Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voting system and ballot paper
- Patent Title (中): 投票制和选票
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Application No.: US12265770Application Date: 2008-11-06
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Publication No.: US08381977B2Publication Date: 2013-02-26
- Inventor: Frederic Bauchot , Jean-Yves Clement , Gerard Marmigere , Pierre Secondo
- Applicant: Frederic Bauchot , Jean-Yves Clement , Gerard Marmigere , Pierre Secondo
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts
- Agent John Pivnichny
- Priority: EP07301535 20071109
- Main IPC: G06K17/00
- IPC: G06K17/00

Abstract:
A ballot paper and a voting system. The paper ballot is initially a voted ballot paper including: a recorded vote including candidate/party information for an election on a voting day in a jurisdiction, a burnable radio frequency identification (RFID) tag including a fuse not blown, and a basic RFID tag storing the jurisdiction's signature. The recorded vote is not revealable while the fuse is not blown and is revealable responsive to the fuse being blown. The voting system includes a ballot box and a ballot counting machine. The ballot box is configured to receive and authenticate the voted ballot paper and to generate a verified ballot paper. The ballot counting machine is configured to receive and authenticate the verified ballot paper, to effectuate a blowing of the fuse to reveal the recorded vote and to subsequently count the ballot paper and direct the ballot paper to a candidate box.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090121019A1 VOTING SYSTEM AND BALLOT PAPER Public/Granted day:2009-05-14
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