Patent ID: 6824053
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
An electronic voting system, comprising:at least one disability related communication device used by a voter and coupled to a network; and at least one voter interface unit coupled to said network, said voter interface unit being enabled to confirm identification information provided by the voter, deliver ballot choices to the voter, accept a ballot choice made by the voter, and deliver the ballot choice to a tabulation system; wherein the voter interface unit is operative to automatically identify the disability related communication device as being of a particular type, and to alter the manner in which it confirms identification information provided by the voter and delivers ballot choices to the voter based at least in part on the automatically identified device type; and wherein based on the identification of the type of disability related communication device, the voter interface unit is further operative to connect the voter with a live poll worker equipped to communicate with the particular type of disability related communication device being used by the voter.