JP2017123132A - My-number electronic voting system - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic voting system is put to a practical level.
By changing an electronic voting system device to a tablet or a personal computer and using an existing Internet communication network, cost reduction and stability of system development and operation are ensured. Furthermore, in the case of electronic voting, the voter's My Number (registered trademark) is used, and the voter's information and voting data are sent and managed to separate servers, thereby enabling full-scale electronic voting.
[Effects] Not only can the development and operation costs of the electronic voting system be reduced and its stability and reliability increased, but it is also possible to reduce the voting rate and personnel costs for the counting of votes. Further, the confidentiality of voter's personal information is ensured, and voting data can be quickly collected.
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Description

The present invention relates to an election voting method and a voting data counting method that are performed via a communication network such as the Internet using My Number.

Currently, election voting takes place in the following steps 1 to 5.
1 Establish an election polling place.
2 The manager waits at the polling place.
3 Confirm the identity of the voter.
4. Voting shall be by a registered ceremony.
5 Carry the ballot to the ticketing office, and the counting and checking work is done by human naval tactics.
The current electronic voting system aims at automating the above 4 and 5, but each company has developed it with its own specifications.

Problems with conventional technology

The current electronic voting system aims to automate [0002] 4 and 5, but the existing system has not reached the practical level, so it is not operating in earnest. As a result, voting and counting of votes are done manually as before, and venue installation costs and labor costs remain enormous.

Problems to be solved by the invention

Reduce development and operation costs of electronic voting systems and ensure system stability and reliability.

Increase convenience to make it easier for voters to vote. Specifically, create a system that can set up polling places in various places, and try to improve identity verification and registered voting methods when voting.

When electronic voting is performed, voter's personal information and voting data are separated and collected and managed, and both confidentiality and security are ensured.

Be able to aggregate poll data more quickly.

Means for solving the problem

By changing the electronic voting system device to a commercially available tablet or personal computer and using the existing Internet communication network, the running cost of the system will be reduced and the stability will be secured. Further, by using the voter's My Number when performing electronic voting and sending the voter information and the voting data to different servers, [0002] 3, 4 and 5 are not required.

Effect of the invention

The advantages of the local government that manages the My Number electronic voting system are the following four points.
1. Since the equipment used in this system can be a commercially available tablet or personal computer, the system construction cost can be reduced and the construction days can be shortened.
2 Since there is no need to learn new device operations, running and labor costs such as system operation and maintenance costs can be saved.
3 Because it uses an open development language that is widespread, even local government officials can build it freely. Therefore, it is possible to keep development costs low.
4 Because the system structure is simple, there is no worry of operational troubles during voting.

The advantages of the election administration committee are the following six points.
1 Voters can be set up freely in banks, hospitals, nursing homes, stations, etc. in addition to conventional schools and government offices.
2 For Japanese people staying abroad, a polling place can be easily set up at the local embassy.
3 The polling place managers can also handle a small number of people.
4. The voting data can be collected quickly using the Internet communication network.
5. There will be no invalid votes due to incorrect entry of candidate names or political party names in the case of registered voting.
6 Because there is no need for workers to perform vote-checking and confirmation work, there is no need for personnel expenses for the vote-voting work or installation costs for the vote-voting work place.

The voter has the following five points.
1 You can vote anywhere in Japan without being in your own district.
2 You can vote at the Japanese Embassy even when you are in a foreign country.
3. There are many polling places in various places, so you can stop by the polling place on the go.
4 Voters with disabilities who are unable to vote by name can also vote.
5. Since the server that stores the voter's My Number and the server that stores the vote data are separated, the confidentiality and security of the voter's personal information and vote data are guaranteed.

The flowchart figure of my number electronic voting system. Flowchart from voting input to sending voting data to two servers.

Flow chart of my number electronic voting system. 1 is a pictorial diagram of the flowchart of FIG.

Voting data aggregated in the database server. It is a figure of the database which sends the vote data input from the tablet and personal computer of a polling place to two servers separately, and totals.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

[FIG. 1] [FIG. 2]
Start Voters vote from tablets and computers installed at polling stations.
Step 1 Enter My Number from the numeric keypad on the screen or hold the QR code of My Number Card over the tablet camera.
At this time, it collates with the local government's My Number database, and if it has already been voted, it returns to the first Start screen.
Step 2 Touch the candidate's photo on the constituency selection screen to select it.
Touch a photo of another candidate to switch the selection.
Step3 On the selection screen for the party in the proportional ward, touch the party photo to select it.
Touch a photo of another party to switch the selection.
Step 4 On the judge selection screen, touch the photograph of the judge you want to exempt from.
Touch the same photo again to cancel the selection.
Step5 If you want to make corrections on the confirmation screen, touch the photo to return to the original screen.
When the confirmation button is pressed, the voting data is sent to the two servers.
Step 6 The voting data sent from the tablets and PCs at the polling place are sent separately to the local government's My Number database server and the Election Management Committee's voting tabulation database server for aggregation.
As a result, the personal information of the voter is secured, and the voting data is also quickly compiled.

Claims (1)

When voting for elections by electronic voting, the voter uses personal information of the voter with regard to the voting method that uses My Number and uses an information terminal such as a tablet or PC via a communication network such as the Internet. A system that automatically counts the number of voters and vote data while ensuring the confidentiality and security of both by sending a My Number and vote data to different servers and managing them.

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