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Jeff Dean invented GEMS for GES - was sold to Diebold/Premier
He may have stuck around w/Domininon under the pseudocym Sean Dean.
see points 17-34 or so here:
Sean Dean has filed for patents on BALLOT ADJUDICATION IN VOTING SYSTEMS UTILIZING BALLOT IMAGES. THere are about half a dozen of these - here are two samples. Notice who else is involved: Eric Coomer
The others listed may be worth checking out too.
The adjudication process offers a lot of opportunities for ballot fraud. Wonder what these 'inventions' actually do?
Type: Grant
Filed: November 12, 2014
Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
Assignee: Dominion Voting Systems, Inc.
Inventors: James Hoover, Justin Bales, Steven Bennett, Eric Coomer, Sean Dean, Geneice Mathews, Benjamin Rice
BALLOT ADJUDICATION IN VOTING SYSTEMS UTILIZING BALLOT IMAGES
Publication number: 20150071501
Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for adjudicating votes made on voter-marked paper ballots. Voter-marked paper ballots may be scanned to obtain optical image data of the voter-marked paper ballots. The optical image may be analyzed to determine the votes contained in the ballot for tabulation purposes. One or more votes on the ballot may be identified as requiring adjudication by an election official. Adjudication information, according to various embodiments, is appended to the optical images of the voter-marked paper ballots such that the image of the ballot and the image of the adjudication information may be viewed in an optical image. The optical image may be stored in a file format that allows the ballot image and the appended adjudication information to be viewed using readily available image viewers.
Type: Application
Filed: November 12, 2014
Publication date: March 12, 2015
Inventors: JAMES HOOVER, JUSTIN BALES, STEVEN BENNETT, ERIC COOMER, SEAN DEAN, GENEICE MATHEWS, BENJAMIN RICE
Ballot adjudication in voting systems utilizing ballot images
Patent number: 8913787
Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for adjudicating votes made on voter-marked paper ballots. Voter-marked paper ballots may be scanned to obtain optical image data of the voter-marked paper ballots. The optical image may be analyzed to determine the votes contained in the ballot for tabulation purposes. One or more votes on the ballot may be identified as requiring adjudication by an election official. Adjudication information, according to various embodiments, is appended to the optical images of the voter-marked paper ballots such that the image of the ballot and the image of the adjudication information may be viewed in an optical image. The optical image may be stored in a file format that allows the ballot image and the appended adjudication information to be viewed using readily available image viewers.
Type: Grant
Filed: May 11, 2012
Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
Assignee: Dominion Voting Systems, Inc.
Inventors: James Hoover, Justin Bales, Steven Bennett, Eric Coomer, Sean Dean, Geneice Mathews, Benjamin Rice
BALLOT ADJUDICATION IN VOTING SYSTEMS UTILIZING BALLOT IMAGES
Publication number: 20130301873
Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for adjudicating votes made on voter-marked paper ballots. Voter-marked paper ballots may be scanned to obtain optical image data of the voter-marked paper ballots. The optical image may be analyzed to determine the votes contained in the ballot for tabulation purposes. One or more votes on the ballot may be identified as requiring adjudication by an election official. Adjudication information, according to various embodiments, is appended to the optical images of the voter-marked paper ballots such that the image of the ballot and the image of the adjudication information may be viewed in an optical image. The optical image may be stored in a file format that allows the ballot image and the appended adjudication information to be viewed using readily available image viewers.
Type: Application
Filed: May 11, 2012
Publication date: November 14, 2013
Applicant: DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS, INC.
Inventors: James Hoover, Justin Bales, Steven Bennett, Eric Coomer, Sean Dean, Geneice Mathews, Benjamin Rice