Voter-verified digital voting audit trail
AssigneeDominion Voting Systems, Inc.
InventorJames Hoover
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices are described that provide for a voter-verified digital voting audit trail. One or more votes cast by a voter may be identified at a voting system, and a digital image that lists the identified votes may be generated. The digital image may be stored in a memory and displayed to the voter. The voter may be prompted to provide a voter verification of the displayed votes. Upon receiving the verification from the voter, the voter verification of the digital image containing the votes may be stored to provide a voter-verified digital audit trail. A cast vote record is generated based on the verified votes, and linked to the stored digital image and voter verification. The cast vote record may be provided to a tabulation system that may tabulate votes from multiple voters.
Claims34
A method for verifying a vote cast by a voter, comprising:
- identifying one or more votes made by the voter at a voter interface of a voting system;
- generating a digital image that lists the identified one or more votes made by the voter;
- storing the digital image of the one or more votes in a memory;
- displaying the digital image to the voter using the voter interface;
- prompting, via the voter interface, the voter to provide a voter verification of the one or more votes displayed in the digital image;
- receiving the voter verification at the voter interface;
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- storing the voter verification of the digital image containing one or more votes in the memory to provide a voter-verified digital audit trail of the one or more votes made by the voter.
A method for verifying a vote cast by a voter, comprising:
- playing one or more audio ballot selections to the voter at a voting system;
- receiving one or more inputs from the voter responsive to the playing of the one or more audio ballot selections;
- identifying one or more votes made by the voter at the voting system based at least in part on the received one or more inputs;
- generating an audio file containing an auditory representation of the identified one or more votes made by the voter and playing the audio file to the voter;
- storing the audio file of the ones or more votes in a memory;
- prompting the voter to provide a voter verification of the one or more votes contained in the audio file;
- receiving the voter verification;
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- storing the voter verification of the one or more votes in the memory to provide a voter-verified digital audit trail of the one or more votes made by the voter.
A voting system, comprising:
- an optical scanner configured to receive a voter-marked paper ballot, optically scan the voter-marked paper ballot, and output an optical image of the voter-marked paper ballot;
- a vote identification component coupled with the optical scanner that is configured to receive the optical image of the voter-marked paper ballot and identify one or more votes made by the voter on voter-marked paper ballot based at least in part on an image analysis of voter markings on the voter-marked paper ballot;
- a digital image generator coupled with the vote identification component that generates a digital image containing a list of the identified one or more votes made by the voter;
- a voter interface coupled with the digital image generator that displays the digital image to the voter, prompts the voter to provide a voter verification of the one or more votes contained in the digital image, and receives the voter verification from the voter;
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- a memory coupled with the digital image generator and the voter interface that stores the digital image and voter verification of the one or more votes to provide a voter-verified digital audit trail of the one or more votes made by the voter.
A voting system, comprising:
- a direct record electronic (DRE) voter interface configured to provide an electronic ballot to a voter and receive one or more vote selections from the voter responsive thereto;
- a vote identification component configured to identify one or more votes made by the voter based at least in part on the electronic ballot and the received one or more vote selections;
- a digital image generator coupled with the vote identification component and the DRE voter interface configured to generate a digital image containing a list of the identified one or more votes made by the voter, and wherein the DRE voter interface is configured to display the digital image to the voter, prompt the voter to provide a voter verification of the one or more votes contained in the digital image, and receive the voter verification from the voter;
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- a memory coupled with the digital image generator and the DRE voter interface that stores the digital image and voter verification of the one or more votes to provide a voter-verified digital audit trail of the one or more votes made by the voter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.