Patent ID: 8560381
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
1. A method of conducting a government accountability program by a computing system with a processing unit, a terminal including a user interface including input devices and a display and communicating with the processing unit, a database in communication with the processing unit, and a non-transitory storage medium having instructions that cause the computing system to execute the steps of the method, which comprises: (a) correlating, by the database, a roster of voters to an electoral district and correlating, by the database, a roster of candidates to the electoral district for an election to be held in the electoral district; (b1) receiving, by the terminal, a request from one of the voters in the electoral district to display a list of ballot issues and candidates; (b2) displaying, by the terminal with the user interface, a list of ballot issues and candidates for the election in the electoral district; (c) receiving, by the terminal, and tabulating, by the processing unit, votes cast at the user interface by any of the voters for the electoral district during the election; (d1) determining, by processing unit, that the election has ended; (d2) based on the determining, calculating, by the processing unit, a total number of votes cast for the ballot issues and the candidates for the electoral district; (d3) reporting, by the processing unit, an updated roster of elected officials for the electoral district resulting from the election; and (e) performing, by the computing system, the following steps defining an elected official accountability process: