Electronic voting system

Abstract

A method is described that involves creating a private key and a public key cryptographic key pair, generating a unique and random identifier for a voter's vote and accepting an election vote from said voter. The vote and identifier are electronically signed with the private key to create a digital signature. The vote and identifier are provided in a human readable format to the voter.

1 . A method comprising:
 creating a private key and a public key cryptographic key pair;   generating a unique and random identifier for a voter's vote;   accepting an election vote from said voter;   electronically signing said vote and said identifier with said private key to create a digital signature;   providing said vote and said identifier in a human readable format to said voter and providing said digital signature to said voter;   generating a second unique and random identifier for a second voter's vote;   accepting a second election vote from said second voter;   electronically signing said second vote and said second identifier with said private key to create a second digital signature;   providing said second vote and said second identifier in a human readable format to said second voter and providing said second digital signature to said second voter;   publishing said public key on an internet;   publicly providing information on said internet that associates together:
 (i) said voter's vote in a human readable format, 
 (ii) said identifier in a human readable format, and 
 (iii) said digital signature 
 wherein, said voter's vote is verifiable with said digital signature and said public key; 
   publicly providing information on said internet that associates together:
 (iv) said second voter's vote in a human readable format, 
 (v) said second identifier in a human readable format, and 
 (vi) said second digital signature 
 wherein, said second voter's vote is verifiable with said second digital signature and said public key; 
   in response to receiving a request from said Internet containing said identifier, providing (i), (ii) and (iii) above through an internet communication;   in response to receiving a second request from said internet containing said second identifier, providing (iv), (v) and (vi) above through a second internet communication.   
     
     
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