Patent ID: 7753273

Claim:
A method of voting that allows a voter to navigate a plurality of contests and a plurality of options associated with each of said contests, said method comprising: providing a navigation device comprising a center push-button switch, a first pair of push-button switches positioned above and below said center push-button switch, and a second pair of push-button switches positioned left and right of said center push-button switch; presenting said contests and said associated options to the voter, wherein one of said first and second pairs of push-button switches enables the voter to scroll among said contests, and wherein the other of said first and second pairs of push-button switches enables the voter to scroll among said options; and receiving a plurality of voting selections from the voter, wherein said center push-button switch enables the voter to make at least one voting selection for each of said contests by selecting at least one of said options without providing any input on other of said options.