Voter identification using mobile identification credential

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12444261-B2
Application number	US-202117228274-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 12, 2021
Priority date	Apr 14, 2020
Publication date	Oct 14, 2025
Grant date	Oct 14, 2025

Abstract

In an example, a method includes receiving, by an election office system from a voter device, a request for a voting ballot for an election, part or all of voter ID information associated with a first mobile identification credential which the voter device received from a first authorizing party system (APS), and consented data indication which indicates the part or all of voter ID information that is authorized by the voter device for release by the first APS to the election office system, the part or all of voter ID information to be verified to the election office system by the first APS; and using the verified part or all of voter ID information to verify or not verify an identity of the voter. The identity of the voter is to be verified before the election office system grants the request to provide the voting ballot to the voter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for a voter having a voter device to request a voting ballot for an election from an election office having an election office system, the method comprising:
receiving, by the election office system from the voter device, a request for the voting ballot for the election, part or all of voter identification (ID) information associated with a first mobile identification credential (MIC) which includes the voter ID information, wherein a first authorizing party system (a first APS) is a separate system from the election office system and has electronically provisioned the first MIC including the voter ID information comprising at least one of biographic information or biometric information or unique information of the voter onto the voter device, and consented data indication which indicates the part or all of voter ID information that is authorized by the voter device for release by the first APS to the election office system, the first APS having verified the voter ID information before the election office system receives from the voter device the request for the voting ballot for the election, the part or all of voter ID information which has been verified by the first APS to be provided to the election office system as verified part or all of voter ID information;
using, by the election office system, the verified part or all of voter ID information included in the first MIC, to verify or not verify an identity of the voter;
granting, by the election office system, the request to provide the voting ballot to the voter if the identity of the voter is verified; and
denying, by the election office system, the request to provide the voting ballot to the voter if the identity of the voter is not verified.

2. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the part or all of voter ID information is provided to the election office system as the verified part or all of voter ID information in offline mode by using an offline stored key of the first APS to verify that the part or all of voter ID information is trustworthy.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the election office system from the voter device, a token as a received token specifying the part or all of voter ID information which the voter has consented to release to the election office system;
sending, by the election office system to the first APS, the received token, which is to be verified by the first APS with another token sent from the voter device to the first APS;
when the tokens are received by the first APS within a preset timeframe and are verified by the first APS, receiving, by the election office system from the first APS, the part or all of voter ID information as the verified part or all of voter ID information; and
when the tokens are not received by the first APS within the preset timeframe or are not verified by the first APS, receiving, by the election office system from the first APS, a notification to resubmit the request for ID information of the voter.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the election office system from the voter device, an electronic document as a received electronic document specifying the part or all of voter ID information which the voter has consented to release to the election office system;
sending, by the election office system to the first APS, the received electronic document;
when the received electronic document is verified by the first APS, receiving, by the election office system from the first APS, the part or all of voter ID information as the verified part or all of voter ID information; and
when the received electronic document is not verified by the first APS, receiving, by the election office system from the first APS, a notification to resubmit the request for ID information of the voter.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the election office system from voter device, an electronic document as a received electronic document and the part or all of voter ID information which the voter has consented to release to the election office system;
sending, by the election office system to the first APS, the received electronic document;
when the received electronic document is verified by the first APS, receiving, by the election office system from the first APS, an authentication key to verify the part or all of voter ID information received from the voter device; and
when the received electronic document is not verified by the first APS, receiving, by the election office system from the first APS, a notification to resubmit the request for ID information of the voter.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the election office system from the voter device, the part or all of voter ID information which the voter has consented to release to the election office system; and
receiving, by the election office system from the first APS, an authentication key to verify the part or all of voter ID information received from the voter device, based on a request sent from the voter device to the first APS.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the voter ID information further comprises voter eligibility information of the voter, the method further comprising:
sending, by the election office system to the voter device, a request for voter eligibility information of the voter;
receiving, by the election office system, part or all of the voter eligibility information included in the first MIC which the voter device received from the first APS or a second MIC which the voter device received from a second APS, wherein the voter has consented to release the part or all of voter eligibility information to the election office system, and wherein the part or all of voter eligibility information has been verified by the second APS as verified part or all of voter eligibility information before the election office system sends to the voter device the request for the voter eligibility information;
using, by the election office system, the verified part or all of voter eligibility information to verify or not verify voter eligibility of the voter;
granting the request, by the election office system, to provide the voting ballot to the voter, when the identity and the voter eligibility of the voter are verified; and
denying the request, by the election office system, to provide the voting ballot to the voter, when the identity or the voter eligibility of the voter is not verified.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the voting ballot requested is an electronic voting ballot, and wherein the request for the voting ballot includes a request to accept the electronic voting ballot which is completed by the voter from the voter device as a completed electronic voter ballot, the method further comprising:
verifying the identity of the voter before granting the request, by the election office system, to accept the completed electronic voting ballot from the voter device.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, by the election office system to the voter device, a request for a liveness check;
receiving, (i) by the election office system, from the voter, liveness check information and evaluating the liveness check information to determine whether the liveness check is valid or invalid, or (ii) by the election office system from the first APS which has evaluated liveness check information received from the voter, a determination by the first APS as to whether the liveness check is valid or invalid;
granting the request from the voter, by the election office system, to provide the voting ballot to the voter when the identity of the voter is verified and when the liveness check is valid; and
denying the request, by

Assignees

• The Government Of The Us Secretary Of Homeland Security
• The Government Of The United States Of America Represented By The Secretary Of Homeland Security

Inventors

• Boyd Daniel A
• Biegger Kelli L
• Ellison Chang
• Gutierrez Brandon P
• Lim Jason
• Washington William
• Vemury Arun
• Grebasch Nathan

Classifications

• G07C13/00 Primary

  Voting apparatus · CPC title