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US08733646B2 Integrated voting system and method for accommodating paper ballots and audio ballots
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综合投票系统和方法,适用于纸张选票和音频选票
- Patent Title: Integrated voting system and method for accommodating paper ballots and audio ballots
- Patent Title (中): 综合投票系统和方法,适用于纸张选票和音频选票
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Application No.: US12049210Application Date: 2008-03-14
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Publication No.: US08733646B2Publication Date: 2014-05-27
- Inventor: Steve Bolton , Timothy J. Cordes , Herman Deutsch
- Applicant: Steve Bolton , Herman Deutsch , James E. Schmidt
- Applicant Address: US NE Omaha
- Assignee: Election Systems & Software, LLC
- Current Assignee: Election Systems & Software, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NE Omaha
- Agency: Stinson Leonard Street LLP
- Main IPC: G07C13/00
- IPC: G07C13/00

Abstract:
An integrated voting system and method for accommodating paper ballots and audio ballots. The voting system includes a voting device operable to scan a paper ballot with one or more marked voting selections and tabulate the marked voting selections. The voting system also includes an accessible voting station in communication with the voting device. The accessible voting station comprises a voting console operable present an audio ballot to a voter via headphones, and receive one or more voting selections entered in response to the audio ballot from the voter. A printer is also provided to print a printed ballot that includes the entered voting selections. The voting device is operable to tabulate the printed voting selections by scanning the printed ballot or receiving voting selection information extracted from the printed ballot from the accessible voting station.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080308634A1 Integrated Voting System and Method for Accommodating Paper Ballots and Audio Ballots Public/Granted day:2008-12-18
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