Voter information system
First Claim
1. A method for providing voter information on line from at least one publicly accessible database comprising:
- querying a user of a remote terminal that is remote from and is connected to the at least one database as to an identification data item, the at least one database including a registered voter registration file;
checking the identification data item against the database that has a field corresponding to a set of polling locations to select one polling location to which the identification data item is assigned;
identifying a particular voter from the registered voter registration file if the identification data item is found in the at least one database, wherein the voter is identified without revealing selected information contained in the registered voter registration file about the voter; and
displaying at the remote terminal an information page relating to the one polling location, the information page presenting the user with information relating specifically to the one polling location of the identified voter.
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Abstract
A method for providing voters with election information specific to voter polling location. A voter registration file is queried for a name of a registered voter in response to an input from a user. The user is queried for additional narrowing information through a series of single criterion iterations each time the query renders more than one result. The user is notified of multiple results after each single criterion iteration is processed to show the progress of the initial query. The user is granted access to a information page if the user is found in the voter registration file. The information page presents the user with relevant information based on the user polling location.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for providing voter information on line from at least one publicly accessible database comprising:
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querying a user of a remote terminal that is remote from and is connected to the at least one database as to an identification data item, the at least one database including a registered voter registration file; checking the identification data item against the database that has a field corresponding to a set of polling locations to select one polling location to which the identification data item is assigned; identifying a particular voter from the registered voter registration file if the identification data item is found in the at least one database, wherein the voter is identified without revealing selected information contained in the registered voter registration file about the voter; and displaying at the remote terminal an information page relating to the one polling location, the information page presenting the user with information relating specifically to the one polling location of the identified voter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for providing voter information on line from at least one publicly accessible database comprising:
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querying a user of a remote terminal that is remote from and is connected to the at least one database as to an identification data item; checking the identification data item against the database that has a field corresponding to a set of polling locations to select one polling location to which the identification data item is assigned; identifying the user if the identification data item is found in the at least one database; and displaying at the remote terminal an information page relating to the one polling location, the information page presenting the user with information relating specifically to the one polling location and further presenting the user with an option to retrieve operational instructions on a voting machine that the user will encounter on election day, the polling location and voting machine being specific to the identified user.
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