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US 10,832,510 B2Granted
Systems and methods for ballot style validation
AssigneeTally Corporation
InventorScott Leiendecker
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Abstract
Embodiments of a system and methods for ballot style validation are disclosed.
Claims5
A method, comprising:
- accessing voter information associated with a voter, by accessing a magnetic stripe of an identification card of the voter using a card reader;
- identifying a ballot style from the voter information;
- selecting a ballot, the ballot having a ballot style associated with the voter information;
- and validating whether the ballot as selected defines a predetermined known correct ballot style for the voter information prior to providing the ballot to the voter, comprising processing a barcode of the ballot through a barcode scanner, extracting ballot style parameters from the barcode of the ballot as processed, and comparing data of the ballot style parameters with the ballot style associated with the voter information.
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A system, comprising:
- a device, including:
- a touch-pad display, a scanner in operative communication with the touch-pad display and configured for accessing elections information from a barcode, a card reader in operative communication with the touch-pad display and configured for accessing information from a magnetic stripe of a voter card;
- and a processor associated with the device, configured to:
- access voter information from a card read by the card reader, identify a ballot style from the voter information, select a ballot, the ballot having a ballot style associated with the voter information, access ballot style parameters from a barcode of the ballot as processed by the scanner, and validate whether the ballot style parameters correspond to a predetermined known correct ballot style for the voter information prior to providing the ballot to a voter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.