Auditable method and system for generating a verifiable vote record that is suitable for electronic voting
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Abstract
The invention relates to an auditable method and system for generating a verifiable vote record that is suitable for electronic voting. The inventive method is characterized in that a voting module, an audit module and a verification module perform the following steps in which: voting options are selected by the voter in the voting module; the voting options are sent from the voting module to the audit module; a vote record is generated in the verification module which contains the voting options selected by the voters in the voting module; the voter confirms that the vote record contains the voting options that s/he selected in the voting module by direct verification of the vote record; and audit information is generated in the audit module in order to secure the electronic vote and/or the associated vote record which are both generated from the voting options selected and confirmed by the voter.
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51. An auditable method for the generation of a verifiable record, such as a voter verifiable vote record, which uses a voting module, a verification module and an audit module, susceptible to different degrees of dispersion and/or clustering using at least a special purpose digital computer, and cryptographic protocols, which enable the generation of said vote record so that assures series of pre-established requirements for an electoral process, said method comprising for each vote, once a voting option/options is/are selected by the voter in said voting module, the following steps:
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a) sending from said voting module to said audit module, digital information containing at least said selected voting option/options; b) sending from said audit module to said verification module at least said voting option/options contained in said digital information received in step a) by said audit module, for the generation by said verification module of said vote record verifiable by the voter which contains at least said voting option/options; c) confirming, by action or omission, the coincidence or non-coincidence of the voting intention of the voter within said voting option/options contained in said verifiable vote record (104); and d) generating by at least said audit module of at least one digital audit information to assure in a later audit the validity of the votes cast. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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