Patent ID: RE40449

Claim:
A self-verifying voting system comprising: one or more voting stations comprising: (a) one or more computer programs which operate in a computer to display general voting instructions, at least one election ballot showing the candidates and issues to be voted on, and directions to the voter for operation of the system; present the election ballot for voting and input of votes by the voter; accept input of the votes from the voter; print out the election ballot according to which the voter voted with the votes of the voter printed thereon, so that the votes of the voter are readable on said election ballot by the voter and readable by a tabulating machine; record the votes in the computer; and compare the votes read by a ballot scanning machine with the votes recorded in the computer; (b) a computer with at least one display device, at least one device to accept voting input from a voter, at least one data storage device, and sufficient memory to provide for the operation of said computer program in which said computer program runs; (c) a printer connected to said computer for printing the election ballot according to which the voter voted; (d) a ballot scanning means for reading the votes on the printed ballot printed according to the election ballot which the voter voted so that the votes shown on the printed ballot are compared by the computer program with the votes recorded in the computer for the voter; (e) means for connecting said ballot scanning means to said computer; and a means for tabulating the printed ballots generated by said one or more voting stations.