| US 7,516,892 B2 | ||
| Electronic voting system and method having confirmation to detect modification of vote count | ||
| Bertrand Haas, New Haven, Conn. (US); and James A. Euchner, Waccabuc, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, Conn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 12, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/637,403. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0135632 A1, Jun. 12, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 17/00 (2006.01); G07C 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 235—386 [235/51; 705/12] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A voting method, comprising:
recording in a voting machine a first set of voting selections in a voting step for a voter;
printing, with the voting machine, a voting receipt including an encrypted listing of the first set of voting selections for
the voter and providing the voting receipt to the voter;
receiving the voting receipt in a validation machine separate from the voting machine;
decrypting the encrypted listing of the first set of voting selections for the voter included in the voting receipt in the
validation machine;
displaying the decrypted listing of the first set of voting selections for the voter, using a display of the validation machine,
to the voter;
receiving from the voter, at the validation machine, a confirmation of the first set of voting selections for the voter;
upon receiving said confirmation, recording a second set of voting selections for said voter in said validation machine, wherein
said second set of voting selections are recorded only if the voter confirms said first set of voting selections;
determining from said first set of voting selections of all voters a first vote tally;
determining from said second set of voting selections of all voters a second vote tally;
comparing said first vote tally to said second vote tally; and
determining that a vote modification may have occurred if said first vote tally and said second vote tally do not match.
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