WO2002091258A1

WO2002091258A1 - Voting machines and voting system using voting machines

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Publication number: WO2002091258A1
Application number: PCT/JP2001/003716
Authority: WO
Inventors: Marumi Tsuboi
Original assignee: Kobayashi Kirokushi Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2001-04-27
Filing date: 2001-04-27
Publication date: 2002-11-14
Also published as: JPWO2002091258A1

Abstract

Voting machines, and a voting system using these voting machines comprising a plurality of voting machines (30-1, 30-2, ..., 30-n) installed in each polling station and each provided with voting terminals (40), and a voting control host device (10) connected with respective voting machines (30-1, 30-2, ..., 30-n) via a digital public network (20), wherein a voting terminal (40) comprises a voting information receiving means (45) for receiving various voting-required elements of information from the host device (10), input means (44) for inputting candidate names selected by voters, a voting result computing means (47) for totaling voting data consisting of candidate names input via input means (44) and converting them into voting result data, and a voting result data transmitting means (45) for sending the voting result data to the host device (10), whereby speeding up election voting and totaling operations and improving a totaling accuracy.

Description

Specification

Voting machine and voting system using this voting machine

The present invention relates to a voting machine used for voting in an election and a voting system using the voting machine. The voting machine can speed up voting work and counting work in an election and improve the accuracy of the counting work. And a voting system using this voting machine. Background art

Conventionally, in the voting system for elections of members of parliament, prefectural governors, mayors, municipalities, and members of the Diet, election postcards, which serve as admission tickets for polling places, are sent from each local government to voters based on the Public Office Election Law. Voters among the voters will bring this postcard to the polling place, and will be confirmed by the receptionist at the reception of the polling place against the voter list to confirm that they are voters. It is customary to give a ballot in exchange for a postcard, fill in the candidate's name on the ballot, and mail it to a ballot box to vote.

After voting, the ballot box is collected at a counting place using a wide-area facility such as a gymnasium or a public hall, and a tallyman counts the votes and counts the voting results.

As described above, in the conventional election voting system, the voting operation or the counting work is performed by the receptionist or the tallyer in the voting act, the counting work, and the like. At present, significant labor and time are spent. In addition, since the voter's voting work is performed by handwriting the candidate's name on the ballot paper, the vague notation written on the ballot paper is effective for the counting work by the tallyer It is difficult to judge whether a questionnaire should be a ballot or an invalid ballot.It takes a lot of time and effort to judge this questionnaire, and the tabulation work is largely due to the human factors of the tabulator. In addition, if a counting error occurs, the counting work must be restarted from the beginning, and there is a problem that the counting work cannot be speeded up and the accuracy cannot be improved.

Disclosure of the invention

An object of the present invention is to provide a voting machine used for voting in an election and a voting system using the voting machine, which speeds up voting work and counting work in the election and improves the accuracy of the counting work. I do.

In order to achieve the above object, a voting machine according to the present invention is a voting machine including a voting machine terminal connected to a voting management host device via a digital public network, Is a voting information receiving means for receiving various information required for voting from the voting management host device, an input means for inputting a candidate name selected by a voter, and an input means for inputting by the input means. And voting data transmitting means for transmitting the voting data including the selected candidate name to the voting management host device. In addition, the voting machine terminal collects a plurality of voting data consisting of candidate names, converts the voting data into voting result data, and transmits the voting data to the voting management host device between the voting machines. Voting data storage means for temporarily storing voting data that cannot be transmitted in the event of voting, and printing means for printing the voting data on a voting ticket inserted into the voting machine terminal. Further, on the face of the betting ticket, a printed portion to be printed is made of a thermoreversible recording material, and a magnetic recording layer or an Ic recording layer is formed. The voting data printed on the voting card is the management code and the names of the candidates voted by the voters, and the management code is different from the voting place code for each voting place. It is set in combination with different voter codes for each voter.

Further, in the voting machine terminal, the voting information receiving means includes a display means for displaying various information received from the voting management host device on a display screen of the voting machine terminal.

Further, the input means of the voting machine terminal is characterized by being constituted by a touch panel type LCD for inputting coordinates.

A voting system using a voting machine according to the present invention is connected to a plurality of voting machines having voting machine terminals installed at each polling place, and to each of the above voting machines via a digital public network. The voting machine terminal comprises a voting information receiving means for receiving various kinds of information necessary for voting from the voting management host device, and a candidate selected by a voter. Input means for inputting a name, voting result calculation means for counting voting data composed of the candidate names input by the input means, and converting the result into voting result data; and And voting result data transmitting means for transmitting to the client device.

Further, the voting management host device includes voting data storage means for storing voting result data transmitted from the voting machine terminal, and uses the voting result data stored in the voting data storage means as a final result of the election. It is a thing.

In addition, the voting machine terminal includes a voting ticket on which the voting result data is printed. A voting ticket issuing means for issuing a voting ticket, and collating voting result data printed on the face of the voting ticket with voting result data transmitted from the voting machine terminal to the voting management host device. The re-counting work may be performed by using this method. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a voting system using a voting machine according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flowchart showing the procedure for issuing voting tickets.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a betting ticket, and is an external plan view of a betting ticket using a magnetic card.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a betting ticket, and is an external plan view of a betting ticket using an IC card.

FIG. 5 is an external view showing a schematic configuration of a voting machine.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the voting machine.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a voting process using a voting machine.

FIG. 8 is an external plan view showing the state of the screen of the voting machine, showing an example of a candidate selection screen.

FIG. 9 is an external plan view showing the state of the screen of the voting machine, and shows an example of a candidate selection confirmation screen. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, embodiments of a voting machine according to the present invention and a voting system using the voting machine will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a voting system using a voting machine according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, this voting system 100 is composed of a plurality of voting machines 3 0 — 1, 3 0-2,. , Voting machine 30 — 1, 30-2,…, 30 — n and voting management connected online via a digital public network 20 represented by ISDN (Digital Integrated Network) And a host device 10.

The voting management host device 10 includes a voting data storage unit 11 for storing data obtained by counting voting results for each polling place, and voting machines 3 0—1, 3 0—2,. And a public line communication modem 12 for controlling connection with a digital public line network 20 connected to the communication network.

The voting machines 3 0 — 1, 3 0 — 2,..., 3 0 — n are operated by the voters, and at least one voting machine is installed at each polling place to vote. It is configured with a device terminal.

In the following description, the voting machines 30-1, 30-2,..., 30-0-n will be described as voting machines 30 for convenience.

When operating the voting machine 30 to vote, the voter brings an election postcard to the reception at the polling place, and after being verified by the receptionist against the voter list and confirming his identity. A voting ticket composed of a magnetic card or an IC card is issued, the voting ticket is inserted into the voting machine 30, and the voting machine 30 is operated to vote.

The procedure for issuing this voting ticket will be described in accordance with the flowchart shown in Fig. 2.First, the voter receives the voting postcard that is mailed to each voter at the reception of the polling place. Perform voting procedure (Step 101).

If the procedure for issuing a voting ticket at this reception is not performed (N0 in step 101), voting cannot be performed.

Next, whether or not the voter is a voter is confirmed based on the comparison between the voting postcard and the list of voters (step 102). If the receptionist determines that the voter is not a voter (NO in step 103), no voting ticket will be issued (step 105) and therefore no voting will be possible.

When the receptionist confirms that the voter is a voter (YES in step 103), a voting ticket containing the management code is issued (step 104), and the voting ticket is issued. Is passed to voters.

Here, the management code is a polling place code different for each polling place and a different voter code for the same voter, and the polling place code and the voter code are combined. No voter shall be given more than one management code or more than one voter shall not be assigned the same management code. The polling place code and the voter code can be composed of a serial number for each polling place and each voter, or can be composed of a combination of numbers and letters. Type is not restricted o

Next, the configuration of the betting ticket will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the external appearance of a voting ticket using a magnetic force.As shown in FIG. 3, the voting ticket 70a is attached to a part of the front surface or the back surface of the card base material 71. A printing section 72 made of a thermoreversible recording material capable of writing and erasing of printing information is provided. The voting data composed of the names of voters and candidates is printed by a voting machine described below so that they can be viewed. Also, a strip-shaped or entire magnetic recording layer 73 is coated on the front and back surfaces or inside of the card base material 71, and the magnetic recording layer 73 is printed on the printing section 72. The same data as the voting data is recorded.

In addition, instead of the voting ticket created using the magnetic card, a voting ticket created using an IC card as shown in FIG. 4 can be used. The voting ticket 7 Ob is provided with a rewritable printing section 72 on the front and back surfaces or a part of the inside of the force base material 71, similarly to the voting ticket 70a. The voting data is printed in 2 so that it can be viewed. Further, an IC chip 74 is formed on a part of the front surface or the back surface of the force base material 71, and is the same as the voting data printed on the printing section 72 on the IC chip 74. Is recorded.

The voting ticket 70a, 70b with the above configuration can print and record voting data on the printing section 72 and the magnetic recording layer 73 or the IC chip 74, respectively. In addition, since data recorded by magnetic or IC can be stored in the same betting ticket, each data will not be scattered, and voting data will be easily recounted. In addition, since voters can visually check their own voting content, the conventional invalid votes are eliminated, and the tallyer does not have to decide whether the title is ambiguous or valid or invalid. Become.

In addition, the voting data printed or recorded on the voting tickets 70a and 7Ob can be erased and rewritten, so that these voting tickets can be reused and contribute to reduction of garbage. it can.

Next, the voting machine operated by inserting the above voting ticket is shown in Figs. 9 This is explained based on the figure.

As shown in the figure, the voting machine 30 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a voting ticket for voting necessary for voting is inserted above the front of the voting machine main body in which the voting machine terminal 40 is built.揷 Entrance 3 1 is provided, and at the bottom of the front side of the voting machine body, a voting ticket outlet 3 for discharging voting tickets with voting data written

2 are provided.

In addition, an evening touch panel type display screen 33 is provided in the center of the front side of the voting machine main body, and the voter touches the screen according to the guidance displayed on this display screen 33 to vote. Vote by operating the machine 30. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the voting machine. As shown in the figure, the voting machine 30 has a voting machine terminal 40 that is connected online to the voting management host device 10 via the digital public network 20 to perform voting. It is configured.

The voting machine terminal 40 controls the overall operation of the voting machine terminal 40 C P

U (central processing unit) 41, RAM (random access memory) 42 connected to bus 50 of this CPU 41, ROM (read only memory) 43, operation display unit 4 4, Communication control unit 45 connected to digital public line network 20, Voting data reading unit 46, Voting data operation unit 47, Voting data overnight storage unit 48, Voting ticket entrance 3 1 And betting ticket outlet 3

2 and a printing section 49 connected to the printing section.

The RAM 42 stores various rewritable data necessary for processing of the voting machine terminal 40. The ROM 43 stores various data fixedly used by the voting machine terminal 40 and the voting machine terminal. It stores a control program of the CPU 41 for controlling the entire operation of the CPU 40. The operation display section 4 4 appears as a touch panel display screen 3 3 in FIG. 2 in order to display and guide various information necessary for voting and to assist input by voters. An LCD (liquid crystal display) and a transparent touch panel for inputting coordinates can be laminated and integrally molded. The voter can touch the LCD screen with his / her finger to display the same screen. It can perform data input operation and display.

The communication control unit 45 is connected to the voting management host device 10 via the digital public network 20 and receives various information necessary for voting from the voting management host device 10. The voting data, such as the result of counting the voting contents of the voters, is transmitted to the voting management host device 10.

The voting data reading unit 46 reads various data such as a management code and voting contents recorded on the betting ticket, and the read various data is processed by the voting result calculating unit 47 to obtain the voting contents. It will be converted into a series of voting data that consist of the results of aggregation.

The voting data storage unit 48 stores the contents of voting of each voter, and a plurality of voting machines 30-1, 3, 0, 2,. If the transmission of voting data to 0 overlaps, the voting data that cannot be transmitted is temporarily stored.

The printing unit 49 is connected to the voting ticket 揷 entrance 31 and the voting ticket outlet 3 2, and records and prints the above various types of data on the voting ticket inserted into the voting ticket 揷 entrance 31. It is for discharging the recorded and printed betting ticket from the betting ticket outlet 32, and is composed of, for example, a magnetic card R / W.

The above voting ticket 揷 entrance 3 1 and voting ticket discharge port 3 2 are provided separately, but it is also possible to provide both integrally. Next, the voting process using the voting machine having the above-described configuration will be described.

This is explained based on the flowchart shown in Fig. 7.

The voting machine 30 starts processing when a voter inserts a voting ticket from the voting ticket 揷 entrance 31 (step 201).

If a voting ticket is not inserted, the voting machine 30 will not operate and therefore it will not be possible to vote using this voting machine 30 (N 0 in step 201).

When a voting ticket is inserted into the voting ticket 揷 entrance 31, the management code written on the voting ticket is read by the voting ticket data reader 46 of the voting machine terminal 40 (step 202).

If the read management code does not match the management code consisting of the polling place code and the voter's own voter code, or the management code is not written on the inserted voucher ticket In this case, it is determined that the voting ticket is invalid (NO in step 203), and an error message is displayed on the display screen 33 of the voting machine 30 by the operation display section 44 of the voting machine terminal 40. The betting ticket is displayed (step 204), the voting ticket is discharged from the voting ticket discharge port 32 (step 216), and the process is terminated.

If the management code read by the betting ticket data reading unit 46 of the voting machine terminal 40 is normal, it is determined that the betting ticket is valid (YES in step 203), and the next Check your voting restrictions (Step 205) o

Here, the contents of the voting restrictions include the number of votes, up to one, and when the voting is invalid unless the voting machine is used within 30 minutes after the voting ticket is issued. It is conceivable that the time limit is set in combination with the above-described time limit and the time limit is used in combination. When it is confirmed that the voting machine is not within the set voting limit (NO in step 206), the operation display section 44 of the voting machine terminal 40 displays the voting machine 30 in the same manner as in step 203 above. An error message is displayed on the display screen 33 (Step 204), the voting ticket is discharged from the voting ticket discharge port 32 (Step 216), and the processing is terminated.

When it is confirmed that the voting is within the set voting limit (YES in step 206), the communication control unit 45 of the voting machine terminal 40 sends various information necessary for voting from the voting management host device 10. Is received, and the operation display section 44 displays the voting guidance on the display screen 33 of the voting machine 30 (step 207). When the voter operates the evening touch panel according to the voting guidance displayed on the display screen 33, for example, the candidate selection screen shown in FIGS. 8 (a) and (b) is displayed on the display screen 3 of the voting machine 30. 3 (Step 2 08), and the voter selects the candidate name to be voted from among a plurality of candidate names according to the guidance displayed on the display screen 3 3 (Step 2 09) .

The selection of the candidate's name is performed by operating the touch panel, and when the candidate selects the candidate's name, for example, a candidate selection confirmation screen as shown in Fig. 9 is displayed on the voting machine 30. It is displayed on screen 33 (step 210).

According to the guidance on the candidate selection confirmation screen, the voter selects voting or change using the touch panel (step 211), but “change” is selected by the voter (step 211). NO), the display returns to the display of the candidate selection screen in step 208, and when "vote" is selected by the voter (YES in step 211), the management code, the voter name, and the selected candidate name are selected. The voting information is transmitted to the host device (not shown) for each polling place (step 2 12), and is recorded and saved (step 2 13). After transmitting the voting information, the printing section 49 of the voting machine terminal 40 writes the voting data to the printing section 72 of the voting ticket and the magnetic recording layer 73 or the IC chip 74 (step 214). Then, the voting ticket on which the voting data is written is discharged from the voting ticket outlet 32 of the voting machine 30 (Step 2 15). As described above, the voting ticket on which the voting data is written by the voting machine 30 is printed on the printing unit 72 so that the voting data can be visually confirmed. After visually confirming the contents (Step 2 16), the above voting ticket is mailed to a ballot box with a reading device (not shown) (Step 2 17).

In the ballot box posted in the ballot box, the voting data written on the face of the ballot is read by a reader (step 218), and the read voting data is read in step 213. Recorded on the host device of each polling place 'It is compared with the stored voting data (step 219).

As a result of the above collation, when it is determined that the voting data does not match (NO in step 219), the voting ticket is discharged from the ballot box (step 220), and the voting is regarded as invalid. To end.

On the other hand, as a result of the above collation, if it is determined that the voting data match (YES in step 219), the voting ticket inserted in the ballot box is collected (step 221) Then, the matched voting data is sent to the host device for each polling place (step 222), and the public telephone network 20 is connected to the host device for each polling place. The data is transmitted to the voting management host device 10 via the voting management device 10 and is finally recorded and stored in the voting management host device 10 (step 2 23), and the voting process ends.

The voting process using a voting machine has been described above.A voting ticket that takes out a voting ticket that has been voted out and illegally rewrites the above-mentioned management code In order to prevent fraudulent acts of using multiple votes to vote by another person, be sure to collect voting tickets after voting, and to collect voting data if the above voting tickets are not collected. Do not send to the remote device.

The final result of the election can be the voting data sent to the voting management host device and recorded, but separately from the voting data, the voting ticket inserted in the ballot box The recorded voting data is used as evidence for recounting, the voting data recorded on each voting ticket is read, and the voting data stored in the voting management host device is read. By performing the collation, it becomes possible to collect the voting results quickly and more accurately. Industrial applicability

The present invention relates to a voting machine used for voting in an election and a voting system using the voting machine, which can speed up the voting and counting work of the election and improve the accuracy of the counting work Provide a voting machine and a voting system using the voting machine.

According to the present invention, electoral postcards are mailed to voters, and voters among voters take this electoral postcard to a polling place and are given a voting ticket at the polling place reception. Since the voting work can be performed according to the guidance on the display screen of the voting machine into which the voting ticket is inserted, the conventional system can be smoothly shifted from the conventional system to the system of the present invention without being confused, and the cost can be reduced. This has the effect that a system can be constructed using The voting work by the voting machine is a candidate selection method displayed on the display screen of the voting machine. Since it is sent directly to the voting management host device via the public line network, it is not necessary to judge whether it is a valid or invalid vote as in the conventional ballot paper. Since a large amount of labor and time are not required to judge such questionnaires, manual counting work by the tallyman can be eliminated, contributing to a reduction in labor costs and speeding up the tallying work. This has the effect.

In addition, the voting ticket issued by the voting machine stores the voting data that can be printed on the print section and the voting data recorded on the magnetic recording layer or IC in the same voting ticket. Voters can visually confirm their own voting content and vote, and the visual data and recorded data do not fall apart, and the recorded data is read at the time of counting Since the voting data can be tabulated only by itself, the recounting operation becomes easy and the accuracy can be improved. In addition, since the voting data printed or recorded on the voting ticket can be erased and rewritten, the voting ticket can be reused, which contributes to the reduction of garbage.

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Claims

The scope of the claims

1. A voting machine having a voting machine terminal connected to a voting management host device via a public telephone network,

The voting machine terminal includes: a voting information receiving unit that receives various information necessary for voting from the voting management host device;

Input means for inputting a candidate name selected by a voter; voting data transmitting means for transmitting voting data composed of the candidate name input by the input means to the voting management host device; ,

A voting machine characterized by comprising:

2. The voting machine according to claim 1, wherein the voting machine terminal is provided with voting result calculation means for counting a plurality of voting data composed of candidate names and converting the result into voting result data.

3. The voting machine terminal is characterized by comprising voting data storage means for temporarily storing voting data which cannot be transmitted when transmission to the voting management host device is overlapped between voting machines. The voting machine according to claim 1 or claim 2.

4. The voting machine according to claim 1, wherein the voting machine terminal comprises a printing means for printing the voting data on a voting ticket inserted into the voting machine terminal.

5. The voting machine according to claim 4, wherein a printing portion printed on the face of the voting ticket is made of a thermoreversible recording material. '

6. The voting machine according to claim 4, wherein a magnetic recording layer or an IC recording layer is formed on the voting ticket surface.

7. The voting machine according to claim 4, wherein the voting data printed on the voting ticket face is a management code and a candidate name voted by a voter.

8. The voting machine according to claim 7, wherein the management code is set by combining a different polling place code for each polling place and a different voter code for each voter. .

9. The voting machine according to claim 1, wherein the voting information receiving means includes a display means for displaying various information received from the voting management host device on a display screen of a voting machine terminal.

10. The voting machine according to claim 1, wherein said input means is constituted by a touch panel LCD for inputting coordinates.

1 1. Consisting of a plurality of voting machines equipped with voting machine terminals installed at each polling place, and a voting management host device connected to each of the above voting machines via a digital public network,

The above-mentioned voting machine terminal is used for voting from the voting management host device. Voting information receiving means for receiving information,

An input means for inputting a candidate name selected by a voter, and a voting result calculation for collecting voting data consisting of the candidate name input by the input means and converting the result into voting result data Means,

Voting result data transmitting means for transmitting the voting result data to the voting management host device;

A voting system comprising:

12. The voting system according to claim 11, wherein the voting management host device includes voting data storage means for storing voting result data transmitted from a voting machine terminal.

13. The voting system according to claim 12, wherein the voting result data stored in the voting data storage means is the final result of the election.

14. Consisting of a plurality of voting machines having voting machine terminals installed at each polling place, and a voting management host device connected to each of the voting machine terminals via a digital public network,

Input means for inputting a candidate name selected by a voter; voting result calculation means for collecting voting data composed of the candidate names input by the input means and converting the data into voting result data; ,

Voting result data transmitting means for transmitting the voting result data to the voting management host device; A voting ticket issuing means for issuing a voting ticket in which the voting result data is recorded.

1 5. Collect the above voting ticket, compare the voting result data recorded on the face of the collected voting ticket with the voting result data stored in the voting machine terminal, and find the matching voting result data. 15. The voting system according to claim 14, wherein voting result data transmitted to the voting management host device and unmatched voting result data are not transmitted to the voting management host device.

16 6. The voting result data recorded on the face of the collected voting ticket is compared with the voting result data sent from the voting machine terminal to the voting management host device to re-execute. The voting system according to claim 14 or claim 15, wherein the voting system performs a totaling operation.