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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337964 | Method and apparatus for ink-based electronic voting The present invention is an ink-based electronic voting apparatus that generates a paper ballot for every voter. The voter marks a ballot with a probe as he/she would with a conventional ink-based system. In one embodiment, the paper ballot is situated underneath th... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7284700 | Advanced voting system and method In one embodiment, an advanced voting system includes one or more computing devices operable to receive instructions from a voter to adjust a color of a screen of a computing device. The color adjustment instructions are indicated by the voter's selection of non-ded... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7270269 | Secure electronic voting device A secure device for electronic voting employs a write-once vote-recording medium. The medium has an initial writing mode in which data can be written but not read and a subsequent reading mode whereby data can be read but writing is permanently disabled. Once switch... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7222787 | Ballot marking system and apparatus utilizing single print head A system and apparatus for marking a pre-printed paper ballot which can be either hand-marked by a voter, or machine-marked by the apparatus. If the ballot is to be machine marked, the ballot is inserted into the marking apparatus and candidate selections are presen... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7163147 | Ballot marking system and apparatus utilizing dual print heads A system and apparatus for marking a pre-printed paper ballot which can be either hand-marked by a voter, or machine-marked by the apparatus. If the ballot is to be machine marked, the ballot is inserted into the marking apparatus and candidate selections are presen... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7152792 | Voting apparatus and method using personal computers The disclosure is for an apparatus and method for voting that are based on personal computers. All data and software, including the operating system, voting software, and original ballot information are on a single portable data storage medium, such as a diskette. D... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6804752 | Event data protection method for a flash programmable microprocessor-based control module A flash programmable microprocessor-based control module is operated in a manner to protect the integrity of event data stored in the programmable memory of the module while permitting authorized manufacturing and field alteration of the programmable memory with a D... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6726090 | Method and system of voting A method for conducting an election among a plurality of voters includes the steps of: providing each voter with a ballot having at least one unique identifying symbol and a section for authenticating a voting selection; retaining a record of each voting selection; ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6628199 | Integrated pharmaceutical package and questionnaire A response form containing a means of input that on manual influence can switch a conducting electrical circuit connected to an electronic unit (40) incorporated into the response form for registration of the said influence. The present invention provides... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6581824 | Electronic voting system An electronic voting system with a headquarters unit, a plurality of precinct units, a plurality of voting stations associated with each precinct unit, and a plurality of mobile memory units (MMUs) to contain data that can be transported back and forth be... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6550675 | Direct vote recording system A Direct Vote Recording System (DVRS) (10) has three primary components, Personal Computer (PC) (100) which runs an Election Management System (EMS), Direct Vote Recording Machine (DVRM) (300) and a Smart Card Activator Device (SCAD) (500). In addition, t... | 04/22/2003 |
| 5878399 | Computerized voting system A computerized voting system has a central computer, regional computers and voting modules connected to a data transfer link for communication with one another. The voting modules access the central computer database under control of the central computer ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875432 | Computerized voting information system having predefined content and voting templates A computerized voting information system that encompasses one or more voting stations, at least one tabulation center and certification center, and a plurality of voters so as to automatically verify, manipulate, interchange, and manage all data and infor... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5583329 | Direct recording electronic voting machine and voting process An electronic election system is described, which includes a voting terminal having a first processor for processing voter selection data, a terminal memory for storing election data, and a first transceiver for transmitting first and second control signa... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5497318 | Election terminal apparatus An election terminal apparatus includes an integral-type display/input unit constituted by a liquid crystal display unit and a tablet unit for input data. The display unit displays a first screen including icons corresponding to candidates. A voter operat... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5281795 | Vote recording device A vote recording device utilizes a punch to form machine readable holes at preselected locations in a non-scored paper ballot card. A stationary top mask with an array of spaced punch access apertures and a metal anvil plate with an array of spaced die ap... | 01/25/1994 |
| 4504735 | Dual throat data registering apparatus and card therefor A data registering apparatus including a base, and first, second and third templates. The first and second templates are positionable adjacent to one another. The third template is positionable above the first and second templates. The third template is p... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4488034 | Data registering apparatus A data registering apparatus includes a housing, a base member mounted to the housing and a resilient mat member mounted to the base member and having openings superimposed on the openings defined by the base member. The registering apparatus includes als... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4485298 | Perforating stylus A stylus for entering perforations in a prescored card for the recording of data thereon is disclosed. The perforating end of the stylus includes a conically-shaped center portion positioned within and projecting from a concave-shaped end surface having a... | 11/27/1984 |
