System and method for secured voting transactions

Abstract

A secured electronic system and method for taking and counting votes. A database of unique ballot security codes, each ballot security code consisting of a ballot code representing the ballot selections of a voter and a security code derived from sensing with a biometric sensor a biometric presentation of a biometric feature of the voter. Each ballot security code is checked before entry into the database to verify that the security code component is not within a voter template of the security code component for any prior ballot security code, to prevent multiple votes being cast by any voter. Recounts are validated by verifying the uniqueness of the security code component of each ballot security code and verifying that each security code is not within a voter template of any other security code. Each ballot security code may also be checked against a registration data base thereby verifying that the voter is registered.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . Database of a plurality of unique voter transaction security codes, each voter transaction security code comprising a unique security code appended to or linked to a voter transaction code, the security code being based upon a biometric sensor code generated by a biometric sensor from a biometric presentation of a biometric feature of a voter, and the voter transaction code being based upon one or more voter transactions for the voter. 
     
     
         2 . Database of a plurality of unique ballot security codes, each ballot security code comprising a unique security code appended to or linked to a ballot code, the security code being based upon a biometric sensor code generated by a biometric sensor from a biometric presentation of a biometric feature of a voter, and the ballot code being based upon ballot selections of the voter. 
     
     
         3 . Database of a plurality of unique voter registration security codes, each voter registration security code comprising a unique security code appended to or linked to a voter registration code, the security code being based upon a biometric sensor code generated by a biometric sensor from a biometric presentation of a biometric feature of a voter, and the voter registration code being based upon one or more voter registration transactions for the voter.