Patent ID: 7516892
Filing Date: 2009-04-14
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
1. A voting method, comprising: recording in a voting machine a first set of voting selections in a voting step for a voter; printing, with the voting machine, a voting receipt including an encrypted listing of the first set of voting selections for the voter and providing the voting receipt to the voter; receiving the voting receipt in a validation machine separate from the voting machine; decrypting the encrypted listing of the first set of voting selections for the voter included in the voting receipt in the validation machine; displaying the decrypted listing of the first set of voting selections for the voter, using a display of the validation machine, to the voter; receiving from the voter, at the validation machine, a confirmation of the first set of voting selections for the voter; upon receiving said confirmation, recording a second set of voting selections for said voter in said validation machine, wherein said second set of voting selections are recorded only if the voter confirms said first set of voting selections; determining from said first set of voting selections of all voters a first vote tally; determining from said second set of voting selections of all voters a second vote tally; comparing said first vote tally to said second vote tally; and determining that a vote modification may have occurred if said first vote tally and said second vote tally do not match.