Methods and apparatus for electronic voting

A method of manufacturing a ballot sheet, the method comprising:

• depositing communication circuitry, comprising flexible electronics, onto a flexible substrate;
• and
• depositing ballot circuitry onto the flexible substrate, wherein depositing the ballot circuitry comprises:
• depositing a plurality of voting circuitry elements onto the flexible substrate, each voting circuitry element being responsive to a voting operation to change a conductive state of that voting circuitry element;
• and
• depositing logic circuitry onto the flexible substrate, the logic circuitry being communicatively coupled with each of the plurality of voting circuitry elements and configured to:
• detect the conductive state of each of the plurality of voting circuitry elements;
• and
• transmit from the ballot sheet, via the communication circuitry and based on the conductive state of each of the plurality of voting circuitry elements, a voting result.

A method comprising:

• obtaining a ballot sheet, a voting operation having been applied to the ballot sheet, the ballot sheet comprising:
• a flexible substrate;
• communication circuitry comprising flexible electronics deposited on the flexible substrate;
• and
• ballot circuitry deposited on the flexible substrate, the ballot circuitry comprising:
• a plurality of voting circuitry elements, each voting circuitry element being responsive to a voting operation to change a conductive state of that voting circuitry element;
• and
• logic circuitry communicatively coupled with each of the plurality of voting circuitry elements and with the communication circuitry, the logic circuitry being configured to:
• detect the conductive state of each of the plurality of voting circuitry elements;
• and
• transmit from the ballot sheet, via the communication circuitry and based on the conductive state of each of the plurality of voting circuitry elements, a voting result, and
• communicating with the apparatus, via the communication circuitry, to receive a voting result from the logic circuitry.