Election system enabling coercion-free remote voting
First Claim
1. A method for enabling coercion-free remote voting, comprising:
- a voter providing a secret code;
generating a plurality of dummies in response to the secret code providing;
showing the plurality of dummies and the secret code to the voter in a sequentially numbered list, each of the plurality of dummies and the secret code associated with a number each of the sequentially numbered list;
providing a plurality of voting choices to the voter in a sequentially numbered list, each of the choices associated with a number each of the sequentially numbered list;
the voter voting for one of a plurality of voting choices and selecting one of the shown plurality of dummies and the secret code;
if the selecting comprises the voter selecting the secret code, entering the voter'"'"'s vote into an election system; and
if the selecting comprises the voter selecting one of the shown plurality of dummies;
selecting another of the plurality of voting choices as a function of a difference between the list number associated with the voter'"'"'s vote and the list number associated with the another voting choice, the difference equal to a difference between the list number associated with the secret code and the list number associated with the selected shown dummy, and entering the selected another voting choice as the voter'"'"'s vote into the election system;
ornullifying the voter'"'"'s vote within the election system.
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Abstract
Election system enabling coercion-free remote voting wherein a remote voter transmits his/her selected vote to the election authority through a data transmission network such as the Internet network by using a host computer having a card reader, the vote being transmitted after the voter has introduced an identifying smart card into the card reader. At least one secret code is recorded into the smart card at the location of the election authority at the moment when the latter delivers the smart card, the secret code having to be input by the voter into the host computer when the voter wants to vote during an election in order for the vote to be transmitted to the election authority and validated by the election authority.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for enabling coercion-free remote voting, comprising:
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a voter providing a secret code; generating a plurality of dummies in response to the secret code providing; showing the plurality of dummies and the secret code to the voter in a sequentially numbered list, each of the plurality of dummies and the secret code associated with a number each of the sequentially numbered list; providing a plurality of voting choices to the voter in a sequentially numbered list, each of the choices associated with a number each of the sequentially numbered list; the voter voting for one of a plurality of voting choices and selecting one of the shown plurality of dummies and the secret code; if the selecting comprises the voter selecting the secret code, entering the voter'"'"'s vote into an election system; and if the selecting comprises the voter selecting one of the shown plurality of dummies; selecting another of the plurality of voting choices as a function of a difference between the list number associated with the voter'"'"'s vote and the list number associated with the another voting choice, the difference equal to a difference between the list number associated with the secret code and the list number associated with the selected shown dummy, and entering the selected another voting choice as the voter'"'"'s vote into the election system;
ornullifying the voter'"'"'s vote within the election system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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