WO2012135359A3 - Systems and methods for remaking ballots - Google Patents

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WO2012135359A3
WO2012135359A3 PCT/US2012/030970 US2012030970W WO2012135359A3 WO 2012135359 A3 WO2012135359 A3 WO 2012135359A3 US 2012030970 W US2012030970 W US 2012030970W WO 2012135359 A3 WO2012135359 A3 WO 2012135359A3
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Aaron CONTORER
Sean MOSTAFAVI
Carolyn HICKS
Jon Thomason
Jim GOODE
Elan KAPLAN
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Everyone Counts, Inc.
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C13/00—Voting apparatus
    • G07C13/02—Ballot boxes
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/10—File systems; File servers
    • G06F16/17—Details of further file system functions
    • G06F16/178—Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems
    • G06F16/1794—Details of file format conversion
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C13/00—Voting apparatus

Abstract

Voter-generated ballots created using consumer-grade printers are remade to ballots scannable by specialized ballot scanners. The voter-generated ballots include a machine-readable indicia, such as a two-dimensional barcode, that encodes ballot information. The ballot information includes choices made by the voter and information for use in remaking the ballot. Voters wish to submit their votes using printouts from non-specialized printers such as those found at their homes or offices; yet election officials wish to tabulate votes using scanners that require specialized, high-quality ballots. The disclosed systems and methods bridge this gap.
PCT/US2012/030970 2011-03-28 2012-03-28 Systems and methods for remaking ballots WO2012135359A2 (en)

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