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US 8,006,894 B1Granted
Save democracy election system
OwnerWilliam Rouverolinventor
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Abstract
An election system is disclosed that is immune to rigging, costs only 5 to 20 percent of that of prior art e-voting systems, and entirely eliminates wasted voter time spent standing in line. The method used in the new system is to print each separate office or proposition on a separate playing-card size card adapted to be inserted in a separate ballot box while by means of an odometer the official reception of the voter's vote is shown to the voter by the odometer display.
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A method for conducting an election and preventing rigging of the election, including the steps of:
- providing a ballot consisting of a plurality of cards, each card presenting a single issue or contest to be voted on,
- providing a plurality of ballot boxes, each adapted to receive said cards, each of said ballot boxes identified as receiving all of one kind of single issue or contest cards,
- casting the ballot by inserting said cards into the respective single issue ballot boxes;
- and,
- counting each card as it is inserted into one of said ballot boxes, whereby each ballot is tabulated as it is cast by the voter;
- providing a plurality of ballot card counters, each operatively associated with one of said plurality of ballot boxes, to perform said step of counting each card as it is inserted in each of said ballot boxes;
- further including providing an indicator on each of said plurality of ballot card counters to verify that each of said ballot cards is tabulated as it is inserted in a ballot box.
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A method for conducting an election and preventing rigging of the election, including the steps of:
- providing a ballot consisting of a plurality of cards, each card presenting a single issue or contest to be voted on,
- providing a plurality of ballot boxes, each adapted to receive said cards, each of said ballot boxes identified as receiving all of one kind of single issue or contest cards,
- casting the ballot by inserting said cards into the respective single issue ballot boxes;
- and,
- counting each card as it is inserted into one of said ballot boxes, whereby each ballot is tabulated as it is cast by the voter;
- further including the step of providing a voting booth, said ballot boxes being displayed within said voting booth.
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A method for conducting an election and preventing rigging of the election, including the steps of:
- providing a ballot consisting of a plurality of cards, each card presenting a single issue or contest to be voted on,
- providing a plurality of ballot boxes, each adapted to receive said cards, each of said ballot boxes identified as receiving all of one kind of single issue or contest cards,
- casting the ballot by inserting said cards into the respective single issue ballot boxes;
- and,
- counting each card as it is inserted into one of said ballot boxes, whereby each ballot is tabulated as it is cast by the voter;
- providing a plurality of ballot card counters, each operatively associated with one of said plurality of ballot boxes, to perform said step of counting each card as it is inserted in each of said ballot boxes;
- further including the step, when the election has ended, of recording the tabulated number of ballots inserted in each of said ballot boxes, comparing the tabulated number to the number of ballot decks issued to voters at the polling place, and asserting election tampering if the sum of the card counter displays of a top issue ballot box exceeds the number of ballot card decks issued during the full election day.
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A method for conducting an election and preventing rigging of the election, including the steps of:
- providing a ballot consisting of a plurality of cards, each card presenting a single issue or contest to be voted on,
- providing a plurality of ballot boxes, each adapted to receive said cards, each of said ballot boxes identified as receiving all of one kind of single issue or contest cards,
- casting the ballot by inserting said cards into the respective single issue ballot boxes;
- and,
- counting each card as it is inserted into one of said ballot boxes, whereby each ballot is tabulated as it is cast by the voter;
- providing a plurality of ballot card counters, each operatively associated with one of said plurality of ballot boxes, to perform said step of counting each card as it is inserted in each of said ballot boxes;
- further including the step of tabulation of absentee ballot totals based on card counter displays at the county counting center appropriately overseen by surrogate voters of all participating parties.
4 more elements
A method for conducting an election and preventing rigging of the election, including the steps of:
- providing a ballot consisting of a plurality of cards, each card presenting a single issue or contest to be voted on,
- providing a plurality of ballot boxes, each adapted to receive said cards, each of said ballot boxes identified as receiving all of one kind of single issue or contest cards,
- casting the ballot by inserting said cards into the respective single issue ballot boxes;
- and,
- counting each card as it is inserted into one of said ballot boxes, whereby each ballot is tabulated as it is cast by the voter;
- wherein each choice for each candidate and issue to be voted on is provided with its own respective ballot box with separately certified odometer.
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