SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT SECURITY THAT CAN BE USED IN A VOTE PROCESS

Abstract: a system and method for voting including vote casting and vote counting. the system provides a paper ballot having a main section and a shreddable section. the main section includes a ballot id, a ballot public key of a ballot public and private key pair, a set of voting options, and a machine-readable code at an end of the main section. the machine-readable code is configured to instruct a scanner device to stop scanning. the shreddable section includes a ballot private key of the ballot public and private key pair printed thereon. a scanner can read the information on the marked paper ballot, read the private key from the shreddable section, and shred the shreddable section. scanner digitally signs image data using the ballot private key and scanner private key and applies “publicly solvable puzzle-based encryption” to the same. scanner can transmit the encrypted image data to a blockchain server.

Inventor(s): Sundri Khalsa

CPC Classification: H04L9/0838 ({Key agreement, i.e. key establishment technique in which a shared key is derived by parties as a function of information contributed by, or associated with, each of these (network architectures or network communication protocols for key exchange in a packet data network )})

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