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US 2008/0173715 A1Published application
System and method for electronic voting, using existing ATM network and ATMs associated therewith
AssigneeBarnet L. Liberman
InventorBarnet L. Liberman
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Abstract
A system and method for electronic voting. The method includes providing an ATM network that includes ATM machines capable of establishing communication with a voting center, receiving by the one of the ATM machines an electronic ballot, displaying to the voter on the one of the ATM machines the electronic ballot, entering by the voter at least one voting choice into the electronic ballot displayed on the one of the ATM machines, and transmitting by the one the ATM machines the electronic ballot to the voting center.
Claims20
A method of electronic voting, comprising:
- providing an ATM network comprising a plurality of ATM machines capable of establishing communication with a voting center;
- receiving an electronic ballot by an ATM machine in the plurality of ATM machines;
- displaying the electronic ballot to a voter on the ATM machine;
- receiving at least one voting choice entered by the voter into the electronic ballot displayed on the ATM machine;
- and
- transmitting the electronic ballot by the ATM machine to the voting center.
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An electronic voting system, comprising:
- an ATM network comprising a plurality of ATM machines capable of establishing communication with a voting center;
- each of the plurality of ATM machines comprising:
- means for receiving an electronic ballot from the voting center;
- means for displaying the electronic ballot for viewing by a voter;
- means for allowing the voter to enter voting choices on the electronic ballot;
- and
- means for transmitting the completed electronic ballot to the voting center.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.