System and method providing enhanced security ballot image records

An enhanced security ballot image tabulator providing from a plurality of ballots to be tabulated an enhanced security ballot image record constituted by a plurality of enhanced security ballot image files each corresponding to another one of the plurality of ballots to be tabulated, comprising:

• a serial ballot feeder module adapted to serially feed at a feed rate each ballot of said plurality of ballots to be tabulated, each at a date and feed time that defines a unique time and date of feed for each ballot of said plurality of ballots, and each with another unique serial number that depends on the respective position of each said serially fed ballot in the sequence of said serially fed ballots of said plurality of ballots to be tabulated;
• a ballot image module coupled to said feeder module adapted to serially receive each ballot of the plurality of ballots to be tabulated and to serially provide a plurality of ballot images thereof each corresponding to another ballot of said serially fed ballots, each at said unique time and date of feed for each said ballot of said plurality of ballots and each with another said unique serial number;
• a ballot image analyzer module adapted to serially recognize whether or not the serially provided ballot images have races and matters having cast votes and to serially tabulate a plurality of cumulative running counts of the races and matters of the ballot images having recognized cast votes current with each said ballot image of said serially fed ballots of said plurality of ballots to be tabulated;
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• a record compiler module adapted to provide a plurality of enhanced security ballot image files, that respectively include, for each ballot of said plurality of ballots to be tabulated, each said ballot image corresponding thereto, each said unique time and date of feed corresponding thereto, each said unique serial number corresponding thereto, and each said cumulative running votes cast tabulation corresponding thereto, and to compile an enhanced security ballot image record that is constituted by said enhanced security ballot image files, each for another one of said serially fed ballots of said plurality of ballots to be tabulated, each at said unique time and date of feed corresponding thereto and each with another said unique serial number corresponding thereto.