Voter individually specified and validation number sticker secured ballot and making process

• US 20030042731A1
• Filed: 08/31/2001
• Published: 03/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Guining Li
• Original Assignee: Guining Li
• Inventors: Li, Guining
• Application Number:
  US09/943,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20030042731A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 283/5
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 15/00 Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 13/00 Voting apparatus

Abstract

A ballot with characteristics of definite voter intent certainty, extremely high ballot count accuracy, recount and confirmation capability, high accessibility of the aged and the disabled voters, and significant election day wait time reduction, is combined by two parts. The first part is a sheet of paper that is printed with a voter individually specified, computer generated and electronically printed list of voter intent units. Each of the voter intent units comprises one election issue, one chosen candidate for the election issue and one bar code solely representing the election issue and the chosen candidate. The second part is a validation number sticker. A set of validation numbers is generated through a validation number coding method. Each validation number is associated with a bar code. Each validation number and the associated bar code are printed on a sticker. A preferred validation number coding method comprises the steps of generating a set of sequential numbers and associating each number of the set of sequential numbers with a random number. A valid ballot is made by pasting the validation number sticker on a specified place of the paper that is printed with a list of voter intent units. Internet and personal computer resources are utilized for voters to obtain the paper parts of the ballots.

Claims

1. A ballot combined by two separately made bodies, one of said two separately made bodies being a sheet of paper printed with voter individually specified, computer generated and electronically printed list of voter intent units and one of said two separately made bodies being an electronically printed validation number sticker, wherein

a) each one of said voter intent units comprising one election issue represented by whole set of letters of said election issue, one chosen candidate for said election issue represented by whole set of letters of said chosen candidate and one bar code solely representing said election issue and said chosen candidate;

b) said validation number sticker being a sticker printed with a validation number generated through a validation number coding method and printed with a bar code solely representing said validation number.

2. A making process of the ballot of claim 1, said making process comprising the steps of

a) a computer software program operated on a site of a computer network showing election issues and candidates and allowing only one of said candidates for each of said election issues to be chosen;

b) one of said election issues and one of said candidates being chosen through a computer connected with said site of a computer network;

c) said computer software program associating a bar code with said election issue and said chosen candidate, said bar code solely representing said election issue and said candidate;

d) a list being formed by repeating step (b) and step (c) until all election issues completed;

e) said list being printed electronically on a sheet of paper;

f) a computer software program generating a set of numbers through a validation number coding method and associating one bar code with each number of said set of numbers;

g) each number of said set of numbers and said associated bar code being printed on one sticker;

h) said sticker being pasted on a specified place of said paper in step (e).

3. A making process of the ballot of claim 1, said making process comprising the steps of

a) a computer software program operated on an individual computer showing election issues and candidates and allowing only one of said candidates for each of said election issues to be chosen;

b) one of said election issues and one of said candidates being chosen through said computer;

c) said computer software program associating a bar code with said election issue and said chosen candidate, said bar code solely representing said election issue and said candidate;

d) a list being formed by repeating step (b) and step (c) until all election issues completed;

e) said list being printed electronically on a sheet of paper;

f) a computer software program generating a set of numbers through a validation number coding method and associating one bar code with each number of said set of numbers;

g) each number of said set of numbers and said associated bar code being printed on one sticker;

h) said sticker being pasted on a specified place of said paper in step (e).

4. The ballot of claim 1, wherein said validation number coding method comprising the steps of

a) generating a set of sequential numbers;

b) associating each number of said set of sequential numbers with a random number.