US Patent Issued on Sept. 9 for "Apparatus and method for providing and/or for facilitating secured and/or on-line campaigns, elections, and/or voting activities" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,440, issued on Sept. 9.

"Apparatus and method for providing and/or for facilitating secured and/or on-line campaigns, elections, and/or voting activities" was invented by Raymond Anthony Joao (Yonkers, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, including: a receiver; processor; distributed ledger and Blockchain technology system; and transmitter. The receiver receives a request for an e-voting ballot regarding an election. The e-voting ballot contains information regarding the elected office race or referendum issue in the election, and a link or hyperlink to information regarding a candidate or referendum issue. The apparatu...