Patent ID: 6873966
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
1. An encrypted computer readable form embodying machine executable instructions for permitting a voter to cast a ballot by interaction with an official ballot image resulting in the creation of a cast vote record that maybe transmitted to a server, comprising: a computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program instructions operable to convert the computer readable form from an encrypted to a decrypted state such that in the decrypted state the computer readable form includes voter authentication code for comparing official voter authentication data against data to be provided by the voter at the voter's personal computer; display code configured for use in displaying the official ballot image to the voter while permitting the voter to create a cast vote record by interaction with the ballot image until such time as the voter casts the ballot; and message transmission code for use in transmitting the cast vote record to the server, wherein the voter authentication code is configured to authenticate a voter for voting on a personal computer without requiring a server to assist in authenticating an individual voter while the display code is present on the personal computer.