WO2006101414A1 - Automated operation and information system for managing a vote process preparation and running - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to information computer engineering and is embodied in the form of an automated operation and information system for managing the preparation and running of a vote process comprising a system element network consisting of software-hardware means systems which are interconnected with the aid of acceptable communications means and make it possible, in an access mode and in a real time scale and/or during a session, to receive data objects from the voting network elements, to process said data objects in such a way that they are presented in a textual and/or graphical and/or digital and/or matrix format, to input identification data items about the voting network and system element into the data objects, to record, collect, store, transmit, statistically process, display and visualise the data objects, to form an integrated database of an election campaign or referendum, simultaneously produce requested data blocks and to supply said blocks in a view mode for receiving it through the Internet network and/or for in-line open familiarisation with information and in real time visualising the information about the vote process preparation and running on the large-sized group display means.

Description

 Automated operational information system for the preparation and conduct of voting

Technical field

The invention relates to information technology, and more specifically, to systems of information and operational support for the preparation and conduct of voting, as well as summing up voting results for various purposes in territories of various lengths.

State of the art

It is known that suffrage is one of the fundamental principles of democracy, guaranteeing the participation of citizens in political life at the country level, national, regional and local levels, and therefore the procedures used to prepare and conduct voting must comply with the principles of democratic elections and referenda.

The relevance of the use of automation in the processes of information and operational support for the activities of organizational structures and the population in the preparation and conduct of elections at various levels and referenda is obvious.

Information and communication technologies are increasingly used in everyday life, and their application also for the purposes of the greatest participation of the population in the process of preparing and conducting elections and referenda, including raising the knowledge of the population about the legal foundations of everyday life and the rights granted, is based on measures to strengthen democratic foundations of voting systems.

In accordance with the Council of Europe Recommendations, when using information support and voting technologies, voters should be given the opportunity to vote not only at the polling station of their constituency, but also in another place, and the voter himself must vote. In addition, maximum participation in the elections and referenda should be ensured for all citizens who have the right to vote, access to the electoral process for disabled voters and those who cannot physically attend the polling station and use the funds available there, and additional voting channels are provided. At the same time, efficiency and reliability should be increased when transmission of the voting results, as well as information on the preparation and conduct of the voting, open to the general public, information on options provided to the voter for making a choice, including candidates, was provided.

At the same time, it is necessary to prevent more than one vote from being cast by one voter in relation to one option of the choice provided and only by one voting channel, and also to use safe and reliable methods of summing up all votes and establishing the correct result.

In addition, the voting must be secret and organized in such a way that at any stage of the voting procedure, in particular, at the stage of identifying the voter, exclude everything that could violate the secrecy of the will of the voter, as well as exclude the possibility of establishing any or the relationship between the vote and the specific voter. Moreover, it is necessary that the expected number of votes cast in the device for receiving ballots from voters does not make it possible to associate the result with a specific voter. In a controlled environment, information about the cast vote should be hidden immediately as soon as the vote is cast.

In addition, the system should ensure the availability and integrity of the votes cast, as well as their confidentiality, before the vote count begins. At the same time, data on the number of votes cast for a particular voting option should not be brought to the attention of the public before the close of voting.

For voting, you must have a regularly updated accessible and comprehensive list of voters and referendum participants, a list of candidates. The voter should be able to verify the information contained in the voter list. In this case, a mechanism is needed to establish the identity of the voter.

The voting ballot must be authentic in all polling stations, and the fact that the vote has been cast must be documented.

At the same time, open standards should be used to ensure the compatibility of technical components used in a system that uses components from various manufacturers. Legal acts governing the conduct of elections or referenda should clearly define the time frame for all stages of an election or referendum, both before and after them.

Considerable attention is being paid to solving this problem.

There are various developments that are proposed for use for information and operational support of the process of preparing and conducting elections and referenda, a system for recording and counting the total number of votes as objects of information entering the operating and / or information system for structured processing of information and subsequent provision for use.

A known method and system of voting among many voters, including. providing the voter with a primary ballot having a voting part and a unique identifying part, familiarizing the voter with the answers in the voting part, creating a secondary ballot by making a copy of the first ballot, returning the first ballot to the voter, reflecting all secondary ballots recorded during the voting, permission to each to the voter to view or adjust the exact correspondence of the displayed ballot to the primary ballot, approval by the voters from orrektirovannoy recording secondary bulletin, presented in table form the confirmed votes, the disclosure of table entries, the opposition permission to view or adjust the table entries in accordance with the approved voter choice, recording the results of view or correction table entries (US, 6726090, Bl). Moreover, the ballot may be marked with at least one identification symbol for the characteristics of the primary ballot, the secondary ballot is marked similarly to another symbol, and both are marked with the same corresponding symbols, the voter will be contacted by the official representative of the election campaign with claims if the secondary and primary are not identical newsletters.

A known method and system, including providing a plurality of voters with displayed information in accordance with a voting system containing at least two or more choices, and each display relates to one choice, counting the number of displays, automatic determining the ratios of the votes cast, determining the final ratios of the votes cast (US, 6,739,508, B2)

A known voting system for voters at their location, including an election campaign control computer that provides election data, including one or more ballots and a voter ID, a combined official smart card configured by the specified computer, a smart card activation device and a voting machine , which reads the voter’s identification code from a smart card and the election password, displays at least one ballot paper for the identified voter Tieliu (US, 6550675, B2). In this case, discussion with the voter of options for his choice and the preservation of the results of the discussion after the vote may be provided.

A known method and voting system for self-checking a ballot, in which voting is carried out using a computer voting station adapted to provide a ballot, receiving a choice from a voter in accordance with the ballot, temporarily storing a choice, printing a voter's choice from a temporary storage, comparing it with a printed one a choice with a temporarily saved choice, a decision by the voter about the correct choice, saving the final choice and sending the ballot her with the choice of accounting (US, 6769613, B2).

A known voting system to facilitate selection in accordance with jurisdiction, including a central computer, an absentee voting administrator agent containing a database for storing data, a mobile storage device compatible with the central computer, for transmitting and receiving data from the central computer and compatible with the agent administrator, to transfer data and to obtain data from a database in which data is stored in a mobile storage device in an energy-independent memory device, and the specified administrator agent has means for creating an electronic version of the selection and saving it in a database and in which the mobile storage device has the ability to move between the administrator agent and the central computer to transfer data between them (US, 6 641 033, B2). Moreover, the storage device may contain an image of many types of ballots from a variety of them in accordance with jurisdiction, and the system may additionally contain a station voting for sending the ballot recognized as submitted to the database using telecommunications.

There is a method and system for obtaining opinions and assessing the ratios of opinions of voters regarding various objects, in which the voter is provided with information, including other voters, with whom he can agree or disagree, or make his own opinion, and also find a database to find out all possible options, the system includes a database for storing information, a personal computer, a web server and a tool for communicating with the database, and the processing of voting results is carried out in person nom computer with display views ratios on this computer (WO 00/17824, Al).

A known method and system for communicating mobile terminals with a database using a communication system containing an information source, a position transceiver located at the location of the broadcasting system and connected to the information source, and the information transmitted by it contains information identifying the information source, and a mobile terminal, comprising a first transceiver associated with a positional transceiver and a second transceiver associated with a network, and in which the identifying information is It has a point that identifies the location of the positional transceiver with the corresponding data source information (US, 6 549 625, Bl).

In addition, the development of methods for generating information for creating databases containing various objects of information on the preparation and conduct of elections and referenda is known, which can be provided to users, including voters, official bodies providing preparation for elections and conducting voting, controlling bodies and independent observers.

For example, a computerized method for storing configured information for a network of computers is known, including creating a domain having a logically organized hierarchical structure and containing many domains, each of which is associated with one or more computers in the network, and each domain contains the name and address of the server for each domain hosted in a logically based directory or a directory belonging to this domain, and the creation of a database in each domain data of the configured information for storing information corresponding to this domain and these resources, and storing the specified database in the storage environment of at least one computer associated with this domain, as well as a method for storing the configured information in the network database (US, 5 664 170, A).

A known method using container objects compatible with used computers for exchanging the name of information products and their respective volumes of information stored in a memory device compatible with said container objects between said computers (US, 6,230,211, Bl).

For example, there is a method of organizing information objects into hierarchically structured data, using a computer system that contains the provision of an information object that includes the object itself, its attributes and their relationship with each other, the formation of an information set in dynamic mode from objects identified as corresponding to the contents of the set, and building hierarchical structure using the information object, and a computer program for decoding the hierarchical organization instructions specified information kits in dynamic mode (US, 6 721 757, B2).

Much attention is also paid to the problem of a fast and securely protected way of providing information contained in databases to users of various levels with different volumes of granted rights to access such information.

For example, a method and system is known for controlling user access to resources of a network environment in which in a computer network having many users and containing a computer server controlling an information resource, organized as a hierarchical structure of elements including higher elements and additional elements subordinate to the higher hierarchies, modify the attributes of the resource by receiving a request to change the attribute from the first element of the hierarchical structure, with the user networks that are special for an additional element determine the attribute's correspondence with the list of attributes in the first element, identify the second element subordinate to the first element, form a copy of the list of attributes of the second element, modify the copy in accordance with the order change the attributes and place a modified copy of the list of attributes in the first element (US, 6 061 684, A).

However, the methods and systems described above can only function as part of the automation of information and operational processes, as they do not allow the organization of information and operational services for the full cycle of step-by-step preparation and conduct of elections and referenda and the use of already gained experience and information for conducting new election campaigns using unified equipment, as well as ensure the applicability in one election campaign of various means of voting, riemlemyh for regions with different length and different territorial staffing.

Disclosure of invention

According to the authors of the present invention, the most appropriate is a systematic approach to creating automation systems for voting processes, taking into account the interconnected nature of the legal, organizational and technical aspects of the automation of electoral processes.

According to the authors of the present invention, the most appropriate is a systematic approach to creating automation systems for voting processes, taking into account the interconnected nature of the legal, organizational and technical aspects of the automation of electoral processes.

The purpose of the creation of the present invention is the creation of a support system for the preparation and conduct of voting, providing a solution to the organizational problems of preparation and conduct of voting, including the provision of information and operational support for the activities of organizational structures in long territories, ensuring the generation of information for use not only in a particular case voting, but also for subsequent election campaigns and elections at various levels in various voting regions using various methods of providing the voter with the opportunity to choose, providing for wide open familiarization with information on the preparation and voting during the time of the election campaign or referendum, as well as ensuring the protection of information and operational processes from unauthorized access and information security of the system. At the same time, the task was to develop a support system for the preparation and conduct of voting at all levels, in which the activities of the organizational structures involved in the preparation and conduct of voting, as well as operations for the formation of voting ballots, information transfer, registration of voters and vote counting, were structured on operations with the formation of information objects made in the established single format and allowing to receive, process, store and provide providing users with information using unified technologies with high performance, convenient for familiarization and systematization in the automatic mode using software and hardware systems, in compliance with the unified requirements established by regulatory legal acts, formalized parameters and selection and verification criteria, and prepared and provided information would be stored with the possibility of its subsequent provision for control and use.

The task was solved by creating an automated operational and information system for supporting the preparation and conduct of voting, including the required number of system elements that together constitute a territorially distributed, at least in the voting region, branched structure, having interconnected central and peripheral elements of the system and connected to all other elements of the system, an element that is a server in which communication between elements is carried out using acceptable means of communication of the Intranet network, and each of these elements of the system includes a set of software and hardware equipped with software and hardware that allows for centralized automatic monitoring and correction of their condition, updating, configuration, and providing real-time and / or in session time:

- input of source information containing information objects into the system using a set of software and hardware tools for an element of an automated system;

- processing the specified information in digital form with the formation of data blocks containing the specified information objects and providing the ability to display them in text and / or graphic and / or digital and / or tabular form with the ability to edit the specified display; - viewing the displayed information of the indicated data blocks generated by the element of the automated system, checking their compliance with the source information;

- input into the specified generated data blocks of additional data that allows you to identify the specified information as information related to the voting at a certain point in time, and to identify an element of an automated system that provides input of the specified information into the specified automated system;

- subsequent recording and accumulation of these data blocks containing the specified information objects, with the possibility of processing data on an accrual basis;

- transfer of the specified information to other elements of the system;

- display and visualization of information contained in these data blocks;

- saving data blocks containing the specified information;

- user identification of the automated system when it is accessed to an element of the automated system; and at least one of the central elements is the central control element of the specified system and is additionally adapted to control the functioning of other elements of the automated system, and the database server is further adapted to automatically generate a single database by:

- receiving, recording, accumulating and storing information objects received in real time and / or in a session time from elements of an automated system in the indicated data blocks generated by them;

- processing the received data blocks with the formation of address blocks, including information related to one type of voting and / or one element of the automated system and / or one element of the voting network and / or one direction of activity of the system elements and / or one user, and saving the address blocks with accessibility;

- processing the information of the address blocks with the formation of the blocks of the final data containing information on an accrual basis, and saving the blocks of the final data with access; - processing the information contained in the indicated data blocks, address blocks and blocks of the final data, with the formation of statistical data blocks according to the parameters established by regulatory legal acts, and their storage with access; the formation of information blocks containing information available in a single database, in accordance with the rules of distribution provided for registered users in the database;

- the formation of blocks of open information in accordance with the established list of information for subsequent open presentation using acceptable visualization tools;

- the formation of blocks of output information in accordance with the established list for subsequent display on Internet sites;

- forming a block of the voting ballot containing at least information allowing identification of the ballot as belonging to the voting ballots, including at least two choices from among registered choices and having at least two localized selection fields adapted to make a choice by introducing a voting member into the selection element into one of the selection fields;

- introducing into each of the indicated data blocks, address blocks, totals data blocks, information blocks, open information blocks, output information blocks, an additional classification index that allows each of these blocks to be identified in the database;

- saving the software package installed on the elements of the automated system, including source packages and service packs, and the results of testing the status of the software and hardware of the elements of the automated system during monitoring;

- saving copies of the original and adjusted data blocks of a single database on a medium acceptable for the operation of an automated system that is not connected with the database;

- accounting for the issuance and movement of strict reporting forms, including ballot papers; and at the same time, the interaction of the elements of the system ensures the functioning of the system and a single database in an interactive mode for the purpose of information and reference services for users with the implementation of a range of works on:

- keeping up to date the information contained in a single database through correction and updating;

- receiving user access to a single database and saving it; -checking the presence of an identification index in circulation, establishing the amount of access rights granted to the user for access to information in a single database,

- search for information contained in a single database in accordance with the appeal and the amount of rights granted to the user,

- forming a response block to a user’s request,

- providing the user with a generated response block in the viewing mode in accordance with the scope of the rights granted to the user, if the user’s access to the database contains an identification index corresponding to the identification index of this user in the specified unified database;

- the implementation in the automatic mode of a set of works to protect the automated system from unauthorized access;

- implementation of a range of activities to ensure information security; and the automated system contains at least one element associated with at least a central element and with the database server of the system and adapted to:

- providing users with access to the information resources of an automated system based on Web technology;

- Providing for open acquaintance in op-mode on available means of displaying and visualizing information on the voting process with the display of preliminary results of voting automatically processed in real time in the voting region;

- providing for publication on the Internet information about the voting process and within 24 hours after the end of voting, the final voting results; - providing with the display on visualization tools a large format of collective information on the voting process and tabulation.

Moreover, the system according to the invention is configured to provide users with information formed in blocks:

- information about the beginning of the election campaign;

- data containing regulatory legal acts governing the preparation and conduct of voting and the necessary legal information;

- data containing calendar plans for the preparation and conduct of voting and the results of their implementation;

- data containing information on the administrative-territorial division of the voting region;

- data, including reporting forms, established for reports of various organizational structures in connection with voting, with the possibility of filling them out,

- data, including current reporting and final documents on the preparation and conduct of voting;

- data generated during the preparation and conduct of voting by each element of the automated system,

- data containing information on the preparation and conduct of voting at a specific point in the voting network,

- data on the object proposed for inclusion in the number of choices provided for voting; data, including a list of registered options for voting,

- data on prospective voting participants;

- data including lists of prospective voting participants in accordance with the administrative-territorial division of the voting region for voting purposes;

- data, including the form of the voting ballot and requirements for its content;

- data of the formed voting ballot with the possibility of its replication on a medium acceptable for voting;

- data on registration of the voting participant and provision of the voting ballot to him; - data, including lists of registered voting participants, including the results of checking these lists for the presence of “doubles”,

- data on the dynamics of the voting process and the number of votes cast during the voting time;

- data containing information about the beginning, end and content of the campaign in the voting region;

- data containing information on the tabulation of voting results in the voting region and / or its administrative-territorial districts;

- data containing information on documents issued to an elected person,

- data of statistical processing of incoming information;

- information on the closing of the vote;

- data containing information on the receipt, expenditure and return of funds for the preparation and conduct of voting;

- information on the completion of the election campaign;

- information on the termination of powers of an official and / or authority;

- information on the occurrence of the powers of the selected official and / or authority; information in accordance with the established list of information provided for subsequent open access in the media and / or on acceptable means of visualization; information in accordance with the established list of information provided for subsequent display on Internet sites;

- information on the functioning of the hardware and software elements of an automated system and communications and the results of monitoring their status and maintenance, with the ability to display information contained in these blocks on visualization tools.

In addition, according to the invention, in the system, the data containing information of legal acts regulating the preparation and conduct of voting, at least include:

- purpose and type of voting;

- the voting region and its division into administrative-territorial districts for the purposes of preparing and conducting voting;

- date and time of the beginning and end of the preparation of the vote; - date and time of the beginning and end of voting;

- Evaluation criteria for the choice option for the purpose of its registration as an option provided for voting in the voting region and / or its precincts;

- voting tools provided to the voting participant for making his choice;

- parameters of identification of the voting participant;

- criteria for recognizing a voting participant as registered for voting purposes; criteria for recognition of a ballot filled out by a voting participant as valid and selection perfect;

- criteria for validating the report of the voting network item on the voting results;

- criteria for declaring the vote valid;

- indices assigned to the specified data type for their identification in the amount of information in a single database.

In addition, in the system according to the invention, the data on the functioning of voting structures engaged in the preparation and conduct of voting contain at least:

- normative legal acts regulating their activities;

- functional features of these items, the structure of their interaction, the hierarchical structure of the voting network;

- established forms of accounting and reporting;

- information on staffing;

- the amount of rights granted to carry out activities;

- information on special identification indices assigned to each of the elements of the system, which are mandatory for inclusion in the volume of the block of information generated by the indicated elements for input into the specified unified database and / or for transfer to other elements and / or automated system, and allowing in the specified the automated system to identify the data source and information by affiliation;

- data generated during the preparation and conduct of voting of documents, including reporting documents;

- information generated by an element of an automated system into said data blocks containing information received by the system in the process of preparation and conduct of voting, and providing the possibility of its display in text and / or graphic and / or digital and / or tabular form;

- date and time of the beginning and end of voting.

In addition, in the system according to the invention, the data containing information about the administrative-territorial division of the voting region contains a graphic image of the map of the voting region with the boundaries of the division of the region into polling stations for voting purposes, with the possibility of detailing the parameters of the polling station.

In addition, in the system according to the invention, the data about the object intended for inclusion in the number of choices provided for voting contain at least:

- parameters allowing to identify the object of the proposed choice among other proposed objects of choice;

- the amount of data necessary for the participant to vote to make a comparative assessment of the choices among themselves;

- data of the choices provided for voting registered in accordance with the requirements of regulatory legal acts in the amount of data necessary for a comparative assessment of choices;

- information about the choices that were refused registration, and the reasons for such refusal.

In addition, in the system according to the invention, the data on the alleged voter shall contain at least:

- data on a person who has reached the age of legal capacity for voting purposes, whose place of residence is the administrative-territorial precinct of the voting region, allowing him to be identified among other persons residing in this precinct,

- data on the participant in the voting process, necessary and sufficient to identify him among the alleged voting participants, a list of alleged voting participants who have reached the legal capacity for voting purposes and who live in each of the administrative-territorial precincts of the voting region,

- data on a person who has reached the age of legal capacity for the purpose of voting and who has expressed a desire to vote in a voting precinct other than the precinct at his place of residence, - data of documents issued to the voting participant at his request for his voting in the voting precinct, different from the precinct at his place of residence.

Moreover, the system is adapted for voting, in which the purpose of the vote is selected from the group including the referendum, presidential election, election of the highest official, election of the head of the municipality, election of the head of administration, election of a deputy, recall of a person from an elected post, recall of a deputy, and the system has the structure of interaction of system elements with each other and with external elements corresponding to the purpose of the vote and the voting region.

In addition, according to the invention, the system is adapted to accompany voting, the form of which is selected from the group including direct voting and absentee voting.

Moreover, according to the invention, the voting region using the system can be selected from the group including the state, the Federal entity, the constituent entity of the Federation, the municipality, the administrative-territorial district.

In addition, the system according to the invention allows the preparation and conduct of voting in one voting region for several voting purposes at any combination of goals and types of voting.

Moreover, the system according to the invention can be adapted for voting for the purpose of a referendum, recall of a person from an elected post, recall of a deputy, the choice is to answer at least one question, the ballot has at least two fields for selecting the answer to one question , and the answer is recorded in the bulletin by introducing a marking element in one of two selection fields.

In addition, the system according to the invention can be used for voting for purposes selected from the group including the election of the president, the election of the highest official, the election of the head of the municipality, the election of the head of administration, the election of a deputy, while additionally forming an integrated database of the automated system blocks of information containing:

- data on the registration of the election campaign with the assignment of a special code index, which is mandatory for inclusion in the information blocks regarding the preparation and conduct of voting for the chosen goal, and allowing to identify such information in the amount of information of a single database by ownership;

- information about the beginning of the election campaign;

- information about the beginning, end and content of the campaign;

- information on the completion of the election campaign;

- information on the termination of powers of an official and / or authority;

- information on the onset of the powers of the selected official and / or authority;

- data on electoral groups, including political parties and / or electoral blocs and / or initiative groups of voters nominating a candidate for elections, including:

- information on the participation of these election groups in election campaigns;

- information on authorized representatives of electoral collectives;

- data on the candidate nominated by the electoral staff, including information on his property and income;

- data on the authorized representatives of the candidate;

- data on documents issued to a registered trustee;

- data on the candidate;

- data on the receipt and expenditure of funds from the electoral funds of candidates and budget funds received, including for free airtime and print space;

- data on the registration of the candidate for inclusion in the ballot as an object of voting;

- data of documents issued to the chosen person;

- results of the monitoring of the legality of donations;

- the results of verification of information about the property and income of the candidate; and additionally, with the help of an automated system, documents on his registration are formed and submitted to the candidate, and a document on his election is formed and presented to the selected person.

In addition, the system according to the invention may have a multi-level structure in accordance with the established administrative-territorial division of the voting region and the hierarchy of subordination of its elements. Moreover, according to the invention, in the system, the identification parameters of the voting participant are the surname, first name, patronymic, date of birth, place of birth, place of residence or registration and an identification document upon presentation.

In addition, in the system according to the invention, information is provided to a user for viewing by displaying on a visualization means a data block selected from the group including:

- a data block containing an index identifying this user;

- a data block containing information allowed for user access in accordance with the rights granted to him;

- a block of information for public review.

In addition, in the system according to the invention, the user is provided with real-time and / or session mode display of statistical information on the preparation and conduct of voting on the corresponding cartographic display of the territory and / or sections of the administrative-territorial division of the voting region and / or the voting region as a whole .

Brief Description of the Drawings

The invention is further illustrated by examples of descriptions of possible embodiments of an automated operational information system according to the invention and the drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a diagram of a client-server architecture of a central element of an automated operational information system according to the invention; Figure 2 is a diagram of a client-server architecture of a regional element of an automated system according to the invention;

Fig. 3 is a diagram of a client-server architecture of a territorial element of an automated system according to the invention;

Figure 4 is a diagram of the input and output information of the subsystem for automating the electoral processes of an automated system according to the invention; Figure 5, 5a is a diagram of information flows during the automation of election processes during the simultaneous election of the President of the Russian Federation and a federal referendum;

Fig.6.6a is a diagram of information flows in the automation of electoral processes during elections to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation; Fig.7,7a is a diagram of information flows in the automation of electoral processes during elections to the regional legislative authority

(for the election system 1,3,5);

Fig. 8.8a is a diagram of information flows during elections to a regional legislative authority (the 2.4 system is combined with the 1,3,5 election systems);

Figures 9, 9a are a diagram of information flows during simultaneous elections to a regional legislative body, the head of the region’s executive branch, and a regional referendum;

Figure 10, 10a is a diagram of information flows during simultaneous elections to the legislative authority of the territory, the head of the executive branch of the territory and territorial referendum;

11 is a diagram of information flows during a regional referendum;

Fig - the structure of the program package "Service maintenance)) subsystem for the operation and maintenance of an automated system according to the invention;

Fig - structure of the subsystem control and monitoring of functioning;

Fig - layout of the components of the subsystem control and monitoring of functioning;

Fig - functional diagram of the subsystem control and monitoring of functioning,

Fig. 16 is a diagram of information flows for monitoring the technical condition of a local computer network of a complex of automation means of a central election commission;

Fig - architecture of the program package "Service maintenance)) subsystems of the operation and maintenance;

Fig. 18 is the architecture of the “Service Manager” software package of the elements of an automated system according to the invention — a package of automation tools for election commissions;

Fig. 19 is a diagram of information flows in monitoring service processes;

Fig. 20 is a schematic diagram of the operation of an automated operational information system according to the invention during federal elections. Moreover, the examples of the implementation of the system according to the invention do not go beyond the scope of patent claims and do not limit the possibility of application or modification of the invention.

The best embodiment of the invention

The system according to the invention can be used in election campaigns of various levels, in different voting regions, having different territorial lengths and different numbers of voters in the voting regions. For example, the system can be applied both for presidential elections and for the election of officials of various regional entities.

Moreover, the system can be formed again or using the previously existing structural network of elements having the above described capabilities of the elements of the system according to the invention, or parts thereof, while maintaining the interaction of the necessary peripheral elements of the system with the central element and the database of the system.

In this case, information resources of various levels can be used, for example, regulatory information related to general legal norms, to voters lists, which, according to the invention, are kept up to date by the system.

In addition, the system according to the invention can be simultaneously used for the preparation and conduct of several election campaigns and referenda in the same voting region, when voting on the same day, and in different regions of different campaigns simultaneously, when voting at different times.

Moreover, in the automated system according to the invention, having a geographically distributed structure of elements, the placement of system elements may coincide with the locations of the voting network, or may be different.

The system according to the invention can be illustrated by the example of its application for conducting an election campaign on the territory of the Russian Federation, in particular, election campaigns of the federal level, as well as campaigns of regional and local levels.

Moreover, if the organizational structure of such an election campaign and voting network in accordance with legislative and regulatory acts is a multi-level hierarchical structure, represented by several levels of elements, the structure of the automated system according to the invention, organized to solve the functional tasks of supporting, preparing and conducting such campaigns will also be multi-level.

The architecture of the operational information system according to the invention can be illustrated by the example of its implementation - the state automated system of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as GAS).

The GAS system is structurally multi-level and includes computers, networks, applications, processes. Different levels are relatively independent, but are closely related. Through interaction between elements of different levels in the system, a set of services and functions of the operational information system is implemented. Each level has its own agents, managing and controlling this level. When moving along hierarchical levels from bottom to top, a certain pattern of control interactions is formed.

At the same time, the elements of the automated operational information system according to the invention are complexes of automation means located in election commissions of various levels.

The elements of the automated operational information system according to the invention contain complexes of automation tools (hereinafter KCA) and software and hardware (hereinafter referred to as TCP), for example, personal computers equipped with high-tech operating systems, for example, Microsoft Corporation and Oracle database, providing the implementation of a unified collection technology , processing, accumulation, storage, search, reception / transmission and dissemination of information, and special applications that implement the tasks of complex automation nation of all the main and most important supporting tasks.

The architecture of the elements of an automated system according to the invention — complexes of automation means (hereinafter KCA) —can be different.

For example, as shown in Figure l, for the central election commission (hereinafter CEC), there is a two-tier client-server architecture for the category of professionals providing election campaigns using automated electoral technologies, and a three-tier client-server architecture for users with access permissions to information only in the mode of viewing it, for example, using the Crystal Rerort report generators with the Crystal EPerris application server. At the same time, through the intranet of KCA members commissions, KCA members of the apparatus of the commission are connected with database servers (DBs) and storages; workstations at the CEC location are connected with database application servers.

For example, as shown in Fig. 2, for the KCA of the election commission of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the ICRF), it is a two-tier client-server architecture in which through the Intranet the workstations in the locations of the ICSRF are connected to the database servers, database applications and the Web server.

For KCA of other election commissions, the optimal solution is a two-tier architecture, in which a multi-user DBMS operates, combined with an automated workstation (hereinafter AWP) in a peer-to-peer network. To increase reliability, technology with the installation of a backup database server can be used (Fig.Z). In this case, the DBMS software, for example, SQLBase, is installed on two computers of the KCA peer-to-peer network. At the same time, the database is located on the main server, and the catalog of database copies is located on the backup server.

The GAS system is geographically distributed, and therefore data requiring processing can be generated and entered in some places and elements of the system, for example, in the complex of automation tools of the territorial election commission (hereinafter KCA TEC), processed in other places of the system, for example, KCA of the election commissions of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (hereinafter KCA IKSRF), and used in third, for example, in the KCA of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation (hereinafter KCA CEC). Using distributed processing when entering, changing, deleting data allows you to reduce the load on the server and more efficiently use the total power of KCA.

For information systems, various architectures of various configurations can be used, for example, client-server. Their core is a multi-user database management system (hereinafter referred to as DBMS), which functions as a database server (hereinafter referred to as DB). The server is mainly intended for storage, transmission and sharing of information between clients. A client in this configuration is a workstation with a graphical interface for accessing applications.

The interaction between the KCA IKSRF and the KCA TECs and the KCA district election commissions (hereinafter referred to as KCA DECs) is carried out via dial-up telephone communication channels. The interaction of the KCA CEC and the KCA IKSRF carried out through dedicated communication channels, information exchange - using the DIONIS mail system.

The GAS system in real time ensures the functioning of the following subsystems:

- functional subsystems:

- a subsystem for the automation of electoral processes, which provides support to the activities of election commissions at all levels in accordance with applicable laws and regulations,

- the subsystem of the register of voters, referendum participants, which ensures the formation of data in numerical and graphical form and the automated generation of voter lists of precinct election commissions,

- a subsystem for the automation of administrative activities of election commissions, which ensures, inter alia, the management of material and technical support and document management of all election commissions,

- information and reference subsystem providing on the basis of WEB - interface and Internet technologies user access to the information resources of the automated system according to the invention, displaying information in text, cartographic, digital, tabular form, subsystem of the Internet portal, providing prompt information on the progress of the election campaigns, on the voting process, on the preliminary and final results of voting, on the activities of election commissions of all levels during campaigns at the federal, regional and municipal levels, a subsystem for displaying information of collective use, providing control over the provision of information from the GAS databases on large format visualization tools, video conferencing and television bridges, television filming, and

- providing subsystems:

- a communication and data transmission subsystem providing, using a combination of leased and switched channels, public telephone networks, switching nodes and subscriber access nodes, transmitting all the required types of information traffic between subscribers and information bases of the automated system, - subsystems of management and control of functioning, providing management of the processing of functional information, monitoring the operation of software and hardware and information security, monitoring the status of other subsystems of the automated system,

- subsystems for the operation and maintenance of KCA at all levels, providing testing and replication of software, the formation of models for reconfiguring regional fragments of an automated system to provide for simultaneous multiple elections, software installation, modernization of automation systems of an automated system according to the invention and other tasks,

- a subsystem for ensuring information security that provides authentication and delimitation of user powers, monitoring attacks from external sources, cryptographic protection of information flows, anti-virus protection,

- a training subsystem providing training for users and maintenance personnel, including remote, working with an automated operational information system according to the invention,

- a financial management subsystem that provides automation of planning and financial activities and accounting in election commissions.

The GAS system ensures the functioning of all GAS subsystems during all types of election campaigns provided by law:

- referenda;

- election for the position;

- election of deputies of a collegial body, including the legislative or representative body of power or local self-government;

- recall from an elected position or recall of a deputy.

Support for the preparation and conduct of elections of deputies is possible using five electoral systems identified in the CEO by digital codes: 1- elections in the majority of single- or multi-mandate constituencies;

2 - elections in the constituency according to the proportional system;

3 - elections by a mixed system;

4 - elections by majority system; 5 - elections by a mixed system.

Depending on the type of elections between the levels of the CEO, a vertical information interaction is established. Each level has its own software and hardware configurator.

The GAS system is adapted to work in two modes: basic and training. Each set of automation tools has two databases: one is real, which is used in the main mode, the other is dummy, which is used in the training mode.

In the operating mode, during the preparation, conduct and tabulation of the results of elections or referenda at the federal level, continuous round-the-clock functioning of the entire GAS system is ensured. When preparing, conducting and summarizing the results of elections and referenda at the regional or municipal levels, continuous round-the-clock functioning of individual fragments of the CEO is ensured.

In between campaigns, the CEO may be used to provide information services to federal, regional, or local governments.

GAS system users are provided with a single unified interface. GAS uses a unified system of classification and coding.

The operation of GAS subsystems is ensured by software complexes formed in accordance with the functional tasks of the subsystems and ensuring the interaction of the subsystems with each other and with databases, databases between themselves and with voting tools.

Information representing the result of the operation of all the subsystems of the automated system according to the invention is published on the Web site in accordance with the approved output form.

The operation of the GAS system is ensured by the interaction of all the above subsystems. The design and software and hardware support of the HAS as a whole and its subsystems can be performed on the basis of well-known software and hardware and hardware tools that ensure the tasks of the subsystems and the HAS system as a whole.

The operation of the GAS can be illustrated by the example of the implementation of some subsystems of the GAS system. The subsystem of automation of electoral processes (hereinafter PAIP) provides:

- data management, including entering, updating, deleting and viewing data using on-screen forms;

- batch input of certain types of data from files;

- data processing;

- formation of reports and election documents;

- the formation of transmitted and processing messages received via communication channels;

- processing user requests in order to search for information on various search conditions.

The level of automation of the processes of preparing and conducting the voting depends on the type of election campaign, the role of the election commission in it, the type of voting (primary or repeat voting), the level of the campaign.

The role of the election commission is determined by the position of the commission in the tree of territorial-electoral division (hereinafter referred to as the theater of military affairs) created during each election campaign.

The role of the election commission also includes its functions. For example, the role of the commission can be organizing, transmitting, registering (for example, district), or another.

The PAIP subsystem operates on KCA election commissions with a hierarchical subordination structure. The number of users of the subsystem on each individual KCA varies. At KCA regional and local levels, several jobs can work with the subsystem; at KCA CEC, the number of places is determined by the amount of information processed, including entering, deleting, changing database data, viewing and analyzing information.

When conducting election campaigns, the PAIP ensures the combination of campaigns at the federal, regional and municipal levels, as well as the joint work of several election commissions on the same automation systems, ensuring the separation of information flows and data processing by type of election.

To store current and retrospective information, a database is used that operates under the control of a multi-user DBMS system that provides work in a client-server architecture. Input data for the electoral process automation subsystem include:

- data entered using the keyboard using on-screen forms;

- messages from complexes of automation tools via e-mail or magnetic disks;

- data from the database;

- data in files intended for batch input;

- data from request forms;

- report generation options; data coming from complexes of means of automation of precinct election commissions, for example, from means for voting and processing of voting results.

As shown in FIG. 4, while the input data for the PAIP subsystem is information generated, for example: on the basis of data from all-Russian classifiers and dictionaries that determine the unity of terminology and the conceptual apparatus of electoral processes;

- on the basis of regulatory legal acts, for example, the Law of the Russian Federation on elections and referenda, the Law of the Russian Federation on cutting election districts;

- based on information from the authorities of the Russian Federation, the justice authorities of the Russian Federation, bodies of the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation, public associations and citizens, candidates, authorized banks, election commissions.

The output of the PAIP subsystem includes: -data accumulated in the database; -data displayed on the screen of a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as PC) for viewing;

- messages transmitted via e-mail channels;

- reports on the PC screen, on paper or in the form of a file.

As shown in FIG. 4, while the PAIP output is information generated, for example:

- based on references and reports on planning election campaigns, on the territorial-electoral division of the regions of the Russian Federation;

- voter lists;

- reports on election collectives, including financial ones;

- reports on candidates, including financial ones; - lists of candidates, elected persons;

- certificates and reports on the voting process and their display on the maps;

- reports on the completion of election campaigns, including voting protocols and summary tables and the display of voting results on chart maps, as well as information on certificates of proxies and authorized representatives of election groups, certificates of candidates, their authorized representatives and authorized representatives, certificates of elected persons .

The functional structure of the interaction of KCA of various hierarchical levels used in the GAS in PAIP is ensured by the complexes of target programs (hereinafter referred to as KP):

- KP ((Electoral process ", combining software tools that ensure the conduct of election campaigns of all types and levels, obtaining the results of voting and the results of the election campaign as a whole, and including the programs:" Planning ", ((Election Commission)," Candidate / Deputy) , “Results”, “Agitation”, “Shell”;

- KP “Pravo” to provide legal information in the field of electoral legislation, the provision of regulatory legal acts;

- KP “Voter” for the implementation of maintaining voter lists, their analysis and monitoring the presence of doubles and takes;

- KP ((Finance Control)) to control the electoral funds of candidates and election collectives;

- KP “Kartografiya” to determine the boundaries of electoral territorial divisions, as well as display on a cartographic background information about election campaigns, the course and results of voting;

- KP ((Classifier)) for centralized maintenance and distribution of system-wide classifiers, linear dictionaries and reference books used for semantic control of input values and allowing to store their codes instead of values, which leads to a decrease in the amount of information stored.

Complexes of programs can be adapted to solve other problems of the subsystem. Programs can be improved with the development of the GAS system and the expansion of its functional tasks.

For example, the “Candidate / Deputat” program automatically collects, records and provides users with information: - on registration of electoral groups: electoral blocs, electoral associations, initiative groups of voters;

- on maintaining lists of candidates nominated by them;

- data on signatures in support of candidates for verification of signatures;

- based on the results of the draw to determine the procedure for the placement of candidates on the ballot;

- on the formation of originals-layouts of ballots;

- based on the results of voting;

- on the preparation of registration certificates and certificates and other information during the preparation and conduct of the election campaign, as well as the results of statistical processing of information in accordance with the desired sampling parameters, including comparative statistical processing of various election campaigns.

For example, the “Agitation” program provides control over the election campaign conducted by candidates or election collectives, registration and registration of violations of the electoral law. In particular, it takes into account the results of public opinion polls, monitors the conditions for access of registered candidates and electoral blocs to the media, the conditions for mass events, the conditions for the release of printed, audiovisual and other campaign materials, as well as the detection of abuse using the international Internet and control over the spending of funds on campaigning, for example, in conjunction with the KP “Finance Control)).

For example, the “Shell” program is used to provide work in a session, to send and receive messages, and also to install software complexes and create databases on automation systems. This provides:

- entry into the session with verification of user identification, selection of the operating mode - working or training;

- the formation of the menu of the head screen of the session, taking into account the category of user;

- Formation of the list of election campaigns, providing search in it and access to work in the election campaign from the list; - forming a menu of selective actions;

- call the software modules corresponding to the menu items;

- administration of work on complexes of automation tools: registering users and assigning them authority, setting parameters for the functioning of complexes of automation tools and workstations, switching modes: work and training;

- copying the current election campaign from the main database to the training one, replacing the real information about the candidates and election teams with conditional test information;

- information exchange between databases of different KCA via e-mail channels using, for example, the DIONIS multi-user electronic communication services center, accessed, for example, by calling the TM transport module for Wi-Fi;

- copying from the delivery medium, for example, from a CD, to the KCA file server of the KP programs of the subsystem for the automation of electoral processes, installing the main and training database, setting up the user's workstation.

The main information that KP “Pravo” works with is the electronic form of the text of legal acts (hereinafter referred to as the legal acts), for example, in the form of a Wogd text editor file or an ASCI l file and the legal act form created on the PC screen by the user or in the process automatic linguistic text processing KP “Pravo” ensures the functioning of the KCA, for example, the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation and election commissions of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, while known means, for example, the processing tool Septura Theme Devoreg, can be used to implement the KP “Pravo”.

KP Kartografiya provides automatic generation of maps, input and editing of maps, changing the cartographic layers of electoral territories, dividing into electoral districts and precincts, issuing thematic information on a cartographic background, as well as generating, displaying and saving a sequence of thematic cartographic schemes. In addition, the preparation of presentations, election calendars and the status of the KCA in the field, the creation of output forms at the user's request in dynamic mode, work with the archive of thematic maps, the demonstration of multimedia presentations. In this case, the division into constituencies and precincts is performed in automatic and / or manual mode with the control of the division process in the form of a step-by-step dialogue. The selection of dividing options is provided both by deviation from the average norm of representation of voters, and by mutual deviation of the number of voters in different constituencies with a given accuracy, taking into account the set criteria for assessing the best option for dividing.

The provision of thematic information on a cartographic background of information from a database of an automated operational information system can be implemented in the form of lists, diagrams of business graphics, or by color highlighting cartographic fragments.

For example, at the stage of voting preparation, the total number of polling stations and the list of voters are visualized. After the start of voting, information is added about the opening of voting stations, the voting process at the set reporting time, for example, about the number of voters who voted. After the end of the election - information on the voting results, percentage of votes cast for candidates, number of votes “against all”. Dialogue for providing thematic information can be built according to the chosen screenplay.

KP “Classifier” provides centralized maintenance of system-wide classifiers and dictionaries, formed mainly on the KCA CEC and distributed to other KCA automated systems. At KCA, the ICRF introduces information about regional and local public associations. At KCA of various levels for working with voter lists, dictionaries of names and patronymics can be replenished.

At KCA CEC, they enter new values and codes of values, assign the “retpo” attribute to values that should no longer be used for encoding, but only need to decode them, view the composition of values and their corresponding codes of values, and also upload dictionary information to files for them Forwarding to other KCA. At the same time, when unloading the hierarchical classifier, two unloading options are provided: the entire classifier or a certain hierarchical branch, which is necessary, for example, for unloading a fragment of the classifier of the administrative-territorial division of the Russian Federation corresponding to a particular subject of the Russian Federation.

On all other KCA GAS systems, the dictionary information is viewed, including specifying the sorting of values and their codes, as well as loading classifiers, dictionaries and reference books from files sent from the KCA CEC.

To store data on each KCA, a single integrated database is used, managed by a database management system that provides multi-user operation in a client-server architecture, for example, Oracle Database. Integration of information needs in a single logical database structure is the basis for the development of various references and reports in which it is possible to combine any kind of information for analysis.

For information objects, the identifier generated by the above-mentioned complex of programs Electoral Process)) is introduced as the primary primary key), in the form of intra-system registration numbers (hereinafter BPH). The value of BPH is unique in the entire set of database systems throughout the life of the GAS. The introduction of BPH in the structure of database tables allows you to reduce the volume of indexes, quickly search, including when navigating through relationships between database tables, to simplify database access operations, for example, when using the SQL language, which is the main international language standard for relational and object-related relational database servers and creates the basis for integration with other information resource management systems.

For each information object in the logical structure, special technological fields are defined that allow recording information about data entry and correction. This information may include the date and time of data entry, the identifier of the user who performed the input, as well as the date and time of the last data adjustment and the identifier of the user who performed the last adjustment. In addition, it is possible to obtain information identifying the KCA as a source of input information, for example, information about the KCA serial number at which the initial entry of the instance of the information object in the database was performed, which is important in conditions when an automated election process is performed on multiple KCA systems.

The DB schema includes a subscheme with tables modeling a meta-model of the PAIP subsystem, combining tables with lists of all information objects for which forms of maintaining data, all reports, queries, as well as types of messages and the composition of information objects in them, and identifying them are developed codes. The main structural component of the metamodel is the scheme of electoral actions for all types of election campaigns, election systems and the roles of election commissions, based on which the menu for accessing electoral actions is dynamically created in the user interface in the form of pop-up windows.

On the basis of the metamodel and the DBMS data dictionary, it is possible to add new attributes to the structure of information objects without modifying the message reception and transmission programs.

The integrated database structure takes into account the concept of different roles that are possible for the same election commission in different election campaigns with its participation. For example, in the election of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, a simulation is provided of a situation where district election commissions are not created in the territory of a number of constituent entities of the Russian Federation and their role is played by the election commission of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation.

The user interface of the electoral process automation subsystem is a unified graphical interface built with modern requirements in mind.

For example, the structure of the head screen of a session can have a horizontal menu and a zone in the center of the screen with a list of current election campaigns containing columns with the level and name of the campaign, date of voting, as well as the date of the Decision on the completion of the campaign and other data related to the campaigns. The construction of the interface allows dynamic monitoring of the status of election campaigns. The menu of the home screen of the subsystem provides access to information data, including other GAS subsystems.

At each KCA, the user can analyze three sets of election campaigns:

- current election campaigns available for work in them in the list of the main screen of the session;

- current election campaigns organized in lower-ranking election commissions and sent as part of messages for viewing and analysis;

- completed election campaigns, the information about which is related to retrospective information.

The selection of campaigns from the last two sets is possible only through queries. For certain types of information, queries are implemented that allow obtaining statistics on the most relevant analyzed indicators. A statistical indicator can be issued in the form of absolute and percentage values.

For example, the query “Statistics of the composition of candidates)) allows you to get a large list of summary statistical data on candidates in the election for a position in which statistics on the nomination of candidate registration and their social affiliation are combined. For example, by the following parameters:

- the number of nominated candidates, including men and women:

- from subjects of nomination (collectives, groups and self-nomination);

- from deputies or elected officials;

- having two places of work;

- having an unexpunged criminal record;

- having dual citizenship;

- for the first time participating in elections;

- indicating affiliation with a public association;

- number of candidates:

- registered:

- by decision of the election commission;

- By the tribunal's decision;

- after refusal of registration:

- the number of denials of registration;

- the number of deregistration;

- dropped out of the list of candidates before and after registration.

At the same time, it is possible to build diagrams, for example, bar or pie, as well as obtain a list of candidates corresponding to a statistical parameter.

When viewing the protocols for receiving and transmitting messages, in addition to the structure of typical logged characteristics for each message, the screen provides the name of the election campaign, the sender of the message, the location of the KCA from which the message was sent. It is possible to analyze the protocols for a single campaign, and for the election as a whole.

The basis of addressing in the transmission of messages during the election campaign is addressing according to the structure of the territorial-electoral division (hereinafter TVD). In the event that several election campaigns are conducted simultaneously, several addressing schemes operate according to the number of these campaigns, taking into account the TVD created for each campaign. The KCA CEC collects information on federal, regional and regional campaigns. The KCA IKSRF collects information about regional campaigns and local campaigns of any level conducted in the territory of a subject of the Russian Federation.

Data flow diagrams implemented in the PAIP GAS subsystem by automation systems of various levels - KCA election commissions: district (hereinafter referred to as DECs), territorial (hereinafter TECs), central (hereinafter CEC) and commissions of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (hereinafter ICRF), are presented on automation examples electoral processes during the simultaneous election of the President of the Russian Federation and the federal referendum (Fig. 5, 5a), during the election of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (Fig. 6, 6a) according to the mixed election system: another district proportional system and the majority of districts. As well as during the elections to the regional legislative authority simultaneously in the territories according to the election systems for the majority of majoritarian districts and the mixed system (Fig. 7,7a), the same elections when they are combined simultaneously with the elections in the district according to the proportional system and according to the majority system (Fig. 8,8a).

The scheme of data flows during simultaneous elections to the regional legislative authority, the head of the executive branch of the region and the regional referendum is presented in Figs. 9, 9a.

The flow diagram of data during simultaneous elections to the legislative authority of the territory and the head of the executive branch of the territory, and the territorial referendum is presented in Figs. 10, 10a.

Scheme of automation of the processes of preparation and conduct of voting during a regional referendum is presented in Fig.l 1.

As can be seen from the presented schemes, information flows of input data during various election campaigns are processed and distributed at different levels in different ways.

Moreover, the automation of electoral processes using the same input data to combine the processes of creating and processing documents of various election campaigns, for example, when registering voters, when generating ballots, protocol forms, vote counting can significantly reduce the time spent, the number of operators and the amount of information transmitted.

A subsystem of the register of voters (hereinafter PRIZ) of referendum participants, providing automation of the activities of election commissions of all levels related to the registration and registration of voters, referendum participants and the preparation and conduct of elections and the preparation and conduct of elections and referenda of all levels. The PRIZ subsystem provides the formation of data in numerical and graphic form and the automated generation of voter lists of precinct election commissions.

The structural and functional diagram of the PRIZ subsystem is based on the interaction of KCA at all levels with the corresponding external sources of information and information bases of the GAS system.

External sources of data for updating the subsystem database are passport and visa service agencies, civil registry offices, military registration and enlistment offices, judicial authorities, and migration service authorities.

The subsystem is adapted to provide the following functions:

- keyboard input of voter data;

- data exchange with external sources of information;

- data exchange between KCA and databases of all levels;

- maintaining classifiers, reference books and dictionaries of the subsystem;

- maintenance of subsystem databases;

- formation of lists of voters, referendum participants;

- maintaining additional data on voters;

- generation of reports and statistics;

- maintaining data of subscription lists;

- administration of the subsystem;

- installation and configuration of subsystem software;

- data exchange with the database of the GAS system.

The subsystem uses a system of classifiers, for example, formed on the basis of all-Russian classifiers, which allow identifying the coordinates of the place of residence of citizens, and other necessary classifiers, which ensure identification of the citizen’s personality in the database in the voter lists and during voting based on the document presented during registration at the polling station. The KCA CEC subsystem uses the database server, application server, and client software, and the KCA ICSRF uses the database server and client software. The operation of the PRIZ subsystem can be implemented using well-known software, for example, based on the Windows 2000 operating system.

The subsystem also provides the provision of information to users using acceptable means of display, for example, on display screens, using various screen forms. Many records displayed on the screen can be adjusted by the user in accordance with the level of access granted to him.

The subsystem provides the ability to verify the authenticity of information identifying the voter, check doubles, check bibliographic data, as well as generate and correct voter lists in accordance with the theater of affairs of the regions, as well as the ability to present statistical data by territory.

The information and referral subsystem (hereinafter referred to as COI) is intended for online help and informational services for members of election commissions, employees of the election commissions KCA CEC and KCA IKSRF by publishing on the intranet the information contained in the information fund of the entire automated GAS system. The ICP subsystem operates in the software and hardware environment of the KCA CEC and KCA IR of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

The ISP subsystem provides automation of the processes of generating and issuing, at the request of users, of the information contained in the integrated database (hereinafter referred to as the ISD) of the KCA CEC under the control of the database management system (hereinafter referred to as the DBMS), for example, the Oracle 9i Enterprise, and the KCA IKSRF IDB under the management of the Oracle 9i DBMS Stapdard. The functioning of the subsystem is carried out, for example, with the help of the Sgustal Expert software package, executed in a multi-level client-server architecture in four layers, including many functional modules:

-in the client layer, performing the tasks of administering the entire subsystem, establishing user rights, changing server settings, entering or deleting access keys, setting options for publishing and viewing reports; - in a control layer that solves security problems, sends requests to the appropriate servers and saves versions of reports with saved data;

- in the execution layer, which forms calls directly to the data and generates reports;

- in a data layer linking, for example, desktop databases, relational databases, or EPP systems.

Layer modules can be installed on one or several computers, depending on the type of tasks being solved. Communication between the modules can be performed by Сustal еВusiпесс Фрэмеворk, for example, using the TCP / IP / protocol

At the same time, the ISP subsystem provides uniform access to information resources from workstations (hereinafter AWP) with the provision of textual, graphical, and cartographic information to users.

The KP of the information and reference subsystem includes software that provides: automated generation of Web pages using information resources in general of the automated operational information system and publishing them on the site of the subsystem at the request of users;

- uniform access from user workstations to the information resources of the system through the use of standardized templates for Web pages of the second and subsequent levels;

- automatic generation of hyperlinks for interconnected documents, providing the ability to go from one Web page to another using these links;

- access from the main page of the site to the main sections of the site;

- access to the main sections of the site from Web pages of the second and subsequent levels;

- factual and thematic search;

- the ability to compare the election results in graphical form on comparable data;

- the ability to display information on a printer without graphic elements used to navigate the site; - self-training of the user using the "help" mode, which is automatically called from each Web page and contains a user manual and information that provides independent work with the non-professional user ICP;

- the ability to administer ISPs - adding sections, publishing information from external sources, collecting and processing statistical information about the use of information resources of an automated operational information system according to the invention.

ISP also includes tools for solving analytical problems associated with complex calculations, forecasting, modeling of “what-if” and other scenarios. For this, the system uses multidimensional database technology, for example, implemented as a family of OLAP technology products, Oracle Excel, which includes a multidimensional database server, specialized development tools in the client-server and Web environments, as well as ready-made analytical applications.

The user with the help of simple manipulations with a mouse-type manipulator can create dynamic interactive reports in tabular and graphical form, receive various slices of multidimensional information, drill down data at any hierarchical level and conduct dynamic aggregation. Moreover, all the resulting interactive tables, charts and graphs are placed on pages that can be combined into “multi-page books” - briefings. Analysis results can easily be emailed or exported to the corporate Web site.

The interaction of ICP with other subsystems of the GAS is carried out at the data level of the integrated database.

The work of ISP users is carried out from any KCA CEC or KCA ICSRF workstation on which a browser is installed. The work of the ISP administrator is carried out from the administrator’s workstation, where software is installed that is designed to accompany the KP of the information and reference subsystem. The user’s work with the ISP consists in selecting the information section using the navigation menu and filling in the search details. The composition of the details is determined by the requirements of the user. In the process, the user can refine the query by adding or modifying the search data. The input data for the ICP are the data of the KCA CEC IDB, the KCA IKSRF ISD, information search requests in the IDB.

The output data of the ISP are all types of certificates and reports generated by all subsystems of the CEO.

The subsystem for displaying information of collective use (hereinafter referred to as POIKP) provides a visual display of the results of election campaigns and the process of their conduct, as well as the use of visualization tools between the elections for various video conferences, presentations and daily activities of election commissions, in particular, displaying the current state of KCA automated systems according to the invention.

Input information for the subsystem are:

- external sources of video information, for example, broadcasting;

- video, audio and graphic information prepared by means of other information systems, and intended for visualization on display means; information from the databases of the automated operational information system according to the invention.

The output of the subsystem is:

- information displayed on the display means;

- hard copies of the displayed information;

- archived records of the displayed information. The subsystem includes the elements that are part of the KCA:

- sources of information intended for display, for example: personal computers, video recorders, video conferencing terminals, video and television cameras, non-linear editing stations, broadcast television receivers;

- information management and distribution tools, for example: video and audio information switches, video processors, multi-screen image controllers, control panels, digital broadcast servers, radio frequency modulators, converters;

- means of information display, for example: projection systems with large-sized luminous screens, plasma panels, household television sets, control monitors, personal computers, for example, as part of workstations; - acoustic means, for example, acoustic amplifiers and systems, microphones, mixing consoles;

- Means of broadcasting television signals through fiber optic channels;

- means of information exchange - dedicated segment of the KCA CEC local area network - local video networks of the display subsystem, cable system for transmitting video and control information.

For example, KCA CECs include large-scale displays - a projector and a video wall in the CEC building, small-sized displays - television receivers and plasma panels, video distribution tools - cable television network, video archiving system, acoustic amplifiers and systems, computers - graphic stations that can be used to prepare information for display.

KCA IKSRF include video sources - personal computers, video recorders, video conferencing terminals, documentation tools - color laser printers, information display tools

The software and hardware of the subsystem provide the KCA CEC with the performance of the above functions, for example, workstation software includes well-known operating systems. At the same time, automated workstations for information processing workstations have a video system of at least XGA standard and ensure the functioning of the “Crafting” software package of the subsystem for automating electoral processes, graphic packages of two and three-dimensional graphics, animation packages, and database reporting tools. Control and switching tools provide the possibility of local individual control over the formation of images for the means of displaying information from the workplace of the operator-director. Image transmission from controls to large-sized displays and plasma displays is provided as an RGB signal.

When observing the course of elections or referenda and summarizing the voting results, the information for display is generated mainly using the Kaptografia CP using graphic packages and other software for generating arbitrary graphic and textual information.

When conducting television and video conferences, the source of information is the video signal from television and video cameras and video conferencing terminals. During meetings and presentations, the main sources of information are the VCR and personal computers.

The capabilities of the display subsystem allow for simultaneous display, including in multi-channel mode, for example, up to 15 sources of video information.

The management and control subsystem of functioning (hereinafter the UKF subsystem) provides automation of the management processes, collecting and processing information about the state and functioning of all subsystems and elements of the GAS, including computers, network equipment, operating systems, databases and KCA of each level, regional fragments GAS, centralized management and control of the GAS as a whole at the KCA CEC level. The subsystem ensures the independence of the functioning of each of its components.

The structure of the UKF subsystem is based, for example, on the well-known universal platform CA Unicenter TNG. In this case, the core of the subsystem implements the "manager-agent" scheme (Fig.13). At the same time, they provide control, event processing and special functional tasks, and provide information to users and dispatcher operators using organized interfaces and report builders.

The placement of the components of the subsystem UKF presented on Fig. The interaction of the elements of the subsystem is carried out using the data transmission subsystem.

The input and output data of the UKF subsystem is presented in Fig. 15. Each agent collects data and manages a specific element of a network or application. Managers-servers of the control system collect data from their agents, summarize them and store them in the database. Each control object sends its own data set, which the UKF subsystem receives, processes and stores, and then, in accordance with the selected control policy, generates a control action and sends it to the desired control object.

The interaction of the UKF subsystem with other GAS subsystems is carried out through an integrated database. Many databases of the UKF subsystem, operating on the basis of well-known DBMS tools, are subcircuits of an integrated database. At the same time, DBMS means determine access rights to the database of the subcircuit. Databases of the UKF subsystem represent the totality of data necessary to ensure the interaction of the UKF subsystem with other GAS subsystems. For example, to obtain data for the control of regulations, the UKF subsystem uses the information collected by the automation subsystem of electoral processes. Each work is characterized by its type, place and time. Each election campaign regulation presents a list of work to be completed and is tied to a specific election campaign. The date and result of the execution form the status of the work. The set of work statuses allows you to track the progress of the implementation of the regulation and its violation. The automation subsystem of electoral processes monitors the processes of information exchange within the framework of the election campaign and transmits information about the completion of work to the UKF subsystem.

Information support tools for GAS users of the UKF subsystem include electronic “notice boards” and means for providing “hot lines”, for example, in a question / answer mode.

The UKF subsystem provides in automatic mode in two operational areas - the field of managing the functioning of software and hardware and the field of collecting and processing information about the state and functioning of all subsystems of an automated operational information system in accordance with the hierarchical principles of its construction:

- remote inventory of KCA software and hardware;

- remote distribution and modification of special software;

- remote monitoring and troubleshooting in KCA;

- collection, processing and provision of data on failures in the regulations for the submission of policy information;

- maintaining information funds on the operation and management of the functioning of the system as a whole.

The UKF subsystem provides, for example, automated monitoring of the local area network of the KCA CEC (hereinafter referred to as the CEC LAN), control of the staffing and status of the GAC, and control of data transmission channels.

On Fig presents a diagram of automated control of the technical condition of the local computer network KCA CEC.

For the convenience of the user, the state of the implementation of the control functions can be represented by the UKF subsystem in the form of a map on which servers, workstations, network devices and data transmission channels and their characteristics are displayed. The UKF subsystem, built in the architecture of the distributed information systems management system “manager-agent”, uses two families of management standards - based on the SNVP protocol, and international ISO standards, which use the CMIP protocol as a protocol for interaction between agents and managers.

Data on the current loading of channels from network devices is sent to the UKF subsystem, and they are dynamically analyzed and used to prevent data transmission channels from being overloaded, for example, during federal elections, by using the reserve capabilities of the subsystem.

At the time of peak loads on the central KCA CEC servers, for example, on the day of voting during the federal elections, based on information about the database operating mode, the security subsystem that interacts with the UKF subsystem can put the database servers in restricted user access mode to increase the server performance informing about this subsystem UKF.

Using the subsystem allows you to reduce operating costs by minimizing downtime and high-quality equipment settings, quickly solve problems due to constant monitoring of equipment malfunctions, create a flexible, scalable information infrastructure due to its quick reconfiguration, rebuild and expansion, as well as provide installation, configuration and software support for KCA system elements.

The information security subsystem (hereinafter referred to as ISS), which provides authentication and differentiation of user powers, monitoring attacks from external sources, cryptographic protection of information flows, anti-virus protection, implies the implementation of a security policy by creating, deleting and modifying security services and mechanisms, disseminating relevant information and responding for incidents, providing single sign-on to the GAS system, managing directory services.

The personnel training subsystem (hereinafter referred to as the OK subsystem) is a combination of tools, training methods and organizational structures that carry out the educational process, united by links and form an integrated organizational and technical scheme. Personnel are GAS specialists, for example, employees of the apparatus CEC, KCA system administrators of all levels and specialists serving KCA, and GAS users, for example, members of election commissions and their staff, employees of other federal, regional or local structures who are granted the right to use GAS resources. A set of training programs and distance learning programs are implemented using Web technology.

The structure of the OK subsystem has three levels: in accordance with the hierarchy of coordination and support of educational processes.

The OK subsystem includes the following types of collateral:

- information, including structured information arrays, for example, information fund and classifiers, combined into a local database of the OK subsystem;

- educational-methodical, including plans and programs, training courses and teaching methods, qualification requirements for specialists and users of GAS; organizational, including structures, for example, organizations, units, as well as individual full-time employees engaged in the learning process;

- software, consisting of software to automate tasks of the OK subsystem;

- technical - for the operation of the OK subsystem. Information exchange between the levels of the OK subsystem is carried out through fragments of the local database of the OK subsystem by replicating data, by e-mail, via telecommunication channels using TCP / IP protocols and by transferring files on storage media, for example, CD-ROM.

The OK subsystem is distributed and autonomous. Information exchange with other subsystems is carried out, if necessary, by standard means of import and export of data.

The subsystem for the operation and maintenance of KCA at all levels provides testing and replication of software, the formation of models for reconfiguring regional fragments of an automated system to ensure the simultaneous conduct of several selections, the installation of software, the modernization of systems of tools automation of an automated system according to the invention and other tasks. The subsystem closely interacts with other subsystems, for example, with the subsystem of automation of administrative activities and the subsystem of management and control of functioning.

In addition to KCA, service centers are an important participant in servicing, the main function of which is servicing KCA GAS software and hardware. At the same time, several KCA of various levels can be assigned to each service center. In each center there is a stand of the center, on which the simulation of the operation of the GAS is performed.

The subsystem database is part of the distributed GAS database and is located on the KCA CEC, KCA ICSRF servers and service center stands.

Using well-known software, for example, a Word text editor and an Excel spreadsheet, the subsystem provides the ability to print service documents at all objects and levels. The functioning of the subsystem is ensured by the set of programs “Service Maintenance)), deployed at the facilities of operation: KCA CEC (three-level model with a dedicated application server.), KCA ICSRF (three-level model without a dedicated application server) and software and hardware facilities of service centers. The architecture of the KP “service maintenance)) is shown in Fig.17.

In this case, it is advisable to use a three-link technology, for example, with a three-level architecture:

- data storage implemented by the database server, for example, for the KCA CEC - Oracle 9i Еpеrrris Еditiop with the application server Оrеlе 9i Arrlistiop Server, for the KP node as part of the service center software and hardware - with the database server Оrаlе 9i Stаpdаrd Еditiop, for and district election commissions - in the form of a three-level model without a dedicated application server, where the SQL database is used as the database server;

- logical, implemented by the “Service-manager” program (Fig. 18);

- Presentation, implemented by the “Service Client” program.

Moreover, in a three-tier architecture in the database, the data storage level does not include functional tasks for which the logical level is responsible. The database keeps a history of changes in storage and data generation objects for building query implementation. The following are used: -classifiers, for example, in the form of linear lists of values, for example, types of repair;

- directories, for example, in the form of objects with a complex structure, with the possibility of identification by the name or code of the object, for example, hierarchical construction. A directory element is characterized by a code, a value, and a set of properties. For example, objects “KCA”, “system administrators)), election commissions)),“ developers ”,“ repair centers)), “suppliers”, “service centers”;

- documents, for example, “delivery plan)), ((statement of work”, “act” and others;

- directories, for example, ((accounting units)), ((equipment)), "printers", "monitors" and others;

- domain events having an exact date and place of occurrence, for example, ((inventory)), ((repair)) and others; event logs of the same type in a strictly defined chronological sequence and hierarchy, for example, ((facts of equipment movement)) and others.

The subsystem provides, for example, an automated inventory process, in particular, software and hardware.

To exchange data between KCA servers, you can use the data transmission medium used in the GAS. Information security is provided by means of protection of the KCA, in the environment of which the KP operates ((Service)).

Access control to the resources of workstations with the client part of the applications is provided by acceptable security systems in the amount of functionality defined by the setting, including the formation of a closed software environment.

Information representing the result of the work of the CP of all subsystems of the state automated system is published on the Web site in accordance with the approved output form.

The interaction of the elements of the automated operational information system according to the invention during the functioning of the described subsystems can be illustrated by the example of the interaction of KCA of various levels of the CEO at the election of the President of the Russian Federation, as shown in Fig. 20.

The central element 1 of the system according to the invention is located in the first upper level of the system - in the element Ia of the voting network - Central of the election commission of the Russian Federation, elements of the second level of the system - in the elements 2a of the voting network - the election commissions of the constituent entities of the Federation, elements of the third level - in the elements For the voting network - in the district election commissions, elements of the fourth level - in the elements 4a of the voting network - in election commissions, elements of the fifth fifth level - in elements 5a of the voting network - precinct election commissions.

Elements 1-5 of the system are interconnected via a transmission medium built according to the radial-nodal principle with a central node in the central element 1 and nodes in the elements 2, which, in turn, are connected by communication channels with elements 3 and 4, and including suitable means communication, for example, channels 6 of the public communication network, digital communication channels 7, channels 8 and 9 of satellite communications.

At the same time, system element 5 c is shown, the location of which does not coincide with the placement of voting network elements 5 a, and information is transmitted between element 5 c and voting network element 5 a using acceptable means of communication, and elements 5 c are mobile and adapted for absentee voting with using software and hardware. Elements of the system 5b are also shown, which are also elements of the voting network - mobile electronic voting means.

Element 1 of the operational information system is the manager. Elements 1-4 with other elements of the voting network are connected by acceptable means of communication with a database, the formation and functioning of which is carried out using a server 10 connected to elements 6-9 of the system and equipped with an operating system, for example, the Oracle database.

Such a modular construction of an automated system allows you to quickly search for the necessary information, to automatically perform a given scenario of system actions.

When the election campaign for the presidential elections is launched, central point 1 forms the structure for constructing a geographically distributed voting network, ensuring the placement of elements 2-5 in the voting region taking into account its division into administrative-territorial districts, and also provides the elements with communication facilities and necessary technical means.

The central control element 1 also forms a structure for constructing an operational information system containing the required amount module elements, at least one of which is the central control element 1 and is located on the central control center of the voting network, another element, for example 12, is adapted to connect to other external bases (not shown in the drawing), and element 13 is adapted to withdrawal from the operational information system of information intended for open acquaintance.

Then, the installation of software and hardware complexes into the elements of the operational information system and the installation of unified software and hardware, for example, general purpose and specialized application programs, are carried out, and the software and hardware are tested.

During the operation of the automated system, they continuously monitor their status and update the software package. During the installation of the service pack, the specified action script is automatically executed, which may include operations with the file system, launching a script to modify the database, launching the executable module, stopping and starting Wi-Fi services, and rebooting the computer. Then the inventory procedure is started, in which the presence of all information, operational and service systems of the operational information system element is checked, as well as the compliance of the files with the specified standard. Based on the results of the inventory compile a report.

Then, the elements of la-4a, 5a, 5b and 5c are connected with the voting network and elements 1-5 of the system with the server 10.

The selection and training of the personnel of the election commissions are carried out.

After the formation of the elements of the automated system, all the organizational and reporting activities of the elements of the voting network are carried out in accordance with the obtained reference information and regulatory documents, which also establish formal criteria for assessing voter turnout, formal indicators, reporting and accounting forms.

Form a single database of the election campaign. At the same time, the use of modern multi-user DBMS Oracle allows for the complete integration of functional systems of an automated system with the creation of integrated databases at each level of system elements with full combination of logical data structures throughout the system and with a certain replication schedule.

Using element 13, information blocks are prepared containing the necessary legal, reference and regulatory information, reporting and accounting forms for the operation of voting network points, as well as information for campaigning, communication session procedures and instructions for accessing the database, established classification codes and identification indices of various information objects. For example, indices identifying the election commission, voting point, type of request, user address, sex of the voter, age of the voter, and others, and transmit them to the server 10 to form a single database of the election campaign and distribution to the territorial voting points.

In addition, they provide available in the database lists of prospective voters - voters, compiled in accordance with the place of residence of the voter in the place of location, for example, a precinct, constituency, territory, subject of federation, voting region.

The apparatus of the election commissions of the la-5a elements of the voting network carries out preparatory, organizational and campaign work, as well as generates primary information about the nomination of candidates, checks information about the candidates, for example, by sending a request through element 13 to external databases, for example, to state automated systems “Portable control”, “grant control”, “migration”, “justice”, ((state population register)).

Information prepared by each of the points of the voting network, for example, is transferred to an element of an automated system, for example, to element 3, which enters this information into a database and processes information objects with the formation of data blocks containing an information object that identifies this object index, item index voting network, element index 3 and time for entering information. Blocks are stored in the database, and at the request of the user of the database, for example, element 4, they can be provided for viewing, if, in accordance with the scope of rights granted to element 3, he is allowed access to this information.

Moreover, all the work of the points of the voting network is strictly regulated by the time and volume of information prepared for reports, which creates the ability to quickly enter information into software and hardware, quick search and its quick statistical processing, as well as information transfer to other elements of the system.

The Central Election Commission provides the established forms of voting ballots and submits them to the database, after registering the candidates, forms a voting ballot containing at least two registered candidates and two selection fields for each candidate, print it on paper.

When voting is carried out at points of the voting network, voters are registered on the basis of the established parameters for identifying the voter, for example, date of birth, place of birth, last name, first name and patronymic.

Provide voters with ballots or other means of voting and record the fact of their issuance, affixing a mark to them on the election commission.

Ballot papers are received from voters in ballot papers, for example, in a ballot box closed for free access. At the end of the voting time, the ballot box is printed and counted, the ballots received are checked, and they are checked for compliance with the validity criteria and the presence of a mark on the voter’s choice. Fill in the reporting forms and form the final protocol.

When using electronic means of voting, the voters are presented with the display of the voting ballot, the choices made by the voter are recorded, statistical automated processing of the voting results is carried out, and protocols of voting results are generated in an automated mode.

The protocols are sent to election commissions of a higher hierarchy level, for example, from precinct commissions to territorial commissions, and then, after the formation of the protocol of the territorial commission, to district commissions, in parallel sending information in the established format to an element of the system for entering and processing information contained in the protocols, including the final one.

The Central Election Commission sums up the results of the voting and decides on the end of the election campaign or its repetition, and also provides the elected person with a document on his election. Throughout the entire system’s operation, it automatically protects information and protects against unauthorized access using programmable information encoding processes, verifies the contents of input information, verifies and identifies the user, verifies access to the system, and suppresses attempts to implement the system.

During the preparation and conduct of voting, they automatically provide access to the information resources of an automated system based on Web technology, provide open access in op-mode on available means of display and visualization, for example, on a display screen, on a large-format screen, as well as by publication in the media, on the Internet, during video conferencing.

Thus, the use of an automated operational information system makes it possible to make elections transparent, automate routine reporting processes, ensure that all work is carried out within the established rules, eliminate falsification of ballots and provide the ability to control the voting process.

Industrial applicability

The automated operational information system for supporting the preparation and conduct of voting according to the invention can be implemented using well-known high-tech computer technologies using well-known technical means and software products.

Claims

Claim 1. An automated operational and information system for supporting the preparation and conduct of voting, including the required number of system elements that together constitute a territorially distributed, at least in the voting region, branched structure, having interconnected central and peripheral elements of the system and connected with all other elements of the system, an element that is a server in which communication between the elements is carried out using acceptable means of communication of the Intranet network, and Each of the indicated elements of the system includes a set of software and hardware equipped with software and hardware that allows for centralized automatic monitoring and correction of their status, updating, tuning, and providing in real time and / or in session time: - input of source information containing information objects into the system using a set of software and hardware tools for an element of an automated system; - processing the specified information in digital form with the formation of data blocks containing the specified information objects and providing the ability to display them in text and / or graphic and / or digital and / or tabular form with the ability to edit the specified display; - viewing the displayed information of the indicated data blocks generated by the element of the automated system, checking their compliance with the source information; - input into the specified generated data blocks of additional data that allows you to identify the specified information as information related to the voting at a certain point in time, and to identify an element of an automated system that provides input of the specified information into the specified automated system; - subsequent recording and accumulation of these data blocks containing the specified information objects, with the possibility of processing data on an accrual basis; - transfer of the specified information to other elements of the system; - display and visualization of information contained in these data blocks; - saving data blocks containing the specified information; - user identification of the automated system when it is accessed to an element of the automated system; and at the same time, at least one of the central elements is the central control element of the specified system and is additionally adapted to control the functioning of other elements of the automated system, and the database server is further adapted to automatically generate a single database by: receiving, recording, accumulation and storage of information objects received in real time and / or in time of the session from the elements of the automated system in the specified form The data blocks they have specified; - processing the received data blocks with the formation of address blocks, including information related to one type of voting and / or one element of the automated system and / or one element of the voting network and / or one direction of activity of the system elements and / or one user, and saving the address blocks with accessibility; - processing the information of the address blocks with the formation of the blocks of the final data containing information on an accrual basis, and saving the blocks of the final data with access; - processing the information contained in the indicated data blocks, address blocks and blocks of the final data, with the formation of statistical data blocks according to the parameters established by regulatory legal acts, and their storage with access; the formation of information blocks containing information available in a single database, in accordance with the rules of distribution provided for registered users in the database; - the formation of blocks of open information in accordance with the established list of information for subsequent open presentation using acceptable visualization tools; - the formation of blocks of output information in accordance with the established list for subsequent display on Internet sites; - forming a block of the voting ballot containing at least information allowing identification of the ballot as belonging to the voting ballots, including at least two choices from among registered choices and having at least two localized selection fields adapted to make a choice by introducing a voting member into the selection element into one of the selection fields; - introducing into each of the indicated data blocks, address blocks, totals data blocks, information blocks, open information blocks, output information blocks, an additional classification index that allows each of these blocks to be identified in the database; - saving the software package installed on the elements of the automated system, including source packages and service packs, and the results of testing the status of the software and hardware of the elements of the automated system during monitoring; - saving copies of the original and adjusted data blocks of a single database on a medium acceptable for the operation of an automated system that is not connected with the database; - accounting for the issuance and movement of strict reporting forms, including ballot papers; and at the same time, the interaction of the elements of the system ensures the functioning of the system and a single database in an interactive mode for the purpose of information and reference services for users with the implementation of a range of works on: - keeping up to date the information contained in a single database through correction and updating; - receiving user access to a single database and saving it; -checking the presence of an identification index in circulation, establishing the amount of access rights granted to the user for access to information in a single database, - search for information contained in a single database in accordance with the appeal and the amount of rights granted to the user, - forming a response block to a user’s request, - providing the user with a generated response block in the viewing mode in accordance with the amount of rights granted to the user, in if the user’s access to the database contains an identification index corresponding to the identification index of this user, available in the specified unified database; - the implementation in the automatic mode of a set of works to protect the automated system from unauthorized access; - implementation of a range of activities to ensure information security; and the automated system contains at least one element associated with at least a central element and with the database server of the system and adapted to: - providing users with access to the information resources of an automated system based on Web technology; - Providing for open acquaintance in op-mode on available means of displaying and visualizing information on the voting process with the display of preliminary results of voting automatically processed in real time in the voting region; - providing for publication on the Internet information about the voting process and within 24 hours after the end of voting, the final voting results; - providing with the display on visualization tools a large format of collective information on the voting process and tabulation. 2. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the users are provided with information generated in blocks: - information about the beginning of the election campaign; - data containing regulatory legal acts governing the preparation and conduct of voting and the necessary legal information; - data containing calendar plans for the preparation and conduct of voting and the results of their implementation; - data containing information on the administrative-territorial division of the voting region; - data, including reporting forms, established for reports of various organizational structures in connection with voting, with the possibility of filling them out, - data, including current reporting and final documents on the preparation and conduct of voting; - data generated during the preparation and conduct of voting by each element of the automated system, - data containing information on the preparation and conduct of voting at a specific point in the voting network, - data on the object proposed for inclusion in the number of choices provided for voting; data, including a list of registered options for voting, - data on prospective voting participants; - data including lists of prospective voting participants in accordance with the administrative-territorial division of the voting region for voting purposes; - data, including the form of the voting ballot and requirements for its content; - data of the formed voting ballot with the possibility of its replication on a medium acceptable for voting; - data on registration of the voting participant and provision of the voting ballot; - data, including lists of registered voting participants, including the results of checking these lists for the presence of “doubles”, - data on the dynamics of the voting process and the number of votes cast during the voting time; - data containing information about the beginning, end and content of the campaign in the voting region; - data containing information on the tabulation of voting results in the voting region and / or its administrative-territorial districts; - data containing information on documents issued to an elected person, - data of statistical processing of incoming information; - information on the closing of the vote; - data containing information on the receipt, expenditure and return of funds for the preparation and conduct of voting; - information on the completion of the election campaign; - information on the termination of powers of an official and / or authority; - information on the occurrence of the powers of the selected official and / or authority; information in accordance with the established list of information provided for subsequent open access in the media and / or on acceptable means of visualization; information in accordance with the established list of information provided for subsequent display on Internet sites; - information on the functioning of the hardware and software elements of an automated system and communications and the results of monitoring their status and maintenance, with the ability to display information contained in these blocks on visualization tools. 3. The system according to p. 1, characterized in that the data containing information on regulatory acts governing the preparation and conduct of voting, at least include: - purpose and type of voting; - the voting region and its division into administrative-territorial districts for the purposes of preparing and conducting voting; - date and time of the beginning and end of the preparation of the vote; - date and time of the beginning and end of voting; - Evaluation criteria for the choice option for the purpose of its registration as an option provided for voting in the voting region and / or its precincts; - voting tools provided to the voting participant for making his choice; - parameters of identification of the voting participant; - criteria for recognizing a voting participant as registered for voting purposes; criteria for recognition of a ballot filled out by a voting participant as valid and selection perfect; - criteria for validating the report of the voting network item on the voting results; - criteria for declaring the vote valid; - indices assigned to the specified data type for their identification in the amount of information in a single database. 4. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the data on the functioning of the central control center and territorial points of the voting network engaged in the preparation and conduct of voting contain at least: - normative legal acts regulating their activities; - functional features of these items, the structure of their interaction, the hierarchical structure of the voting network; - established forms of accounting and reporting; - information on staffing; - the amount of rights granted to carry out activities; - information on special identification indices assigned to each of the elements of the system, which are mandatory for inclusion in the volume of the block of information generated by the indicated elements for input into the specified unified database and / or for transfer to other elements and / or automated system, and allowing in the specified the automated system to identify the data source and information by affiliation; - data generated during the preparation and conduct of voting of documents, including reporting documents; - information generated by an element of the automated system into the indicated data blocks containing information received in the system during the preparation and conduct of voting and providing the possibility of its display in text and / or graphic and / or digital and / or tabular form; - date and time of the beginning and end of voting. 5. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the data containing information on the administrative-territorial division of the voting region contain a graphic image of the map of the voting region with the boundaries of the division of the region into polling stations for voting purposes, with the possibility of detailing the parameters of the polling station. 6. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the data on the object proposed for inclusion in the number of choices provided for voting contain at least: - parameters allowing to identify the object of the proposed choice among other proposed objects of choice; - the amount of data necessary for the participant to vote to make a comparative assessment of the choices among themselves; - data of the choices provided for voting registered in accordance with the requirements of regulatory legal acts in the amount of data necessary for a comparative assessment of choices; - information about the choices that were refused registration, and the reasons for such refusal. 7. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the data on the alleged voter includes at least: - data on a person who has reached the age of legal capacity for voting purposes, whose place of residence is the administrative-territorial precinct of the voting region, allowing him to be identified among other persons residing in this precinct, - data on the participant in the voting process, necessary and sufficient to identify him among the alleged voting participants, a list of alleged voting participants who have reached the legal capacity for voting purposes and who live in each of the administrative-territorial precincts of the voting region, - data on a person who has reached the age of legal capacity for the purpose of voting and who has expressed a desire to vote in a voting precinct other than the precinct at his place of residence, - data of documents issued to the voting participant at his request for his voting in the voting precinct, different from the precinct at his place of residence. 8. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the purpose of the vote is selected from the group including the referendum, presidential election, election of the highest official, election of the head of the municipality, election of the head of administration, election of a deputy, recall of a person from an elected post, recall of a deputy, and the system has a structure for the interaction of elements of the system with each other and with external elements corresponding to the purpose of the vote and the region of the vote. 9. The system of claim 1, wherein the type of voting is selected from the group including direct voting and absentee voting. 10. The system according to p. I ₅ characterized in that the voting region is selected from the group including the state, the federal entity, the constituent entity of the Federation, the municipality, and the administrative-territorial district. 11. The system according to p. I ₅ characterized in that it allows the preparation and conduct of voting in one voting region for several purposes of voting for any combination of purposes and types of voting. 12. The system of claim l, characterized in that the voting is carried out for the purpose of a referendum, recall of a person from an elected post, recall of a deputy, the choice is to answer at least one question, the ballot has at least two choice fields the answer to one question, and the answer is recorded in the newsletter by introducing a marking element in one of two selection fields. 13. The system according to p. 1, characterized in that the preparation and conduct of voting is carried out for purposes selected from the group including the election of the president, elections of the highest official, elections of the head of the municipality, elections of the head of administration, elections of the deputy, while forming a single databases of the automated system additionally form information blocks containing: - data on the registration of the election campaign with the assignment of a special code index, which is mandatory for inclusion in information blocks regarding the preparation and conduct of voting for the chosen goal, and allowing identification of such information in the amount of information in a single database by affiliation; - information about the beginning of the election campaign; - information about the beginning, end and content of the campaign; - information on the completion of the election campaign; - information on the termination of powers of an official and / or authority; - information on the onset of the powers of the selected official and / or authority; - data on electoral groups, including political parties and / or electoral blocs and / or initiative groups of voters nominating a candidate for elections, including: - information on the participation of these election groups in election campaigns; - information on authorized representatives of electoral collectives; - data on the candidate nominated by the electoral staff, including information on his property and income; - data on the authorized representatives of the candidate; - data on documents issued to a registered trustee; - data on the candidate; - data on the receipt and expenditure of funds from the electoral funds of candidates and budget funds received, including for free airtime and print space; - data on the registration of the candidate for inclusion in the ballot as an object of voting; - data of documents issued to the chosen person; - results of the monitoring of the legality of donations; - the results of verification of information about the property and income of the candidate; and additionally, with the help of an automated system, documents on his registration are formed and submitted to the candidate, and a document on his election is formed and presented to the selected person. 14. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that it has a multi-level structure in accordance with the established administrative-territorial division of the voting region and the hierarchy of subordination of its elements. 15. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the identification parameters of the voter are the surname, first name, patronymic, date of birth, place of birth, place of residence or registration and an identification document upon presentation. 16. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the user is provided with information for viewing by displaying on a visualization tool a data block selected from the group including: - a data block containing an index identifying this user; - a data block containing information allowed for user access in accordance with the rights granted to him; - a block of information for public review. 17. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that they provide the user in real time and / or in session mode with the display of statistical information on the preparation and conduct of voting on the appropriate cartographic display of the territory and / or sections of the administrative-territorial division of the voting region and / or the voting region as a whole.