Patent ID: 9153085
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
1. A method of processing ballots in an election wherein a plurality of voters will cast votes in said election, the method comprising: printing by a printing device a plurality of ballots, each ballot including a unique ballot identifier and one or more voting categories, each of said voting categories including one or more choices, each of said choices having associated therewith a selection identifier; providing one of said ballots to each of said voters, receiving from each of said voters the ballot provided to the voter after the voter has selected on the ballot one of the choices in at least one of said one or more voting categories such that the ballot has one or more selected choices; obtaining, using a scanning device, from each of said received ballots: (i) the ballot identifier, and (ii) the selection identifier associated with each of the one or more selected choices provided on the ballot; and publishing, using a processing device, for at least one of the ballots the ballot identifier obtained from the ballot in association with the selection identifier associated with each of the one or more selected choices obtained from the ballot in a database accessible via a network.