RU2509358C1 - Device for electronic vote counting when voting by ballot - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: device for electronic vote counting is designed to count votes using a ballot, having holes with glued pieces of adhesive tape, for example. The holes are situated opposite names of candidates standing for election. An electronic pulse counter includes an electric link of spring-loaded electric contacts, one of which is connected to one power terminal of the device and the second is connected through an electric coil to the other power terminal. Said contacts are capable of closing upon entering the hole opposite the name of a candidate. A hermetic contact is placed inside the electric coil, wherein leads of the hermetic contact are connected to the input of the pulse counter for counting votes.

EFFECT: high reliability and accuracy of counting.

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Description

The invention relates to automation of counting electronic impulses, which correspond to the votes cast in the form of tags in ballots, for a subject running for election.

A device for automated vote counting during voting by ballots is known - patent of Ukraine No. 89658, which contains an electronic pulse counter, a device for pulling a ballot for voting, on which there is a white segment in a black circle against the name of the subject to be elected, when the electo-optical link is blackened by the voter forming an electric pulse, including a light relay, LEDs, photoresistors, closes the input terminals of the electronic pulse counter, resulting in on the counter indicator, the sum of the digits per unit increases.

The disadvantage of this invention is that its light relay, which turns on the LEDs, is able to lose its brightness and thereby disrupt the operating mode of the device, the photoresistors can also lose the photoelectric effect, which will lead to failure of the electric relay, which in general will lead to inaccurate receipt of electrical pulses to the input of the electronic counter and the insecurity of his work.

The objective of the invention is to increase the reliability and accuracy of the vote count by the device and simplify it.

This problem is solved by the fact that the electric link, in which an electric pulse is formed corresponding to the voter's voice, arrives at the input of an electronic pulse counter, includes springy contacts, one of which is connected to the plus of the power source, and the other, through the coil, is connected to the minus of the power source. A reed switch is installed inside the electrocoil, the taps of which are connected to the input of an electronic counter of electrical pulses. When a ballot paper containing a tag under the subject’s name is drawn, the tag is made in the form of a hole, which coincides with the springy contacts in the electrocoil and forms a magnetic field, and at the same time the reed switch plates are closed, therefore, the counter input is closed, which corresponds to one vote for a certain subject. With a further stretch of the ballot, the electrical contacts will come out of the hole and open.

The invention is explained by a block diagram of the components of the device, with elements of a basic electrical circuit.

Figure 1 shows a schematic diagram of the electrical link for supplying electrical pulses to the input of an electronic pulse counter.

Figure 2 schematically depicts the ballot paper.

The device for electronic calculation of votes during voting by ballots contains ballot 1 with openings 2 sealed with pieces of adhesive tape 3 that can be easily pulled off by the voter, an electric link forming an electrical pulse, including springy electrical contacts 4, one of which is connected to the power supply plus 5, and the other contact through the coil 6, connected to the negative of the power source. A reed switch 7 is installed inside the coil with disconnected plates 8, the taps of which are connected to the input of the pulse counter 10 with a liquid crystal indicator 11 and terminals 12, with the possibility of connecting them to a computer, not shown in the figure.

The device of electronic vote counting during voting in elections with ballots works like this. After the voter peels off a piece of adhesive tape with his nails or a special spatula in the voter's booth on the ballot, opposite a certain subject, there remains a previously highlighted hole and the ballot is lowered into the ballot box installed at the polling station or at home. After that, the employee of the polling station puts this ballot on the conveyor, which sends the ballot between the contacts.

The conveyor is not shown in the figure, as it is known. If holes 2 in bulletin 1 and contacts 4 coincide, they close and the current from the power source enters coil 6, after which a magnetic field is formed in the electrocoil that connects the plates 8 of the reed switch 7 and this closes the input of the electronic counter 10, resulting in a liquid crystal display 11, the number "1" appears. When voting for this subject is repeated in the same way, one more digit is added to the number “1” and the number “2” appears on the liquid crystal display. Likewise, a vote will be taken for other entities, the result of which will be displayed on other meters installed parallel to this.

Claims (1)

A device for electronic vote counting during elections by ballots, which contains an electric link forming an electrical pulse of the input closure of an electronic counter, characterized in that the electric link consists of spring-loaded electrical contacts, one of which is connected to the plus of the device’s power supply, and the second electrical contact is connected to the minus power supply through the coil , and these contacts are able to close when they fall, say, into the hole in the bulletin, when it is pulled, Goes opposite subject taking part in the election, the reed switch is mounted within elektrokatushki whose taps are connected to the input of an electronic pulse counter.

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