Patent ID: 7080779
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
1. A voting system for recording a voter's selection of one candidate from a slate of one or more candidates, comprising a hand-markable physical ballot for receiving at least one voter-detectable mark indicating the voter's selection of a candidate from the slate of one or more candidates, said hand-markable physical ballot providing the names of and an associated marking space for each candidate in said slate of candidates; a ballot marking terminal including a display screen for displaying to the voter one or more menus presenting a choice of candidates from said slate of candidates, and for receiving an input from the voter indicating the selection of a candidate from said slate of candidates, said ballot marking terminal receiving said hand-markable physical ballot and in response to said voter input, marking the marking space corresponding to said selected candidate with a voter-detectable mark and returning said hand-markable physical ballot to the voter; and a ballot scanning device for receiving said ballot and recording said voter-detectable mark in said marking space associated with said selected candidate as a vote cast for said selected candidate.