral identity verification terminal that stores whether or not to vote; An electronic voting ticket issuer for issuing electronic voting rights with the ability to display election and constituency information, images of candidate combinations in the constituency, and to erase stored information after voting is completed; It operates in an offline manner independent of the integrated election list DB, and if the elector puts the electronic voting rights include an electronic voting machine for guiding the voting process to the elector and to save the voting results by the elector, The electronic voter, A candidate information storage medium storing images of registered candidate combinations of all constituencies in the country; A display device configured to display an image of a candidate combination of an electoral district to which the elector belongs, stored in the candidate information storage medium, based on the information stored in the electronic voting right; An input device for selecting one of the candidates displayed on the display device; A voting result storage medium storing the voting result; And an output device for printing and outputting the ballot result on a ballot record sheet. Electronic Voting System. The method of claim 1, The ballot recording paper is characterized in that the bar code indicating the information including the result of the ballot is printed. Electronic Voting System. The method of claim 1, When the vote by the elector is completed, the electronic voting machine deletes the information stored in the electronic voting right so that the electronic voting right can be reused. Electronic Voting System. The method of claim 1, The electronic voter, A guide voice module storing voice data for guiding the voting procedure; A keypad with embossed braille on its top, Further comprising a earphone for transmitting the voice data to the outside Electronic Voting System. The method of claim 1, The electoral identity verification terminal further comprises an input device for inputting the identity verification information of the elector for identity verification of the elector Electronic Voting System. The method of claim 5, wherein The identity verification information is characterized in that the electronic signature using an electronic pen or biometrics Electronic Voting System. The method of claim 1, The electronic voter further comprises an encryption module for encrypting the voting result by the elector and storing the result in the voting result storage medium. Electronic Voting System. The method of claim 1, The electronic voting ticket is any one of a smart card, magnetic card, bar code card and RFID card, characterized in that Electronic Voting System. The method of claim 1, The voting result storage medium and the candidate information storage medium may be any one of HDD, FDD, CD, DVD, and flash memory. Electronic Voting System. The method of claim 1, The appearance of the electronic voting machine is made of a transparent material so that the voter can check the voting process and the printing result of the voting result performed inside the electronic voting machine Electronic Voting System. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, The electoral identity verification terminal and the electronic voting machine are installed in a mobile polling station, and the electoral identity verification terminal is connected to a wired or wireless network by a wired or wireless network connection device. Electronic Voting System. An electronic voting system comprising the electronic voting system according to any one of claims 1 to 10, A voting result input terminal for inputting information stored in the voting result storage medium; And an election management system connected to the voting result input terminal and counting and counting voting results for each election or constituency. Electronic voting system. An electronic check system for performing a check using a ballot recording sheet printed and output in the electronic voting system according to any one of claims 1 to 10, An input device for inputting information printed on the ballot paper; A display device for outputting a check result based on the input information; And a search apparatus for searching the check result. Electronic check system. The method of claim 13, The search apparatus may selectively perform a function of searching the input information by one page, a function of continuously searching a plurality of pages at a low speed or a high speed, and a repetitive search function. Electronic check system. By using the Internet or wireless network, and using the mobile phone, PDA, computer, ARS, etc. to conduct vote counting and election management through electoral list inquiry, electronic authentication and encryption method Internet / Mobile Election System. Election management is carried out by computerizing general election management tasks such as basic data of elections, election costs, candidates and absentee management. Electronic election management system.

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