Standard features of the ICE voting machine include high resolution scanning tech, fraudulent ballot detection, an ultrasonic multi-feed detector preventing the machine from accepting more than one ballot at a time, as well as ballot review capabilities.Įlection Systems notes among its allegations that the ICE voting machine includes an audio component to present an audio ballot to a voter as well as a printer to create a ballot including the voter’s selections.
The lawsuit filed by Election Systems identifies the ImageCast Evolution (ICE) voting machine made and sold by Dominion Voting as a product infringing upon the ‘701 patent. The voting machine, which accepts traditional paper ballots, includes the audio module in order to improve accessibility to voting machines for those with impaired vision. The voting console of the machine is able to present an audio representations of the determined voting selections to be confirmed by the voter before the votes are cast. It claims an accessible voting station for use during an election having a voting console to present an audio ballot to a voter and receive voting selections from the voter, a printer to print a ballot including the selections and a reader that scans a portion of the printed ballot to determine voting selections. 8991701, titled Integrated Voting System and Method for Accommodating Paper Ballots and Audio Ballots and issued to the firm in March 2015.
Įlection Systems is asserting a single patent in the case: U.S. The suit has been filed in the District of Delaware. Election Systems is asserting a patent on an electronic voting machine technology that provides multiple methods by which a user may cast a vote in an effort to improve accessibility.
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On Monday, August 21st, Omaha, NE-based voting machine firm Election Systems & Software filed a patent infringement suit against election product company Dominion Voting Systems of Toronto, Ontario.
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