Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a system and method to guarantee that a personal choice corresponds with an electronic encoding of this choice and, more particularly, to a system and method for its production, and allows the verification to a human that his or her choice has been taken into account which is easily auditable.

Abstract: A token comprising 1) a zone (Z1) with a component for encoding a human's choice in a machine-readable representation and further comprising 2) a zone (Z2) with a component for encoding the human's choice in a human-readable representation and further comprising 3) a hiding means (Z3) to hide the zone with the human-readable representation component and further comprising 4) one or more zones or components (Z6) that are separable from the token and can kept bz the person whose choice is represented with the token whereby such one or more zones or components (Z6) comprises an identifier (Z7) to identify the token from which it originates, whereby the token is specially designed for further processing in a system that encodes the person's choice simultaneously with a human-readable representation and a machine-readable representation to protect the information against unauthorized disclosure or alterations of the person's choice after the person has confirmed his or her consent.