US 2014/0229841 A1Published application

Online Voter Guide

AssigneeYourvoterguide, Inc.

InventorsPhilip Muller, Jim Steinwinder, Nicola Ambroselli, Roman Ambroselli

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Abstract

Embodiments of system and method are described, the system and method providing election information to a plurality of voters in real time. In particular, the embodiments comprise an address entry page configured as a default start page, an address standardization application programming interface, a voter database, a jurisdictions database containing a list of political jurisdictions, an office database, a candidate database containing names of candidates, a candidate photo database, a measures database, an endorsed measures database, a measures logo database, a polling place database, a mapping application programming interface configured to create an online map and an online voter guide. The system aggregates names of the candidates, offices for which the candidates are running, photographs of the candidates, organizations' positions on ballot measures and the online map into the online voter guide so as to allow the voters to access personalized election information easily in a simple, secure and cost-effective manner.

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Dependent claims

An online system for providing election information to a plurality of voters in real time, the system comprising:

an address entry page configured as a default start page, the address entry page being configured to display when the system is launched;
an address standardization application programming interface configured to process an address entered by the at least one voter, the address entered being the address at which the at least one voter is registered to vote;
a voter database containing the address data of the at least one voter and a corresponding precinct number;
a jurisdictions database containing a list of political jurisdictions;
an office database containing a list of offices for which there will be candidate elections;
a candidate database containing names of the candidates endorsed by a political organization, the candidate database being further configured to include the offices for which the candidates are running;
a candidate photo database containing photographs of the candidates endorsed by the political organization;
a measures database containing the jurisdictions in which measures will be voted upon;
an endorsed measures database containing the political organizations' recommended positions on the measures;
a measures logo database containing logos of the measures;
a polling place database containing a list of locations and addresses of polling places;
a mapping application programming interface configured to create an online map;
and
an online voter guide configured to display personalized election information to the plurality of voters;
whereby the system aggregates the names of the candidates, offices for which candidates are running, photographs of the candidates, the political organizations' positions on ballot measures and the online map into the online voter guide so as to allow the plurality of voters to access personalized election information easily in a simple, secure and cost-effective manner.

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A method for providing election information to a plurality of voters in real time, the method comprising the steps of:

a) accessing an address entry page by at least one voter utilizing an electronic device;
b) entering the address into the address entry page, the address representing the address at which the at least one voter is registered to vote;
c) processing the address entered utilizing an address standardization application programming interface;
d) matching the address entered against a voter database to determine a precinct number containing the address entered;
e) matching the precinct number against a plurality of databases to determine offices for which there will be elections, political jurisdictions in which measures will be voted upon, a list of candidates endorsed by organizations, the organizations' positions on ballot measures and the location and address of polling places at which the at least one voter can vote;
f) utilizing a mapping application programming interface to create an online map showing the address entered and the address of the polling place;
g) aggregating the list of endorsed candidates, offices for which the candidates are running, the organizations' positions on ballot measures and the online map to form an online voter guide;
and
h) providing the online voter guide to the at least one voter.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.