WO2006112748A1 - Procede de vote secret utilisant un dispositif automatise de traitement de bulletins de vote - Google Patents

Procede de vote secret utilisant un dispositif automatise de traitement de bulletins de vote Download PDF

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WO2006112748A1
WO2006112748A1 PCT/RU2005/000351 RU2005000351W WO2006112748A1 WO 2006112748 A1 WO2006112748 A1 WO 2006112748A1 RU 2005000351 W RU2005000351 W RU 2005000351W WO 2006112748 A1 WO2006112748 A1 WO 2006112748A1
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Alexandr Albertovich Veshnyakov
Viktor Vasilievich Yaschenko
Boris Leonidovich Bobrovnikov
Andrey Vadimovich Shain
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  • the invention relates to methods for ensuring the formation and processing of information in a limited access mode, and more particularly, to methods of voting by subjects of will.
  • Secret ballot is an indispensable attribute of a democratic election system, an absolute privilege of voters. The voter shows his will without any control over him, pressure or intimidation, as well as maintaining his guaranteed right to never inform anyone about his choice of this or that candidate. Ballots shall not be numbered; the identification of the ballot used shall not allow the possibility of establishing the identity of the voter.
  • the voting must be secret and organized in such a way that at any stage of the voting procedure, in particular, at the stage of identifying the voter, exclude everything that could violate the secrecy of the will of the voter, as well as exclude the possibility of establishing any or the relationship between the vote and the specific voter.
  • it is necessary that the expected number of votes cast in the device for receiving ballots from voters does not make it possible to associate the result with a specific voter. In a controlled environment, information about the cast vote should be hidden immediately as soon as the vote is cast.
  • the system should ensure the availability and integrity of the votes cast, as well as their confidentiality, before the vote count begins. At the same time, data on the number of votes cast for a particular voting option should not be brought to the attention of the public before the close of voting.
  • the voting ballot must be authentic in all polling stations, and the fact that the vote has been cast must be documented.
  • a known method and system of voting among many voters including providing the voter with a primary ballot having a voting part and a unique identifying part, familiarizing the voter with the answers in the voting part, creating a secondary ballot by making a copy of the first ballot, returning the first ballot to the voter, reflection all secondary ballots recorded during the voting, permission for each voter to view or adjust the exact correspondence of the displayed ballot to the primary ballot, approval by the voter of the corrected record of the secondary ballot, tabulation of confirmed votes, publication of table entries, permission of the opposition to view or correct the table entries in accordance with the choice approved by the voter , logging the results of viewing or correction of table entries (US, 6 726 090, Bl).
  • the ballot may be marked with at least one identification symbol for the characteristics of the primary ballot, the secondary ballot is marked similarly to another symbol, and both are marked with the same corresponding symbols, and the voter will also be contacted by the official representative of the election campaign with claims if the secondary ones are not identical and primary newsletters.
  • the described method and system involves the voter contacting not only the primary and secondary ballots for checking them, but also communicating with persons voting to verify the lists that were actually published with the results of the voter’s voting with the involvement of third parties, which may lead to pressure on the voter.
  • the voter must have the skills to work with a personal computer and must first be familiarized with instructional materials on working with the computer voting station.
  • a ballot drive consisting of several sections, a video information processing device, consisting of a video input / output device, random access memory, information storage device, processing unit, comparison device, video monitoring device, and a ballot reader consisting of a locking device, four photosensors, a transporting mechanism, a lens, a video camera, an adjustment device roystva, light source, video switching devices, the control board, the delay device, the deflecting device, an information display board, the power supply are connected in a certain way (RU, 2206124, C2).
  • a known method and device for the automated processing of ballots including entering ballots into the path and moving them along the path, followed by scanning their images, image recognition and vote counting, while scanning is performed on the entire side of the ballot sheet simultaneously from two sides with synchronized movement of the sheet, Recognition identifies voter marks and classifies ballots as valid or invalid while marking invalid ballots therein, and wherein the scan transfer image is also performed synchronously (RU, 2172981, C2).
  • a ballot scanner was proposed, which ensures the movement of the ballot along the path, the reading of ballots, and the sorting of ballots into valid and invalid.
  • the ballot papers are marked on the basis of their election campaign and voting at the location of such a device, as well as the formation of a protocol on the voting results is carried out by the election commission.
  • the aim of the present invention is to develop a secret ballot method and a device for its implementation, which allows to ensure that the process of choosing the object of expression of will and the marking element in the voting ballot is kept secret by the subject, automatically processing the ballot paper filled out and keeping the voting results secret. voting.
  • the task was to develop a secret ballot using automated processing of the ballot at the polling station with the introduction of identifying marks in it under conditions of limited access, access control to the receiving device, processing and storage of completed ballots, as well as the formation of intermediate and final reporting data on the voting process and on the voting results without disclosing them at the polling stations during the voting period.
  • a ballot for the specified ballot made on an acceptable medium and containing configured data on the ballot field, including at least the data identifying the ballot as a ballot for voting, data characterizing, at least two variants of the choice of objects of expression of will, and containing at least one localized free selection field in visual correspondence with each one of the options for the selection of objects of expression of will and adapted for making a choice by introducing by the subject of the will of the marking element into one of the selection fields, and having at least one free area on the ballot field located in a specific area of the ballot field;
  • the information about the image standard of the voting ballot including the placement parameters of the specified configured data and the specified free area for applying a check mark, be entered into the specified ballot processing device.
  • this information about the specified image standards can be entered into the specified device for processing ballots once in a closed session before the voting period.
  • control mark may contain many graphic elements.
  • control mark may contain a bar code.
  • said ballot processing device be adapted to ensure that the device reveals the opening of the internal cavity of the device, at least during the voting period.
  • the polling place can be placed many of these ballot processing devices, each of which is adapted to perform the above operations of the secret ballot method and is adapted to operate offline.
  • said ballot processing device can be adapted to operate in a non-volatile mode.
  • the ballot processing device be adapted to ensure that the information contained in the device and the received ballots are saved in the event of an emergency stop.
  • a secret ballot can be held simultaneously for several election campaigns of various levels, while the subject of the will simultaneously provide several different ballots and use a device for processing ballots, adapted to simultaneously receive and process many different incoming ballots.
  • an automated device for processing ballots during secret voting comprising a housing with an internal cavity closed for unauthorized access and viewing during the voting period, which contains a set of software, hardware and automated tools adapted to provide automatic mode:
  • the device can be adapted to pre-enter information about the image standard of the voting ballot, including the settings for placing the specified data on the ballot field.
  • the device is adapted to enter information about the specified image standards in the specified device for processing ballots once in session mode before the start of the voting period.
  • said device be adapted to enter said information into said device for processing ballots in an encrypted form.
  • the device it is reasonable for the device to be adapted for reading and recognizing a reference mark containing a plurality of graphic elements.
  • the device can be adapted to read and recognize a reference mark containing a barcode.
  • the device was adapted to enable verification of the number of ballots in the device according to the generated final reporting data after the end of the voting period at the request of the subject of will or an independent observer.
  • the ballot processing device be adapted to provide a fixation and sound indication of the opening of the device’s case, at least during the voting period.
  • said ballot processing device be adapted to operate in a non-volatile mode.
  • said ballot processing device be adapted to ensure that the information contained in the device and received ballots are saved in the event of an emergency stop of said device.
  • said ballot processing device can be adapted for transportation on acceptable vehicles. Furthermore, according to the invention, the ballot processing device can be adapted to simultaneously receive and process a plurality of incoming ballots. Moreover, it can be adapted for the simultaneous reception and processing of ballots during election campaigns of various levels.
  • the device can be adapted to indicate an emergency stop using an audible signal.
  • the invention is further illustrated by an example implementation of a secret ballot method according to the invention and a drawing, which shows a scheme of a secret ballot method according to the invention using an automated ballot processing device according to the invention.
  • an automated ballot processing device is used in the secret ballot method, adapted to carry out the operations of the method using a set of software and automated tools adapted for connection to an external power source and to a communication network.
  • the specified automated device must contain an autonomous power source and connectors for possible connection to an external power source and to the communication network.
  • composition of the complex of software and hardware may be different, but should ensure at least the implementation of actions for receiving, storing, storing, storing information in digital form, comparing images, transmitting digital information using known acceptable means of communication or communication networks, as well as the formation of information blocks in the established format.
  • a set of software and hardware tools may contain a computer system that is controlled by software that is compatible with other necessary automated devices that are also installed in the specified automated ballot processing device to perform functional tasks of the device. For example, with a scanner, printer, modem, newsletter input device, newsletter sorting device, newsletter storage devices, information display device, and other devices.
  • the input of the ballot paper into the automated ballot processing device according to the invention can be carried out in any known manner. For example, placing a ballot paper in a tray and then capturing the scanner with a receiving device. Or, for example, by organizing the movement of the ballot along the path of the ballot broaching device by placing the ballot gradually fed manually into the gap between the rotating pinch rollers and then moving it along the path when the rollers rotate.
  • Scanning the image of the ballot can be carried out using known scanning devices, for example, from two sides, to ensure guaranteed receipt of the image of the ballot at any filing of the ballot in the processing device.
  • Registration of the receipt of the ballot in the device can be carried out in any known manner. For example, upon the establishment of the correspondence of the image of the ballot filed to the automated device to the image standard established by regulatory enactments in terms of the content and configuration of information on the ballot field, for example, text information placed in a specific field of the ballot in a certain way.
  • the display of information for the subject of will may be carried out by any known means. For example, by displaying the necessary information on a display screen located outside on the panel of an automated device.
  • Drawing a reference mark can also be performed in various ways. For example, by printing a checkmark image when placing the ballot in the printer.
  • the automated device according to the invention has a detachable case, for example, comprising a lower part of the case and a cover, in which devices for detachably fastening them to each other, comprising signal devices for fixing the opening of the cover, are made.
  • the case is protected from unauthorized entry into its internal cavity, for example, by installing sealing means on the outside of the lid and on the bottom of the case, with the possibility of performing a control seal by an authorized person of the official body of the election campaign.
  • All the above-mentioned functional devices are located in the internal cavity of the housing, and the input of the ballot-receiving device, for example, in the form of a slot deepened in the housing, is displayed on the external panel of the housing, for example, for the user to display information or an indication, for example, about the fact of registration of the receipt of the ballot submitted by him in the automated device, on the functional state of the specified automated device, in particular, the waiting mode for the receipt of the newsletter, dir the processing of the incoming ballot in the specified device and the emergency stop mode of the specified device, as well as the status indicators of software and hardware devices of the automated device in the case of using an autonomous non-volatile power supply, for example, green indicator - “on”, red indicator- “ off.
  • an autonomous non-volatile power supply for example, green indicator - “on”, red indicator- “ off.
  • an external power connector for example, a power button for a stand-alone non-volatile power source and a network connector, for example, a USB port, as well as a device for placing a test information medium, for example, CD, are made on the outside.
  • Means can be made on the device’s case for the convenience of carrying and transporting an automated device, for example, handles or recesses.
  • automated devices can have different dimensions.
  • automated devices for absentee voting adapted to handle a limited number of ballots, may have smaller dimensions than devices installed in polling stations.
  • the organization of the movement of the ballot for example, for scanning certain areas of the ballot field or applying a check mark or sorting into several drives, there may be different requirements for the form of the ballot and its physical medium.
  • the method of conducting a secret ballot uses ballots containing configured data on the ballot field, including at least data identifying the ballot as a ballot for voting, for example, textual information of a certain content placed in a certain way on the ballot field, also provided by the official body in the form of a standard containing this data in the form of digital information, or in the form of an image.
  • the ballot For processing in an automated device having a compact arrangement of devices inside its body, it is preferable to run the ballot on a carrier that allows its elastic deformation in the longitudinal and transverse directions when moving along a curved path in a limited amount of space, for example, on paper.
  • the secret ballot method according to the invention is as follows.
  • the state of the automated ballot processing device according to the invention is tested in any known manner, for example, by entering into the device arbitrarily specified information about the ballot image standard and criteria for invalidating the ballot, for example, on CD, and entering it into the device a bulletin having deliberately erroneous data in the image.
  • the test bulletin is removed from the drive, the bulletin processing information is erased from the device’s memory, and the body of the automated ballot processing device is sealed.
  • the automated ballot processing device Before voting begins, the automated ballot processing device according to the invention is connected to a communication network and, in a closed short-term communication session with the official body of the election campaign, receives from it information containing data that makes it possible to identify the received ballot as a voting ballot. For example, digital information about the configuration and content of the text part of the newsletter and / or its image standard.
  • a check mark may contain graphic symbols, for example, a barcode, for example, containing several graphic elements.
  • Ballot papers are prepared to provide the subjects of their will and lists of possible voters at the polling station.
  • the polling station is prepared for work.
  • voting participants in any known manner, for example, checking the voter data contained in the lists of possible voting participants or absentee ballots of other voting stations, determining their compliance with the identification data provided by the voting participant. For example, by last name, first name, patronymic, date and place of birth, place of residence. In accordance with regulatory legal standards, they establish the competence of the voting participant to vote in the election campaigns conducted at this polling station at that time, that is, register the subject of will expression. Provide the subject of will expression a voting ballot, made in the form described above.
  • the booth may also comprise an automated ballot processing device according to the invention.
  • an automated ballot processing device may be installed in a place accessible to independent observers.
  • the resulting image is compared with the image standard contained in the storage device. If the images match, the receipt of the ballot is recorded, for example, by preserving the facts of such a match. And then, by summing up the number of such compliance facts, they provide the images, and by accumulating them on an accrual basis, they keep records of incoming ballots.
  • Information about the registration of the ballot is displayed on the screen by means of display on the outer panel of the body of the automated device.
  • the subject of will expression on the screen can make sure that the ballot submitted by him is received in the device for processing.
  • the ballot is removed from the processing path, marked as invalid and sent to the drive for storage.
  • Bulletins in which the image is recognized as conforming to the standard are marked with a check mark in the free section of the ballot and further processed.
  • the obtained scanned image of the ballot is analyzed to verify the presence of the image of the marking element in the selection field, the correspondence of the image of the marking element with the standards of marking marks contained in the storage device is checked.
  • the ballot shall be sent for marking with a mark on its invalidity. Invalid ballots are sent to the drive. The number of invalid ballots is kept cumulatively in the storage device.
  • the total number of ballots received in the automated device can be displayed on the display screen as information about the voting process open to the user.
  • the received valid ballots are sorted in accordance with the selection option by the presence of a marking element in the selection field. Take into account the number of ballots having marking elements in the same fields of choice.
  • the stored number of invalid ballots, as well as groups of ballots sorted by the presence of marking elements in the selection field of a particular object of expression of will, may subsequently be submitted to independent observers for the purpose of vote counting after the end of voting.
  • a secret ballot method can likewise be conducted by absentee ballot.
  • several automated ballot processing devices may be provided, the equipment of which can be adapted to process both the ballots of one election campaign and several election campaigns.
  • automated devices can be adapted to operate in an autonomous mode and have autonomous power sources, and are also adapted for transportation to sealed areas.
  • an automated ballot processing device can be adapted to ensure that information stored in the device is stored in the event of an emergency stop.
  • the developed secret ballot method and the automated device for processing secret ballot bulletins make it possible to conduct voting in conditions of inaccessibility of the processed information, fixing attempts of unauthorized access to the operating system of the automated device, as well as a simple expression for the user, regardless of age.
  • the secret ballot method can be carried out both in a stationary polling station and in absentia voting with voting in hard-to-reach regions for people whose physical inability does not allow them to vote in other ways.
  • the automated ballot processing devices according to the invention can be made compatible with the automated ballot recording and counting system used in the voting process and serve as a source of such information for the election campaign as a whole in accordance with the established rules for transmitting accumulated data.
  • An automated secret ballot processing device can be implemented using well-known high-tech information processing methods using known techniques.

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L'invention concerne un procédé d'organisation de vote secret dans lequel on enregistre un votant, on le dote d'un bulletin de vote, on lui assure la possibilité d'insérer dans le bulletin de vote un élément de marquage désignant le choix opéré et de placer par lui-même le bulletin rempli dans le dispositif automatisé de traitement de bulletins de vote. Dans ce dispositif, on effectue une identification automatique du bulletin, on classe le bulletin, selon les critères établis, comme étant non valable (il est alors doté d'un marquage de contrôle et placé dans un bac d'accumulation) ou comme étant valable (il est alors doté d'un marquage de contrôle identifiant le lieu de vote et le dispositif dans lequel le bulletin a été traité); on vérifie la conformité des éléments de marquage à un étalon d'image; on marque les bulletins non conformes comme non valables et on les place dans le bac d'accumulation; on trie les bulletins valables en fonction du choix. On forme selon un format établi des statistiques intermédiaires et des statistiques finales, qui sont transmises aux organes officiels de la campagne de vote en mode de session de courte durée. Le traitement des bulletins se fait dans la cavité interne du boîtier du dispositif automatisé, protégée contre tout accès non autorisé, à l'aide d'un ensemble de moyens matériels, logiciels et automatiques; les résultats du traitement sont sauvegardés.
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