Mobile voting and voter verification system and method

A mobile voting method, the method comprising:

• receiving a voter verification request, said voter verification request including a first mobile device number from a mobile device from which the voter verification request was received;
• transmitting a first request containing said first mobile device number to a first server containing voter registration information;
• receiving a first response containing information stored in the first server that corresponds to the first mobile device number;
• transmitting a second request containing said first mobile device number to a second server containing mobile carrier information;
• receiving a second response containing information stored in the second server, which information corresponds to the first mobile device number;
• determining that an identity of the voter is verified, comprising:
• confirming that information contained in the first response from the first server corresponds to information contained in the second response from the second server, each indexed by the first mobile device number,
• generating a unique uniform resource locator (URL) specific to the mobile device associated with the first mobile device number, transmitting the unique URL to the mobile device, and, via the unique URL, querying the mobile device to obtain a make and a model of the mobile device, and confirming a match of the make and the model to information associated with the first mobile device number of a mobile voting verification system, and
• authenticating device possession by confirming that the unique URL was selected from the mobile device associated with the first mobile device number,
• wherein confirming that the unique URL was selected from the mobile device associated with the first mobile device number comprises confirming that the mobile device selecting the unique URL has the make and the model matched to the information associated with the first mobile device number and has a network address corresponding to an approved mobile-carrier domain;
• in response to determining that the identity of the voter is verified, transmitting, directly or indirectly, a link to a mobile device of the voter, wherein the link is configured to provide a mobile ballot corresponding to the voter's identity;
• receiving selections made by the voter on the mobile ballot;
• and
• updating a database storing election results reflecting selections of a plurality of voters on a plurality of mobile ballots based on the received selections.

A method for mobile voting, comprising:

• accessing a voter verification request including a mobile number associated with a mobile device;
• verifying an identity of a voter by correlating voter registration data associated with the mobile number with mobile carrier information associated with the mobile number;
• verifying a make and model associated with the mobile device;
• prior to providing ballot access, verifying that a predetermined plurality of independent verification factors are satisfied;
• transmitting a link to the mobile device, the link being specific to the mobile device associated with the mobile number, automatically expiring outside a predetermined interval, and causing access to be rejected when opened from any other device;
• after verifying the identity of the voter and the make and model of the mobile device, and in response to selection of the link from the mobile device associated with the mobile number, rendering a ballot corresponding to the voter's identity on a remote browser to provide an image of the ballot to the voter;
• streaming, from the remote browser to the mobile device, only image data of the rendered ballot while withholding underlying ballot information and ballot-rendering code from the mobile device;
• receiving, at the remote browser, ballot selections corresponding to user interactions with the image data streamed to the mobile device;
• generating a unique identifier associated with the ballot and providing the unique identifier to the voter;
• and
• transmitting the ballot with selections made by the voter to a local election system along with the unique identifier associated with the ballot.