Patent ID: 7451928

Claim:
A method of conducting an election, comprising: providing a plurality of ballots, each ballot comprising a vote casting portion and a receipt portion, with a unique voterID printed on both the vote casting portion and the receipt portion; distributing unmarked ballots to voters; receiving at least the vote casting portion of one marked ballot from each voter; recording a set of votes cast by each voter as indicated by the marked ballot received from that voter; associating the set of votes with the voterlD printed on the marked ballot received from that voter; tallying the votes cast by all voters; and upon receiving a voterID and a request for a vote verification, providing the set of votes associated with the voterID and at least one set of votes that does not match the set of votes associated with the verification-requesting voterID, without any indication of which set of votes is associated with the verification-requesting voterID.