Automated vote counting
First Claim
1. A voting machine comprising:
- a voter selection module configured to display a ballot, the voter selection module comprising;
a plurality of distinct physical locations, wherein each physical location is associated with a portion of a ballot displayed on the voter selection module; and
a plurality of input devices, at least one input device associated with each of the physical locations; and
a memory device configured with a plurality of blocks of memory, each block of memory mapped to a separate physical location, wherein each block of memory contain data which indicate information about the portion of a ballot located at the corresponding physical location.
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Abstract
A modular voting machine displays a portion of ballot across a number of distinct physical locations on the voting machine. A block of memory is allocated to each of the physical locations which display a portion of the ballot. The blocks of memory are configured by voting officials to associate the physical location on the voting machine with the portion of an actual ballot that is displayed at that physical location. Once the blocks of memory have been configured by voting officials, the information contained in the blocks of memory may be used by a processor to verify a voter'"'"'s selection of a portion of the ballot displayed at the associated physical location. Once a voter complete his or her selections, the voting machine may record the votes in an internal, encapsulated memory device.
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54 Claims
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1. A voting machine comprising:
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a voter selection module configured to display a ballot, the voter selection module comprising;
a plurality of distinct physical locations, wherein each physical location is associated with a portion of a ballot displayed on the voter selection module; and
a plurality of input devices, at least one input device associated with each of the physical locations; and
a memory device configured with a plurality of blocks of memory, each block of memory mapped to a separate physical location, wherein each block of memory contain data which indicate information about the portion of a ballot located at the corresponding physical location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of automated vote counting, the method comprising:
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providing a ballot;
providing a plurality of vote selection devices within a voting terminal;
providing a processor, the processor having a central processing unit and a storage device having a memory; and
associating each one of the plurality of vote selection devices with a unique physical location on the ballot and a unique block of memory within the storage device, each associated vote selection device, physical location on the ballot and block of memory forming a candidate space location, and wherein the blocks of memory include a plurality of bits which hold information about their respective candidate space locations. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for automated vote counting comprising:
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associating a physical location on a voting machine with a block of memory, wherein the physical location on the voting machine is configured to display ballot information; and
assigning a definition to one or more bits within the block of memory such that the one or more bits indicate data about ballot information displayed at the associated physical location on the voting machine. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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