System And Method For Conducting A Publicly Auditable Election With Secret Ballots

The present invention comprises a system and method of conducting a publicly auditable election using secret ballots. The invention allows an elector to verify their ballot has been counted towards the result of an election in the manner in which it was cast. The elector is capable of cryptographica...

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1. Verfasser:	Briggs, Carey Robert
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE CHECKING-DEVICES ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS PHYSICS REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS
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Zusammenfassung:	The present invention comprises a system and method of conducting a publicly auditable election using secret ballots. The invention allows an elector to verify their ballot has been counted towards the result of an election in the manner in which it was cast. The elector is capable of cryptographically proving if their ballot has been altered or deleted. Any interested individual or entity is capable of auditing the election using an anonymized database of published ballots.