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Application US20200258338
Published 2020-08-13
Secure Voting System
A voting system can use the security of blockchain and the mail to provide a reliable voting system. A registered voter receives a computer readable code in the mail and confirms identity and confirms correct ballot information in an election. The system separates voter identification and votes to ensure vote anonymity, and stores votes on a distributed ledger in a blockchain.
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- 1. A voting system comprising:
a blockchain access layer configured to:
receive input from a user operated mobile computing device, the input comprising a computer readable code scanned from a physical ballot, ballot selections, and an electronic signature; and
receive input from an election official system, the input comprising a ballot and an election identifier;
a first database in communication with the block chain access layer, the first database configured to receive and store the ballot selections and the electronic signature from the blockchain access layer; a second database in communication with the block chain access layer, the second database configured to:
receive a vote identification from the blockchain access layer, the vote identification generated by the blockchain access layer in response to receive the ballot selections and electronic signature from the mobile computing device;
store a first pointer to a location of the ballot selections in the first database; and
store a second pointer to a location of the electronic signature in the first database; and
a blockchain database configured to receive the vote identification from the second database and to receive the ballot selections from the blockchain access layer, wherein the block chain database receives the vote identification and the ballot selections when the block chain access layer receives an electronic signature confirmation from the election official system.
- 11. A voting method comprising:
receiving, in a blockchain access layer, input from a user operated mobile computing device, the input comprising a computer readable code scanned from a physical ballot, ballot selections, and an electronic signature; receiving input from an election official system, the input comprising a ballot and an election identifier; receiving, in a first database, the ballot selections and the electronic signature from the blockchain access layer; receiving, in a second database, a vote identification from the blockchain access layer, the vote identification generated by the blockchain access layer in response to receiving the ballot selections and electronic signature from the mobile computing device; storing, in the second database, a first pointer pointing to a location of the ballot selections in the first database; storing, in the second database, a second pointer pointing to a location of the electronic signature in the first database; and receiving, from the election official system, confirmation of the electronic signature; transmitting, to a blockchain database, the vote identification from the second database and the ballot selections corresponding to the vote identification based on the first pointer; and storing, in the blockchain database, the ballot selections.
