Voting method

Claim 1

A METHOD OF SECRET VOTING WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF USING A VOTING BOOTH COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (1) SUPPLYING EACH VOTER WITH AN INDIVIDUAL BALLOT HAVING VOTING INDICIA THEREON COMPRISING A TABULATING CARD SUFFICIENTLY STIFF TO RESIST TEARING AND BENDING AND OF A SIZE AND SHAPE OF FIT A CONVENTIONAL TABULATING MACHINE TO BE USED FOR TABULATING A PLURALITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL BALLOTS AND TO FIT INTO AN ENCLOSED VOTING MACHINE, (2) INSERTING BY ACT OF THE VOTER AN INDIVIDUAL BALLOT INTO SAID VOTING MACHINE, (3) MAGNIFYING THE TOTAL BALLOT BY MEANS OF A MAGNIFYING LENS INCORPORATED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE VOTING MACHINE WHILE THE BALLOT IS WITHIN THE VOTING MACHINE AND FOCUSING THE MAGNIFIED TOTAL BALLOT AT A VOTING POSITION IN FRONT OF THE MACHINE SO THAT THE BALLOT VOTING INDICIA IS AT ONCE VISIBLE EXCLUSIVELY TO A VOTER STANDING IN THE VOTING POSITION, (4) VIEWING BY ACT OF THE VOTER THE TOTAL BALLOT FROM THE VOTING POSITION, (5) MARKING, BY ACT OF THE VOTER, THE BALLOT IN REGISTERED RELATION TO THE INDICIA BY SUITABLE MEANS ACCESSIBLE TO THE VOTER AT THE FRONT OF THE VOTING MACHINE WHILE THE BALLOT IS STILL HOUSED WITHIN THE MACHINE AND TOTALLY VISIBLE TO THE VOTER, (6) REMOVING BY ACT OF THE VOTER THE MARKED BALLOT FROM THE VOTING MACHINE, (7) DEPOSITING BY ACT OF THE VOTER THE MARKED BALLOT INTO THE CUSTODY OF ELECTION OFFICIALS, AND (8) TABULATING A PLURALITY OF SAID INDIVIDUALLY MARKED BALLOTS OF A PLURALITY OF VOTERS BY MEANS OF A TABULATING MACHINE FOR WHICH SAID INDIVIDUAL BALLOTS ARE ESPECIALLY ADAPTED, SAID TABULATING MACHINE BEING A SEPARATE MACHINE FROM THE VOTING MACHINE.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF SECRET VOTING WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF USING A VOTING BOOTH COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (1) SUPPLYING EACH VOTER WITH AN INDIVIDUAL BALLOT HAVING VOTING INDICIA THEREON COMPRISING A TABULATING CARD SUFFICIENTLY STIFF TO RESIST TEARING AND BENDING AND OF A SIZE AND SHAPE OF FIT A CONVENTIONAL TABULATING MACHINE TO BE USED FOR TABULATING A PLURALITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL BALLOTS AND TO FIT INTO AN ENCLOSED VOTING MACHINE, (2) INSERTING BY ACT OF THE VOTER AN INDIVIDUAL BALLOT INTO SAID VOTING MACHINE, (3) MAGNIFYING THE TOTAL BALLOT BY MEANS OF A MAGNIFYING LENS INCORPORATED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE VOTING MACHINE WHILE THE BALLOT IS WITHIN THE VOTING MACHINE AND FOCUSING THE MAGNIFIED TOTAL BALLOT AT A VOTING POSITION IN FRONT OF THE MACHINE SO THAT THE BALLOT VOTING INDICIA IS AT ONCE VISIBLE EXCLUSIVELY TO A VOTER STANDING IN THE VOTING POSITION, (4) VIEWING BY ACT OF THE VOTER THE TOTAL BALLOT FROM THE VOTING POSITION, (5) MARKING, BY ACT OF THE VOTER, THE BALLOT IN REGISTERED RELATION TO THE INDICIA BY SUITABLE MEANS ACCESSIBLE TO THE VOTER AT THE FRONT OF THE VOTING MACHINE WHILE THE BALLOT IS STILL HOUSED WITHIN THE MACHINE AND TOTALLY VISIBLE TO THE VOTER, (6) REMOVING BY ACT OF THE VOTER THE MARKED BALLOT FROM THE VOTING MACHINE, (7) DEPOSITING BY ACT OF THE VOTER THE MARKED BALLOT INTO THE CUSTODY OF ELECTION OFFICIALS, AND (8) TABULATING A PLURALITY OF SAID INDIVIDUALLY MARKED BALLOTS OF A PLURALITY OF VOTERS BY MEANS OF A TABULATING MACHINE FOR WHICH SAID INDIVIDUAL BALLOTS ARE ESPECIALLY ADAPTED, SAID TABULATING MACHINE BEING A SEPARATE MACHINE FROM THE VOTING MACHINE.