Remote automated voting and electoral system ("RAVES")
First Claim
1. :
- A telephone voting system for use in elections, comprising;
a centralized Interactive Voice Response (“
IVR”
) system connected via a Private Local Area Network (“
PLAN”
) or a Virtual Private Network (“
VPN”
) to a secure server which collects the totals of voting information gathered from the callers and is maintained and secured by the local and/or regional registrar of voters.
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Abstract
The invention comprises one or more Interactive Voice Response (“IVR”) computers connected both to the public telephone system, through telephone lines, and, through a private network, to a central processing computer with a voter information database and a separate database of voting results. The IVR computers can identify an individual voter through security information given when the citizen registered to vote; the computers then employ that information to obtain and secure a single, accurate ballot from the voter. The voting-results database is in no way connected to the voter-identification database or identification of the voter. At the close of voting, the invention connects securely to the central office administering the election and sends the tabulated results of all votes.
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1. :
- A telephone voting system for use in elections, comprising;
a centralized Interactive Voice Response (“
IVR”
) system connected via a Private Local Area Network (“
PLAN”
) or a Virtual Private Network (“
VPN”
) to a secure server which collects the totals of voting information gathered from the callers and is maintained and secured by the local and/or regional registrar of voters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- A telephone voting system for use in elections, comprising;
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