Patent ID: 7490768
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling coercion-free remote voting, comprising: a voter providing a secret code; generating a plurality of dummies in response to the secret code providing; showing the plurality of dummies and the secret code to the voter in a sequentially numbered list, each of the plurality of dummies and the secret code associated with a number each of the sequentially numbered list; providing a plurality of voting choices to the voter in a sequentially numbered list, each of the choices associated with a number each of the sequentially numbered list; the voter voting for one of a plurality of voting choices and selecting one of the shown plurality of dummies and the secret code; if the selecting comprises the voter selecting the secret code, entering the voter's vote into an election system; and if the selecting comprises the voter selecting one of the shown plurality of dummies: