Krista L Anderson

US Patent:

20120330731, Dec 27, 2012

Filed:

Jun 23, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/167139

Inventors:

Jerald Bradley Wagoner - Everett WA, US
Brett Hamilton Barrett - Everett WA, US
Gary Stanley Lemmon - Coupeville WA, US
Edward Walter Poole - Lynnwood WA, US
Harminder Patria - , US
Krista W. Anderson - Lake Stevens WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

705 12

Abstract:

A system and method for processing vote-by-mail ballot envelopes is disclosed. The system comprises a processor operable to asynchronously process each of a plurality of ballot envelopes by (i) verifying that the registered voter associated with the ballot envelope is eligible to vote, (ii) verifying that a signature written on the ballot envelope corresponds to the signature of the registered voter, (iii) verifying that personal information written on the ballot envelope corresponds to the personal information of the registered voter, and (iv) generating batch information if the ballot envelope passes all of the verification steps or exception information if the ballot envelope fails any one of the verification steps. The system also comprises a storage device operable to store the batch information or exception information, as applicable, for each of the ballot envelopes.