Electronic voting system
DCFirst Claim
1. An electronic voting system for use by voters to cast ballots therein during an election, comprising:
- an electronic write once/read many storage medium adapted to store election data and ballots thereon;
a precinct computing unit corresponding to a geographical precinct in an election, said precinct computing unit having read/write means for reading said election data from said storage medium and for writing the cast ballots to said storage medium after each voter has finished casting said ballot;
output means, connected to said precinct computing unit, for transmitting the election data from said precinct computing unit to the voters;
input means, connected to said precinct computing unit, for receiving the ballots cast by the voters after each voter has finished casting said ballot;
a headquarter computing unit remote from said precinct computing unit and corresponding to a geographical county in an election, said headquarter computing unit having read/write means for receiving and accessing said write once/read many storage medium;
wherein said write once/read many storage medium is transportable between said precinct computing unit and said headquarter computing unit to communicate the election data and ballots therebetween.
15 Assignments
Litigations
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An electronic voting system includes an optical-disk cartridge adapted to store election data and ballots therein, a plurality of precinct computing units corresponding to geographical precincts in an election, and a headquarter computing unit remote from the precinct computing unit and corresponding to a geographical county in an election. The precinct and headquarter computing units include optical disk drives for receiving and accessing the optical-disk cartridge. The precinct computing unit is connected to a display for transmitting the election data to the voters and for receiving the ballots cast by the voters. The optical-disk cartridge is transportable between the precinct computing unit and the headquarter computing unit to communicate the election data and ballots therebetween.
138 Citations
16 Claims
-
1. An electronic voting system for use by voters to cast ballots therein during an election, comprising:
-
an electronic write once/read many storage medium adapted to store election data and ballots thereon; a precinct computing unit corresponding to a geographical precinct in an election, said precinct computing unit having read/write means for reading said election data from said storage medium and for writing the cast ballots to said storage medium after each voter has finished casting said ballot; output means, connected to said precinct computing unit, for transmitting the election data from said precinct computing unit to the voters; input means, connected to said precinct computing unit, for receiving the ballots cast by the voters after each voter has finished casting said ballot; a headquarter computing unit remote from said precinct computing unit and corresponding to a geographical county in an election, said headquarter computing unit having read/write means for receiving and accessing said write once/read many storage medium; wherein said write once/read many storage medium is transportable between said precinct computing unit and said headquarter computing unit to communicate the election data and ballots therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. An electronic voting system for use in an election and for storing election data and ballots to a write once/read many-type recording medium, comprising:
-
an optical write once/read many recording medium used to store election data and ballots thereon; an electronic write once/read many apparatus capable of reading from an writing to said optical recording medium for recording the election data and ballots thereon; wherein said electronic write once/read many apparatus is part of a precinct computing unit and is used for receiving and accessing said optical recording medium, said precinct computing unit reading the election data from said optical recording medium and writing data from completed ballot of a voter to said optical recording medium after each voter has finished voting. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
-
Specification