Providing voter secrecy through manually created markings
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1. A method for voting, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising:
- enabling a voter to secretly control whether the voter'"'"'s absentee ballot is discarded or tallied using a manually created marking that is provided by the voter and supplied with the absentee ballot, wherein enabling the voter to secretly control whether the voter'"'"'s absentee ballot is discarded or tallied includes;
storing a token in association with the voter, the token including a manually created marking provided by the voter separate from a written signature of the voter;
receiving a paper-based absentee ballot from the voter, the ballot being provided with an identification and/or written signature of the voter;
determining that the absentee ballot includes a manually created addition from the voter; and
in response to the manually created addition matching the manually created marking of the token stored in association with the voter, tallying one or more votes provided with the absentee ballot.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, techniques for voting and visual cryptography may include various enhancements.
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1. A method for voting, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising:
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enabling a voter to secretly control whether the voter'"'"'s absentee ballot is discarded or tallied using a manually created marking that is provided by the voter and supplied with the absentee ballot, wherein enabling the voter to secretly control whether the voter'"'"'s absentee ballot is discarded or tallied includes; storing a token in association with the voter, the token including a manually created marking provided by the voter separate from a written signature of the voter; receiving a paper-based absentee ballot from the voter, the ballot being provided with an identification and/or written signature of the voter; determining that the absentee ballot includes a manually created addition from the voter; and in response to the manually created addition matching the manually created marking of the token stored in association with the voter, tallying one or more votes provided with the absentee ballot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, causes the computing device to perform operations comprising:
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enabling a voter to secretly control whether the voter'"'"'s absentee ballot is discarded or tallied using a manually created marking that is provided by the voter and supplied with the absentee ballot, wherein enabling the voter to secretly control whether the voter'"'"'s absentee ballot is discarded or tallied includes; storing a token in association with the voter, the token including a manually created marking provided by the voter separate from a written signature of the voter; receiving a paper-based absentee ballot from the voter, the ballot being provided with an identification and/or written signature of the voter; determining whether the absentee ballot includes a manually created addition from the voter; and in response to the manually created addition matching the manually created marking of the token stored in association with the voter, tallying one or more votes provided with the absentee ballot; else ignoring the ballot. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a memory resource; and a processor coupled to the memory resource, the processor to; enable a voter to secretly control whether the voter'"'"'s absentee ballot is discarded or tallied using a manually created marking that is provided by the voter and supplied with the absentee ballot, wherein enabling the voter to secretly control whether the voter'"'"'s absentee ballot is discarded or tallied includes; store a token in association with the voter, the token including a manually created marking provided by the voter separate from a written signature of the voter; receive a paper-based absentee ballot from the voter, the ballot being provided with an identification and/or written signature of the voter; determine whether the absentee ballot includes a manually created addition from the voter; and in response to the manually created addition matching the manually created marking of the token stored in association with the voter, tally one or more votes provided with the absentee ballot; else ignore the ballot. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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