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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2008
Frederic Bauchot, Saint-Jeannet, FR;
Jean-yves Clement, Saint-Jeannet, FR;
Gerard Marmigere, Drap, FR;
Pierre Secondo, Tourrettes-sur-Loup, FR;
Frederic Bauchot, Saint-Jeannet, FR;
Jean-Yves Clement, Saint-Jeannet, FR;
Gerard Marmigere, Drap, FR;
Pierre Secondo, Tourrettes-sur-Loup, FR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A ballot paper and a voting system. The paper ballot is initially a voted ballot paper including: a recorded vote including candidate/party information for an election on a voting day in a jurisdiction, a burnable radio frequency identification (RFID) tag including a fuse not blown, and a basic RFID tag storing the jurisdiction's signature. The recorded vote is not revealable while the fuse is not blown and is revealable responsive to the fuse being blown. The voting system includes a ballot box and a ballot counting machine. The ballot box is configured to receive and authenticate the voted ballot paper and to generate a verified ballot paper. The ballot counting machine is configured to receive and authenticate the verified ballot paper, to effectuate a blowing of the fuse to reveal the recorded vote and to subsequently count the ballot paper and direct the ballot paper to a candidate box.