RU2525105C1 - Secret ballot voting method and automated system therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: in standby mode, a voting device is a blocked state and the actuating key is also blocked. Any unauthorised access triggers alarm signals. Operation is provided if entered passport data of a voter match passport data in computer memory. A command is then issued to access a cabin with a keypad and unblock the actuating key for voting by pressing a personal key with sound and light signals for confirmation of the act. The keypad is blocked after the first pressing. The control computer is blocked until the voter exits the cabin. The computer is blocked after voting until exit of the voter from the cabin is confirmed. Access thereto will be impossible at both entry and exit.

EFFECT: high voting security.

8 cl, 1 dwg

Description

The invention relates to the field of election or voting technology and is intended for use in secret voting.

The current secret ballot method, especially popular by election, in particular, the head of state from among the candidates, deputies of the State Duma and below, elected by secret ballot using paper ballots dropped in the ballot box after the inked sign on it of your choice , is a centuries-old antiquity, absolutely unprotected from various kinds of fraud both in the voting process in the form of dumping fictitious ballots and fakes, and in calculating the results in the interests of nteresovannyh structures, often using administrative resources, distorting the real citizens of the elections.

It is the falsification of a popular "secret" vote in the country, the falsification of the voting results by the ruling structures that create a massive mistrust of citizens in the final results. So, according to the results of the vote of 2011-2012. up to 40% of the total number registered to vote was boycotted without participating in it.

And if we take into account that of the 35% of voters who voted during the election, they voted against the election of the supreme power, it turns out that the supreme power in the country was elected 25% of 100% of the country's citizens. It turns out that 75% of 100%, i.e. the overwhelming majority of citizens of the country with the right to vote refused the authority thus elected to be their authority, which cannot be considered normal.

A device for conducting is known, comprising input means for voice enable commands, the outputs of which are connected to the first input of the access permission device, to the second and third inputs of which are connected an input control sensor and an output control sensor, and the output is connected to a voice supply execution device, the output is connected with a summing device with a function of storing sums, through an information distribution device associated with a means of displaying current voting information and a means before For information on external devices (DE 1960711, G07C 13/00, 02.26.1998). The device does not have adequate protection from fraud associated with illegal re-voting of the same voter.

A known system that implements a method of conducting secret electronic voting, in which the voter selects a unique personal identification code and votes using a personal computer, the screen of which is covered with an opaque casing, in which there is a narrow oblong peephole, through which only the voter can see the image on screen, after voting, the voter is issued a certificate containing the voter's unique personal identification code, his choice, as well as the election of other voters motors or their identification codes (patent RU2321893, IPC G07C 13/00, published 10.04.2008). This system does not have sufficient protection from various kinds of frauds and fakes both at the stage of voting and at the stage of counting votes cast directly at polling stations, and at city, regional (in federal elections) and at counts at the top generalizing level; in addition, this system is complex in hardware, expensive and of little use for practical use for secret voting, especially for technically unprepared voters.

The technical result is to increase the security of secret ballots from targeted fraud.

The technical result is achieved by the fact that in the automated electronic secret ballot method, in which the voter data is recorded and a voice giving permission command is generated, a command is sent to allow the said voter to give voice to the voice supply execution device located in a separate room, the voter’s entrance to the room is fixed, after which generates a permission signal for access to the device for performing the voter’s voice supply for voice input, in case of fixing the subject’s input from the output side yes, they form a signal for prohibiting access to the voice execution device.

The method is implemented using an electronic secret ballot system containing input devices for authorizing a voice by using a personal computer containing passport data of voters registered at a given polling station, the outputs of these devices are connected to the first input of the access permission device, to the second and the third inputs of which are connected respectively to an input control sensor and an output control sensor, and the output is connected to a voice feed execution device, the output connected to a summing device with a function of storing sums, through an information distribution device connected to a means of displaying current voting information and a means of transmitting information to external devices, the system is equipped with an input control sensor on the output side connected to the fourth input, which is also a prohibition input access permission devices.

The system operates in an automated mode, providing comprehensive automatic control of authorized access to the device for the performance of voice supply with minimal involvement of staff. This participation is possible only when the operator manually enters the passport data of voters arriving for voting, and if the entered passport data of this voter matches the data stored in the computer, the computer automatically sends a command to access the input for voice input on the keypad. In the absence of such passport data in memory, the computer generates a "no" signal and no pass command is issued.

If you want to re-vote on the same passport and when you re-enter the same passport data, the computer issues “already voted” on the monitor screen and does not issue a command to skip the input to the voice feed device. In this case, the operator cannot change the decision of the computer, and also additionally enter any data into the memory of this computer without appropriate authorization, since the possibility of replenishing and changing it is blocked.

An information board accessible for observation automatically displays the voting data for each candidate as well as the total number of voters at a given time, and this data is automatically recorded in non-volatile memory, one block of which plays the role of a “black box” for investigating conflict situations, and can be transmitted to consumers and to the Internet.

The input devices of the vote authorization command are installed at the points of entry of voters.

The device for executing the vote for the selected candidate contains a keyboard or button desktop panel on which personal keys or buttons are placed according to the number of candidates, each of which is indicated by the name of a particular candidate (number, number).

The input control sensors and the output control sensor are infrared sensors.

A summing device with a function for storing sums consists of two mini-blocks of non-volatile electronic memory and summing based on at least one microprocessor.

The means of displaying current voting information is a remote light panel, and the displayed information includes numerical data of the dynamics of the voting both for each candidate and the total number of voters.

The positive effect of the proposed method, implemented in an automated system of electronic secret voting, is to provide up to 100% security of secret voting from targeted fraud both during voting and when calculating the results of voting, as well as obtaining a multi-million economic effect from the application.

The drawing shows a block diagram of an automated system of electronic secret ballot that implements the claimed method. The system contains the following nodes, interconnected and forming an automated system of electronic secret ballot:

1 - a device for inputting permission entry commands using a personal computer containing in its memory passport data of voters,

2 - input access device,

3 - input control sensor,

4 - sensor control output

5 - sensor control input from the output side,

6 is a device for performing voice input,

7 - device non-volatile electronic memory with the function of personal and general summation,

8 - information distribution device,

9 - a means of displaying current voting information, which is a scoreboard (monitor),

10 - a means of transmitting information to external devices.

The automated system of electronic secret voting contains devices 1 for inputting voice permission commands, the outputs of which are connected to the first input of access permission device 2, the second, third and fourth inputs of which are connected respectively to an input control sensor 3, an output control sensor 4, and an input control sensor 5 with exit side. The output of the device 2 is connected to the device 6 execution of the voice supply, the output associated with the summing device with the function of storing sums 7, through the device 8 distribution of information associated with means 9 for displaying current information on the vote and means 10 for transmitting information to external devices. The device 1 input commands permission to vote are installed in the points of arrival of voters. The device 6 for casting a vote for the selected candidate contains a keyboard or button desktop panel on which personal keys or buttons are placed according to the number of candidates, each of which is indicated by the surname (or number or symbol) of a particular candidate (hereinafter - the surname of the candidate). Sensors 3-5 are infrared sensors. The summing device with the function of storing sums consists of two mini-blocks of non-volatile electronic memory and summing based on microprocessors. The means of displaying the current voting information is made in the form of an external light panel, and the displayed information includes numerical data of the dynamics of the voting both for each candidate and the total number of voters.

The proposed automated secret voting system is built on the basis of a widely developed technique of information technology, implemented in almost all areas of human activity in modern life, and compares favorably with the secret (especially popular) voting technology that it has a high degree of protection against various kinds of hidden and masked frauds and fakes that distort the veracity of the results in the long run, providing transparent control over the dynamics of the increase in the number of of the votes cast for each applicant with a reflection on a light board generally accessible for observation and control over the adequacy (coincidence) of the number of people who passed passport control and the total number of votes marked on the light panel during the current time of the voting procedure, all numerical voting data are entered into two independent memory blocks of the parallel accumulation of the votes cast for both each candidate and the total number of votes and separately the number of passport control lists .

The exhaustive number of votes cast and the final results recorded in non-volatile memory are sealed and are exhaustive for each polling station, they could be transferred during the voting for general summation, they cannot be accessed without the participation of all interested parties.

A hardware-automated system for a polling station includes:

- two mini-blocks of non-volatile electronic memory and summation in the form of standard modules of computer technology (one of which plays the role of a “black box” for the examination of special situations), into which the number of votes cast, in person for each candidate, and the total number are recorded in a known manner Voters

- a device for executing the vote for the selected candidate, consisting of the simplest keyboard desktop panel, on which personal keys (buttons) are placed according to the number of candidates, each of them is indicated by the specific name of the candidate installed in the curtained booth;

- a remote standard scoreboard installed in a public place to observe the increase in the numerical data of the dynamics of the voting both for each candidate and the total number of voters;

- a device for inputting permission entry commands to a device for delivering a voice in the form of personal computers, in the memory of which the passport data of voters of a given polling station are entered, installed at each operator, who marks the arrival of a registered voter upon presentation of a passport;

- infrared input control sensor to allow access to the device for performing voice input;

- infrared sensors to control the output and control the input from the output side to prohibit access to the device for performing voice input in case of entry from the output side of a person who wants to cast a vote;

- the information distribution device is made in the form of a reproduction information output scheme;

- an entrance access device that controls light banners of the “pass” type, “prohibition” of an entrance.

The system operates as follows.

When commissioning an automated system of electronic secret ballot into operation with the connection of an electrically reserved power supply, all component units and blocks must be sealed after testing and are not available for any unauthorized interventions.

In standby mode, the access to the voting device is blocked, which is confirmed by the red prohibitory indicator indicator located at the entrance to the shut-off voting booth, while the voice-loading device itself is blocked and no key will work when an unauthorized entry to it is pressed on her.

The voter comes to the operator, who, according to the passport presented by the voter, notes in his computer his arrival by typing the data of the arrived voter on the presented passport, and if the data of this voter is stored in the computer, the computer automatically sends the command to the entry permission device without the participation of the passport operator in the cabin, the banner “Come on” lights up, and if the name and address of the arrived voter are not in the computer, then the computer gives a “refusal” to pass. The computer does not allow the operator to enter other names in her memory, the input device is locked. An operator cannot enter the computer for arriving voters without entering passport data into the computer, which prevents a person who is not registered in the computer’s memory from entering the voice panel, even if the passportist wants to facilitate such a passage for the implementation of the vote.

The voter passes into the curtained cabin and on the keypad presses the key of the candidate to whom he gives his vote, confirmation of the performance of the voice supply is a light flash of the key and a short sound signal (for the blind).

The fact of completion of the voice supply is transmitted in the form of a signal "1" in the non-volatile electronic memory modules.

After the first keystroke with light and sound confirmation, all the keys are automatically blocked and repeated pressing of this and any other keys will not trigger the system until this voter leaves the cab, which is confirmed by the operation of a special beam sensor that sends a voter exit signal to the input of the input command input device, the system is automatically restored to the standby mode of waiting for permission to enter the next voter using the same technology.

Moreover, until the sensor for monitoring the exit of the voter from the computer’s cockpit is activated, the operator’s office will be blocked, and the entrance pass will also be blocked.

Attempting to enter the cab from the output side leads to blocking of the keypad with the issuance of a prohibition sound. Information from memory modules is automatically displayed on the information board, where the number of votes for each candidate and the total number of voters are cyclically alternately displayed. Thus, the system operates in an automated mode that provides comprehensive automatic control of authorized access to the device for performing the voice supply with the minimum participation of service personnel, the participation of which consists only in the manual entering by the operator of the computer operator passport data of voters arriving for voting and no more, and if there is a match entered passport data of this voter with data available in the computer memory. The computer itself automatically sends a command to access the entrance to the curtained booth for voice input on the keypad. If there is no such passport data in the memory, the computer gives a “no” signal and the pass command is not issued, and if you want to re-vote on the same passport and when you re-enter the same passport data, the computer “already voted” on the monitor screen and does not issue a command to skip the input to the voice device. At the same time, the operator cannot in any way change the decision of the computer, she cannot enter any additional data into the memory of this computer without authorization and coded access, the memory for replenishment and its change is blocked, which prevents up to 100% the possibility of external influences in the form of fraud when casting votes and when calculating them. The peculiarity is that the information board available for observation automatically displays the vote for each candidate and the total number of voters at a given time, and this data is automatically recorded in non-volatile memory, one block of which plays the role of a “black box” for investigation of conflict situations.

All information during the vote can be transmitted through the interface device through the relevant consumer networks, as well as to the Internet.

After the voting rules expire in a few seconds without any calculations and protocols, the result of the vote becomes generally obvious and accepted at the highest level with recording in a sealed memory, access to which is impossible.

The result is the exclusion of counting millions of ballots and any kind of fraud, no one will be able to make any adjustments, the company will receive ready-made summarized exhaustive numbers for each candidate and the total number of voters who cannot be corrected in a few minutes after the voting time expires, since any Amendment is carried out only by a special procedure with the participation of interested parties. At the same time, the state will save multimillion-dollar amounts of money by eliminating hundreds of millions of ballots and processing them, once and for all the society will get rid of the demoralizing factor during election rigging, and deepen the stratification of society according to the basic principles of the political structure of the state system and its development.

The proposed method, implemented in an automated system of electronic secret voting, differs from the known ones, for example, from the method of electronic secret voting according to patent RU 2321893 in that it ensures the secret of “voting” by each voter personally for one of the eligible candidates due to passport control of each voter in a given particular district belonging to a given polling station and controlling selective access by means of a computer of the entrance to the curtained booth, where the execution panel for the voice for the selected person is activated by automatically submitting, without the participation of the staff, a personal computer of a command to turn on the sound signal “go through” (before that there was a red prohibiting transparent signal at the input), and after receiving permission to enter, the voter entering the blind the cabin, presses the key that belongs to the candidate of his choice by his last name, while on the keypad you can click only one of them and only once, confirming the completion of the filing votes for the selected person is light and sound signals (including for the blind and deaf), and all the keys on the panel are automatically locked and cannot be turned on, which will not allow another voter to vote (for example, who has gone without permission), in addition, another voter it will not pass into this cabin, since the turntable is inhibited until the first voter leaves the cabin, and only after exiting it, when the infrared beam is crossed, an electrical signal is sent to the passport computer, which was automatically it is locked after the first pressing it when issuing permission to enter the first voter, and an attempt to unauthorized passage through the exit from the cab to the shutter of the same cab and to press the voice key will cause an audible alarm due to the operation of the infrared beam, and such an unauthorized action to appeal to The keypad is useless since all keys are locked. The whole process of voice casting is automated and takes several seconds, the queue is not formed, the main functions are performed according to the corresponding program without the participation of staff.

When the “voice” is executed, by pressing the personal key of the selected candidate, the current pulse enters the non-volatile electronic memory sector of the applicant for whom the vote is cast, “1” will be entered into the memory, and subsequently units are added up in each sector of each candidate and then summation the total number of voters, and all this data is automatically displayed on the information board, working on the basis of the ring principle of displaying personal and general data, set to public th place to monitor the dynamics of the growth, and at the same time, through an appropriate interface device, the data may be transmitted as the Internet, and on the upper level for the subsequent summation.

The entire dynamics of the vote for each candidate is secretly and automatically recorded in two blocks of non-volatile electronic memory, one of which is sealed and acts as a “black box” for investigating conflict situations. The votes cast personally for each candidate and as a whole who voted at polling stations in the city go to the city adders and are stored in memory from two blocks, one of which is a “black box”, and then transmitted over the networks to the federal level with entries in two memory blocks ( one is also a “black box”) with the issuance of data to a sealed registrar. Thus, everything is calculated and nothing can be corrected.

The proposed method, implemented in the system, is simple and accessible for understanding and execution of the vote for any, even poorly educated voter, with a simple confirmation of the fact that the vote was cast by each voter, no "codes", "certificates" for voters are required.

Claims (8)

1. A method of automated electronic secret ballot, in which the passport data of a voter of a given polling station is recorded and a voice authorization command is formed, a command is sent to authorize the voice of the indicated voter to be provided to the voice execution device, the voter’s entrance to the booth is fixed, and then an access permission signal is generated a device for performing a voter’s voice supply for voice supply, characterized in that in the case of fixing the subject’s input from the output side, a signal is generated prohibiting access to the device for executing the voice supply, using an input device for authorizing the voice supply and signaling from the sensors for monitoring the output and input control from the output side to prohibit access to the device for performing the voice input in case of input from the output side of a person who wants to cast a voice, and also display the number of votes cast by connecting an access authorization device associated with an output control sensor, a voice feed execution device, a summing device, and a device displaying current voting information, and the voice and computer execution device are blocked after the vote is submitted until the voter exits the cab. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that it is implemented using an electronic secret ballot system, comprising a device for inputting a voice permission command using a personal computer containing, in its memory, access to which is blocked, voter data registered at this polling station , the outputs of these devices are connected to the first input of the access permission device, to the second and third inputs of which the input control sensor and the output control sensor are connected, and the output is connected to the device the execution of the voice supply, the output associated with the summing device with the function of storing the amounts through the information distribution device associated with the means of displaying current information on the vote and the means of transmitting information to external devices, while the system is equipped with an input control sensor on the output side connected to the fourth input, being the input of the ban, access authorization device. 3. An automated system of electronic secret ballot, containing input devices for authorizing the vote by using a personal computer containing in its memory the passport data of voters registered at this particular polling station, the outputs of these devices are connected to the first input of the access authorization device, to the second and third the inputs of which are connected respectively to an input control sensor and an output control sensor, and the output is connected to a voice feed execution device, the output is connected data with a summing device with a function of storing sums, through an information distribution device connected to a means for displaying current voting information and a means for transmitting information to external devices, characterized in that it is equipped with an input control sensor on the output side connected to the fourth input, which is a ban input, access authorization, the voice feed execution device is locked after the voice is sent until confirmation of exit from the cockpit. 4. The system according to claim 3, characterized in that the input devices of the voice authorization command are installed at the points of arrival of voters. 5. The system according to claim 3, characterized in that the device for executing the vote for the selected candidate contains a keyboard or button desktop panel on which personal keys or buttons are placed according to the number of candidates, each of which is indicated by the name of a particular candidate, while the voter presses a key the voice is confirmed by the sound signal and the light signal of the pressed key. 6. The system according to claim 3, characterized in that the input control sensors and the output control sensor are infrared sensors. 7. The system according to claim 3, characterized in that the adder with the function of storing sums consists of two mini-blocks of non-volatile electronic memory and summation based on at least one microprocessor, while one of the said blocks is made in the form of “black” box ”, designed to resolve conflicts during the vote. 8. The system according to claim 3, characterized in that the means for displaying current voting information is an external light panel, and the displayed information includes numerical data of the dynamics of the vote, for each candidate and the total number of voters.