Method and software for determining the eligibility of a voter and for providing pollworker training
First Claim
1. A method for determining voter eligibility in an election on an electronic device, said method comprising the steps of:
- confirming the election and an election date on a screen provided by the device;
selecting the proper precinct for the election on a screen provided by the device; and
selecting a desired voter election decision process on a menu screen provided by the device.
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Abstract
Methods and software for determining voter eligibility in an election on an electronic device through decision support program control. The primary method includes confirming the election and an election date on a screen provided by the device, selecting the proper precinct, and selecting a desired voter election decision process from a menu. Other methods include providing a voter lookup screen, initiating a voter lookup search, providing a voter search result list, providing detailed information on a selected voter, providing detailed information for a particular polling place, providing an address lookup screen to determine a voter'"'"'s correct voting location, providing a broadened search function, identifying that the voter is only eligible to vote provisionally, identifying that the voter is not eligible to vote, providing help information on a topic selected from the menu screen, and displaying an integrated video on a selected election topic.
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41 Claims
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1. A method for determining voter eligibility in an election on an electronic device, said method comprising the steps of:
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confirming the election and an election date on a screen provided by the device;
selecting the proper precinct for the election on a screen provided by the device; and
selecting a desired voter election decision process on a menu screen provided by the device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer readable medium having computer program code stored thereon, the computer program code for determining the eligibility of a voter in an election, comprising:
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a first code segment for confirming an election and an election date;
a second code segment for selecting the proper precinct for the election; and
,a third code segment for selecting a desired voter election decision process from a menu screen. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of providing decision support program control on an electronic device with a display, said electronic device having access to available data, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a menu of selectable choices on the display;
selecting one of the choices in the menu;
looking up a step associated with the selected choice in a step table;
determining the step type from the step table;
displaying nothing on the display if the determined step type is a decision step and determining the next step based upon user input and the available data;
displaying a list of actions on the display if the determined step type is an action step and determining the next step based upon user input; and
returning to the menu if the step 1D is zero or determining the next step type from the step table if the step 1D is not zero. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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