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Electronic voting system

  • US 6,581,824 B1
  • Filed: 03/19/2001
  • Issued: 06/24/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A ballot system for use by a voter, comprising:

  • a printed top sheet with indicia representing races and contests for a particular election, the top sheet having first fields in which the voter can manually enter selections by marking the first fields; and

    a corresponding bottom sheet removably attached to the top sheet, the bottom sheet having printed data processing graphical marks thereon including an optically scannable data element identifying a ballot style, and having second fields underlying the first fields on the top sheet, the printed top sheet having a transfer medium capable of transferring markings made on the first fields to the second fields.

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