The Vote Certification Method and Apparatus
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ABSTRACT
An election apparatus for voter certification, validation and verification of voting, providing a voting device for receiving from a voter a vote for at least one ballot selection in an election and a generator that provides a voter validation receipt bearing a voter validation number containing indicia of the voter and a report of the voting by the voter. An accessor responsive to the voter validation number enables the voter to validate the vote by comparing a report of the vote with an election result tabulated by a vote tabulation center. An election method is disclosed for voters to certify, validate, and verify votes tabulated by a vote tabulation center.
CLAIMS(18)
What is claimed is:
1. An election method for voter certification, validation and verification of voting comprising the steps of:
(a) receiving from a voter a vote for at least one ballot selection in an election;
(b) generating a voter validation number containing indicia of the voter and the voting by the voter;
(c) providing a voter validation receipt containing the voter validation number and a report of the vote by the voter; and
(d) validating the vote by the voter comparing the report of the vote with the election results tabulated by a vote tabulation center.
2. The election method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the step of certifying the vote by the voter by endorsing the voter validation receipt.
3. The election method as recited in claim 2, wherein certifying comprises the voter signing the voter validation receipt.
4. The election method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the step of verifying the vote by the voter by endorsing the voter validation receipt with an indicia of a poll worker.
5. The election method as recited in claim 4, wherein the indicia is a signature of the poll worker.
6. The election method as recited in claim 4, wherein the indicia is a seal applied by a poll worker to the voter validation receipt.
7. The election method as recited in claim 4, wherein the indicia is a voter validation number.
8. The election method as recited in claim 1, wherein the step (d) validating the vote comprises the voter accessing a tabulation report to compare the vote information on the voter validation receipt with tabulated votes.
9. The election method as recited in claim 8, wherein step (d) comprises accessing the information report on an information site via an interactive computer network.
10. An election apparatus for voter certification, validation and verification of voting, comprising:
a voting device for receiving from a voter a vote for at least one ballot selection in an election;
a generator that provides a voter validation receipt bearing a voter validation number containing indicia of the voter and a report of the voting by the voter; and
an accessor responsive to the voter validation number for the voter to validate the vote by comparing a report of the vote with an election result tabulated by a vote tabulation center.
11. The election apparatus as recited in claim 10, wherein the voter validation receipt further comprises a certification by the voter of the vote.
12. The election apparatus as recited in claim 11, wherein the certification comprises a voter endorsement by signature.
13. The election apparatus as recited in claim 10, wherein the voter validation receipt further comprises an endorsement by a poll worker.
14. The election apparatus as recited in claim 13, wherein the indicia of endorsement comprises a signature of the poll worker.
15. The election apparatus as recited in claim 13, wherein the endorsement comprises a seal applied by a poll worker to the voter validation receipt.
16. The election apparatus as recited in claim 10, wherein the accessor comprises an interactive device accessible through a computer communication network.
17. The election apparatus as recited in claim 10, further comprising a controller for operating the voting device, generating the voter validation number, and reporting the vote to a tabulation center.
18. The election apparatus as recited in claim 10, further comprising an interactive network communicating with the voting device and with a vote tabulation center that receives the vote for a vote tabulation report.
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