Voting system

Claim 2

An integrated voting system machine comprising: a voter''s registration machine module having means for sensing a voter''s identification card, and means including a recording tape for imprinting the voter''s identification, the said registration tape being retained; means for concealing the mode of registration with respect to the actual voter; a voting apparatus module embodying the setting of all candidacies, candidate and issue areas, and including mechanisms for selecting the vote, selection indication means, and individual write-in modules for each candidacy; totalizing module means coupled to said voting apparatus module to receive total votes therefrom, said voting apparatus module further including vote switch means to transfer the total vote to the totalizing module means; control console means coupled to control the use of the registration machine and vote selection panel; said totalizing module means further including means generating a total registration record for total vote, and recorder means for the individual unidentified vote to serve as a simple record and for possible recount.

Claim 3

An integrated machine as a voting system having interrelated and interconnected modules comprising: at least one voter''s registration machine module, operable in conjunction with a voter''s identification card, electrically interconnected with a remote control console and a voting selection panel; at least one voter''s identification card for voter''s registration of identification into and as a link permitting propeR operation of the voter''s registration machine; single control module means coupled for remote electrical control of each voter''s registration machine module by an authorized officer, whose release of said voter''s registration machine enables the voter to proceed with the vote; at least voting panel apparatus module for the voter''s selection of his vote from the entire slate, said module being electrically interconnected with the voter''s registration module and totalizing and recording modules; at least one range extending module, which extends the range of listings of the number of available candidates for a specific office beyond that provided in the specific candidate section of the vote selection module, is appended and electrically interconnected with the specific candidacy section of the vote selection module, thus allowing the voter to make his voting choice from all available registered candidates for the particular office; a single vote totalizing machine module that is electrically interconnected with the plurality of voting panels in one or plurality of voting stations, and that sequentially and simultaneously totalizes the sum vote selection from each voting panel for each vote selection on respective specialized counters, from which counters a single card record of the totalized vote from all coupled voting panels is instantly obtainable at any time, said totalizing module being further electrically interconnected with the voter''s registration machine for the latters restoration to open position when the vote is totalized; a single record card of the totalized vote obtainable instantly at will from the totalizing machine module, said card being usable for automatic totalization of the vote for each and every candidate and proposition from a major voting area; and a recorder machine module that is electrically interconnected with the totalizer machine module, which said recorder module records the complete selected vote of each anonymous voter on the chart.

Claim 4

An integrated machine as a voting system having interrelated and interconnected modules comprising: at least one voter''s registration machine module, operable in conjunction with a voter''s identification card, electrically interconnected with a remote control console and a voting selection panel; at least one voter''s identification card for voter''s registration of identification into and as a link permitting propeR operation of the voter''s registration machine; single control module means coupled for remote electrical control of each voter''s registration machine module by an authorized officer, whose release of said voter''s registration machine enables the voter to proceed with the vote; at least voting panel apparatus module for the voter''s selection of his vote from the entire slate, said module being electrically interconnected with the voter''s registration module and totalizing and recording modules; at least one range extending module, which extends the range of listings of the number of available candidates for a specific office beyond that provided in the specific candidate section of the vote selection module, is appended and electrically interconnected with the specific candidacy section of the vote selection module, thus allowing the voter to make his voting choice from all available registered candidates for the particular office; a single vote totalizing machine module that is electrically interconnected with the plurality of voting panels in one or plurality of voting stations, and that sequentially and simultaneously totalizes the sum vote selection from each voting panel for each vote selection on respective specialized counters, from which counters a single card record of the totalized vote from all coupled voting panels is instantly obtainable at any time, said totalizing module being further electrically interconnected with the voter''s registration machine for the latters restoration to open position when the vote is totalized; a single record card of the totalized vote obtainable instantly at will from the totalizing machine module, said card being usable for automatic totalization of the vote for each and every candidate and proposition from a major voting area; and a recorder machine module that is electrically interconnected with the totalizer machine module, which said recorder module records the complete selected vote of each anonymous voter on the chart.