Voter information system
OwnerVincent M. Keenaninventor
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Abstract
A method for providing voters with election information specific to voter polling location. A voter registration file is queried for a name of a registered voter in response to an input from a user. The user is queried for additional information through a series of single criteria iterations each time the query renders more than one result. The user is presented with a contact with whom the user should register to vote if the user name cannot be found in the voter registration file. The user is granted access to a ballot information page if the user is found in the voter registration file. The ballot information page presents the user with relevant information based on the user polling location.
Claims26
A method for providing voters with election information specific to voter polling location comprising:
- querying a voter registration file for a name of a registered voter in response to an input from a user;
- querying the user for additional information through a series of single criteria iterations each time the query renders more than one result;
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- granting the user access to a ballot information page if the user is found in the voter registration file, wherein the ballot information page presents the user with relevant information based on the user polling location.
A method for providing a user with election information specific to user geographic location comprising:
- querying the user for a user name;
- indicating the user is not a registered voter if the user name cannot be found in a voter registration file;
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- granting the user access to a ballot information page if the user is found in the voter registration file, the ballot information page presenting the user with relevant information based on user polling location ascertained from user residence and precinct.
A voter information system comprising:
- a voter database containing a record of all registered voters in a defined area;
- a polling place identifier database that classifies the registered voters according to a polling place to which each of the registered voters is assigned;
- an elected officials database that provides information about currently elected officials;
- an office database that provides information about each office that may be held by an elected official;
- an events database that provides information relating to an election calendar;
- a candidate database that provides information about candidates running for office;
- a ballot initiatives database that provides information about ballot initiatives;
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- a map database that provides maps or directions to the registered voters to assist the registered voters in finding the polling places assigned to them, wherein:
- (i) the registered voter database and the polling place identifier database are accessible on a first secure server via the Internet by voters registered in the registered voter database;
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- (ii) the elected official database, the office database, the events database, the candidate database, the ballot initiatives database, and the map database are accessible on a second server by anyone via the Internet for providing geographically targeted information to the voters registered in the registered voter database based on their polling place.
A method for providing voters with election information specific to voter polling location comprising:
- finding a single voter in a voter registration file through a series of single criteria iterations, each iteration asking a user for one additional piece of information about the user while revealing nothing about the voters in the voter registration file being searched;
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- presenting the user only with public information about the user polling location based on the user polling precinct.
A voter information system comprising:
- a first server hosting a registered voter database containing a record of all registered voters in a defined area and a polling place identifier database that classifies the registered voters according to a polling place to which each of the registered voters is assigned;
- a second server hosting at least one of:
- (i) an elected officials database that provides information about currently elected officials;
- (ii) an office database that provides information about each office that may be held by an elected official;
- (iii) an events database that provides information relating to an election calendar;
- (iv) a candidate database that provides information about candidates running for office;
- (v) a ballot initiatives database that provides information about ballot initiatives;
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- (vi) a map database that provides maps or directions to the registered voters to assist the registered voters in finding the polling places assigned to them;
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- wherein the first server is a secure server accessible via the Internet and the second server is accessible by anyone via the Internet and provides geographically targeted information to the voters registered in the registered voter database based on their polling place.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.