JP2002157625A - Voting system adapted to visually handicapped person - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To help a visually handicapped person, etc., to participate in voting under secure privacy protection without letting the voter feel having the burden imposed nor feeling uneasy. SOLUTION: This system is equipped with a manual operation means by which touch operation can be done, an individual sound transmitting means such as headphones 26, an interactive operation support control means which assists selecting operation for a candidate by the manual operation means through a voice guidance transmitted through the sound transmitting means, a data processing means which outputs the name of the candidate selected under the control of an operation support control means with finger characters 31 to 33, brailles 34 and 36, and written letters 35 and 37, and printers 4a to 4e which print the finger letters, brailles, and written letters on voting forms 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voting system for visually impaired persons, which assists voting of persons who have difficulty in voting by ordinary writing due to visual impairment or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as means for supporting voting for persons with disabilities who are difficult to vote by ordinary writing due to visual impairment,
Voting with a specially prepared Braille ballot and the third
There is a proxy writing that asks a person to write for you.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

[0003] However, it has been clarified by the present inventors that the above-described means have the following problems. In other words, in Braille voting, in addition to the inconvenience of having to prepare Braille voting papers separately from normal voting papers, in addition to voting, personnel who can literate Braille written on the Braille voting paper are allocated at each counting place. This has been a major obstacle to smooth voting and counting operations. Furthermore, not all visually impaired persons and the like can understand Braille, and in the case of voting in Braille, there are cases where problems remain in dealing with those who cannot understand these Braille.

[0004] In proxy voting, there is a concern that the privacy of the voter is protected and that the voter cannot directly confirm the candidate name actually written on the ballot. In addition, there is thing like candidate list in polling place, and general voter can confirm candidate who wants to vote from the list, but, in the case of visually impaired person, list Was unable to confirm the candidate.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to support the participation of persons with visual impairment in voting under certain privacy protection without giving the voters an extra burden or anxiety, and to manage voting such as voting management and counting votes. It is an object of the present invention to provide a voting system that enables smoothing, and also enables a visually impaired person who cannot understand Braille.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems As means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the first invention provides a function for providing guidance to a voter having a visual impairment or the like, and the voter selects a candidate according to the guidance. A voting system for a visually impaired person or the like, characterized by having a function of inputting the contents included and a function of outputting the input contents as a touch character (touch characters will be described later).

A second invention provides a manual operation means, an individual sound transmission means, and an interactive operation support for assisting the selection operation of a candidate by the manual operation means by voice guidance transmitted through the sound transmission means. Control means; data processing means for outputting the name of the candidate selected under the control of the interactive operation support control means as a touch character; and a printer for forming the touch character on a ballot paper. This is a voting system for visually impaired persons and the like.

The third invention uses a transfer film having a heat-sensitive expansion layer that irreversibly expands and changes due to heat, and a heat-sensitive adhesive layer that generates adhesiveness to a transferred body by heat,
The transfer film is superimposed on the voting paper in a contact state, and by irradiating a beam of light, a touch character formed by the heat-sensitive expansion layer being thermally sensitive is formed on the voting paper. A voting system corresponding to the visually impaired or the like according to the first or second invention.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a voting paper having a heat-sensitive expansion layer which expands and changes irreversibly by heat, and the light-exposure layer is formed by irradiating a light beam with the heat-sensitive expansion layer. The voting system according to the first or second aspect of the invention, wherein characters are formed on the voting paper.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that a resin curable under appropriate conditions is jetted from a print head onto a voting paper and adhered thereto, and then cured after the resin is adhered, thereby forming a touch character on the voting paper. A voting system corresponding to the visually impaired or the like according to the first or second invention.

A sixth invention provides a function for providing guidance to a voter having a visual impairment or the like, a function for allowing the voter to input a content including a candidate selection in accordance with the guidance, and a method for inputting braille and visual information. In a voting system for the visually impaired or the like having a function of outputting as a target character, a printing medium having a heat-sensitive expansion layer irreversibly expanded and changed by heat is attached to a voting paper, and the intensity of light beam irradiation is controlled. By controlling the thermal response of the thermal expansion layer,
A voting system for a visually impaired person or the like, characterized in that braille and visual characters are formed on the ballot paper.

A seventh aspect of the present invention provides a function for providing guidance to a voter having a visual impairment or the like, a function for allowing the voter to input a content including a candidate selection in accordance with the guidance, and a method for displaying the input content in Braille and visual. In a voting system for the visually impaired, etc., which has the function of outputting as a target character, a resin that cures under appropriate conditions is sprayed from a print head onto a voting paper and adhered, and then cured, and then braille and visual A voting system for visually impaired persons or the like, characterized in that a target character is formed on the voting paper.

According to the above-described invention, a voter can select a candidate while maintaining privacy by, for example, transmitting individual sounds through headphones or the like, and furthermore, specifies the name of the selected candidate on a ballot sheet. Tactile characters, or Braille and visual characters (hereinafter referred to as "ink character") can be described in parallel.

Here, the touch character will be described. As shown in FIG. 17, the touch character according to the present invention is a character in which projections that can be traced by a finger are continuously or closely provided on a line forming katakana, a numeral, an alphabet, or the like. is there. By using this touching character, even a visually impaired person or the like who does not understand Braille can understand the meaning of characters, numbers, and the like by tracing the protrusion with a finger. At the same time, a person other than the visually impaired can understand the meaning of characters, numerals, and the like as visual character information as it is.

[0015] In this manner, participation of voting by visually impaired persons or the like in accordance with the degree of understanding of the braille or the like by the voter or the situation at the site can be taken by the voter under an extra burden under reliable privacy protection. Support without giving a feeling of anxiety and
The objective of facilitating office work such as voting management and counting votes is achieved.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIGS. 1 to 16, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals. FIG. 1 shows an example of an embodiment of a voting system (hereinafter, referred to as a "voting system") for the visually impaired or the like to which the technology of the present invention is applied. First, the voting system has an operation panel 2, headphones 26, printers 4a to 4e, a control unit 7, and the like as its main components. However, any one of the printers 4a to 4e is appropriately selected depending on the situation.

On the operation panel 2, three manual push buttons 21, 22, 23 for "operation", "selection" and "print" are arranged. These push buttons 21, 22, and 23 have, for example, a certain degree of operation feeling and operation strokes.
For example, a touch operation that does not rely on the sight can be performed by pasting 4 or the like.

The headphones 26 constitute an individual sound transmission means that allows only the wearer (voter) to listen to audio guidance (guidance), which is sound transmission information, to outside. The headphones 26 are used by being inserted into a connector jack 25 provided at a position where a visually impaired person or the like can easily confirm. In the illustrated example, it is arranged on the operation panel 2 together with the guide label 24 described above.

The printers 4a to 4e are configured so as to form, on the voting paper 3, a touch character, or a parallel writing of braille and ink characters, which will be described later in detail.

The control unit 7 includes an interactive operation support control unit 71,
Manual operation I / F (interface), voice I / F73,
It includes a voting database 74, a character data processing unit 75, a printer I / F 76, a monitor lamp 27, and the like. The interactive operation support unit 71 performs a selection operation of a candidate by the operation panel 2 using the voice I / F 73 and the headphones 26.
Assistance is provided by voice guidance (guidance) individually transmitted to the operator via. The voting database 74 stores, in addition to the names of all candidates to be selected, guide texts and voice data for executing interactive operation support by voice guidance. Characterized data processing unit 75
Converts the name of the candidate selected under the control of the interactive operation support control unit 71 into a finger touch character or a parallel writing of Braille and ink characters and outputs the same. The information converted by each of the data processing units 75 is transferred to the printers 4a to 4e via a printer I / F 76.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 2 shows a structural example of the mechanical part of the voting system for printing a touch character described above.
2A shows an arrangement on the front panel side, and FIG. 2B shows an internal arrangement. (C) is the printer 4
The main part configuration of a is shown. As shown in FIG.
The operation panel 2 and the operation panel 2 are integrated into the support terminal 1 formed of a single housing.

An operation panel 2 is disposed substantially at the center of the front surface of the support terminal 1, and a receiving port 11 for the voting paper 3 is provided at an upper part, and an outlet 12 for the voting paper 3 is provided at a lower part. Outlet 11
The voting paper 3 is guided and conveyed by the belt conveying means 41 and discharged from the exit 12. A printer 4 a is provided in the middle of the transport path of the transport unit 41.

The printer 4a prints the voting paper 3 conveyed onto the platen roller 42 by the conveying means 41.
The transfer film 5 is superposed in a pressure contact state, and is configured to perform transfer printing by the laser beam L.
The laser beam irradiation device includes a laser oscillator 61, a converging optical system 62, a movable mirror 63 for scanning the laser beam in the XY directions, and the like. The transfer printing is performed by utilizing the heat generated by the irradiation of the laser beam L thus formed.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a printing process by the printer 4a for each step. First, FIG. 3A shows a preferred example of the transfer film (transfer film 5a). The transfer film 5a includes a water-resistant layer 51, a transparent base 52, and a release layer 5.
3, a heat-sensitive expansion layer 54 and a heat-sensitive adhesive ink layer 55 have a sectional structure in which they are sequentially laminated. Thermal expansion layer 54
Is formed using a material that expands and changes irreversibly by heat. The heat-sensitive adhesive ink layer 55 is formed by dispersing a color pigment in a heat-sensitive adhesive that generates adhesiveness to a transfer target (voting paper 3) due to heat, and only a portion that receives heat adheres to the transfer target. I do.

The surface of the transfer film 5a on the side where the heat-sensitive adhesive ink layer 55 is present is overlaid on the voting paper 3 which is the object to be transferred under pressure, and as shown in FIG.
When the laser beam L is irradiated from behind the transparent base 52 on the opposite side, only the irradiated portion is irradiated with the laser beam L.
Changes in response to the heat of That is, the heat generated by the irradiation sensitizes the heat-sensitive adhesive ink layer 55 to generate adhesiveness at the portion, and also sensitizes the heat-sensitive expansion layer 54 to largely expand and deform the portion irreversibly.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 3C, the transfer printing of the colored touch character 31 by the heat-sensitive adhesive ink layer 55 and the heat-sensitive expansion layer 54 can be arbitrarily performed on the transfer target (voting paper 3). Can be performed. As a result, a candidate name based on the touch character 31 can be formed on the normal ballot paper 3. FIG. 4 shows an example of a voting sheet on which the touch character 31 is printed by the printer 4a. The above-mentioned touch character printer 4a is described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application No. Hei 8-
A detailed configuration example is described in the specification of JP 203662.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 5 shows a structural example of a mechanical portion according to a different embodiment of the voting system for printing a touch character described above. In FIG. 5, (A) and (B)
Are the same as in FIG. However, a print medium described later is pasted on the voting paper 3 in advance. The printer 4b is configured to perform heating printing with the laser beam L on the voting paper 3 conveyed onto the platen roller 42 by the conveying means 41. The laser beam irradiation device includes a laser oscillator 61, like the printer 4a.
It comprises a converging optical system 62, a movable mirror 63 for scanning the laser beam in the X and Y directions, and the like. The heating printing is performed by utilizing the heat generated by the irradiation of the laser beam L thus formed.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a printing process by the printer 4b for each step. First, a preferable example of the print medium (print medium 5b) will be described with reference to FIG. The printing medium 5b has a cross-sectional structure in which a transparent base 52, a heat-sensitive expansion layer 54, a coloring layer 56, and an adhesive layer 57 are sequentially laminated. The heat-sensitive expansion layer 54 is formed in the same manner as in the first configuration example.
It is formed using a material that expands and changes irreversibly by heat. The adhesive layer 57 adheres the print medium 5b onto the voting paper 3 regardless of whether or not the laser beam L is heated. When the laser beam L is applied to the voting paper 3 on the voting paper 3 to which the print medium 5b is attached, as shown in FIG.
Changes in response to the heat of That is, the heat generated by the irradiation causes the heat-sensitive expansion layer 54 to be sensitive, and the portion expands and deforms irreversibly greatly.

As a result, as shown in (C), the heat-sensitive expansion layer 54 expands, becomes opaque due to foaming and a change in the refractive index, and blocks the color of the colored layer 56. With this method, it is possible to arbitrarily form the touch character 32 that can be visually recognized on the print medium 5b attached to the transfer target (voting paper 3). FIG. 7 shows an example of a voting sheet on which the touch characters 32 are printed by the printer 4b.

(Embodiment 3) FIG. 8 shows a structural example of a mechanical part according to still another embodiment of the above-mentioned voting system for printing a touch character. In FIG. 8, (A)
(B) is the same as FIG. The printer 4c has the same configuration as a normal inkjet printer. The printer 4c is moved by the transport means 41 to the platen roller 42.
On the voting paper 3 conveyed above, a colored resin (for example, an ultraviolet curable resin) that is cured from the print head 81 under appropriate conditions is jetted onto the voting paper and adhered, and then cured (for example, with an ultraviolet curable resin). If it is, ultraviolet light is applied.). As the injection amount of the resin, an amount that can be sufficiently touched after the resin is cured on the voting paper 3 is appropriately selected. As a result, as shown in FIG.
Above, a candidate name can be formed by the visual touch character 33. FIG. 10 shows an example of a voting sheet on which the touch character 33 is printed by the printer 4c.

(Embodiment 4) FIG. 11 shows a structural example of a mechanical part of the voting system for printing braille and ink characters described above. The printer 4d shown in FIG. 11 has almost the same configuration as the printer 4b of FIG. 5, but has a relatively weak first intensity level (hereinafter referred to as "L
1 ". ) And a stronger second intensity level (hereinafter “L
2 ". ) Is set.

As shown in FIG. 12, by using the printer 4d and the printing medium 5b, it is possible to write Braille and ink characters on the printing medium 5b side by side. That is, first, similarly to the configuration example 2, the voting paper 3
Is attached. Next, by setting L2 to be equal to the laser beam intensity L of the printer 4b of the configuration example 2, a protrusion that can be touched on the print medium 5b is formed.
In the present configuration example, by arranging the projections in Braille, the Braille 34 is formed on the print medium 5b.

On the other hand, L1 is set in the printing medium 5b.
Although no protrusion that can be touched is formed, the laser beam intensity is set to an appropriate value so that the thermal expansion layer 54 changes from transparent to opaque due to foaming and changes in refractive index. Ink characters 35 are formed on the printing medium 5b by the L1 laser beam. FIG. 13 shows an example of a voting paper on which Braille characters 34 and ink characters 35 are printed by the printer 4d.

(Embodiment 5) FIG. 14 shows a structural example of a mechanical part according to a different embodiment of the voting system for printing braille and ink characters described above. The printer 4e shown in FIG. 14 has almost the same configuration as the printer 4c of FIG. 8, but has two types of print heads, a braille head 81 and an ink character head. Braille head 8
From 1, similarly to the printer 4 c, a configuration is such that a touchable amount of resin that is cured under appropriate conditions is ejected. On the other hand, from the ink character head 82, the amount of the colored resin or liquid ink that is smaller than the ejection amount from the braille head 81 and that cures under appropriate conditions is ejected in an amount that allows visual recognition. ing.

As shown in FIG. 15, by using the printer 4e having the above structure, the braille 36 that can be touched by the braille head 81 is formed on the voting paper 3 and the ink head 82 is formed. Can be used to form the ink character 37. FIG. 16 shows an example of the voting paper 3 on which Braille characters 36 and ink characters 37 are printed by the printer 4e.

Next, an operation example of the above-mentioned voting system will be described. (1) Start of operation When a visually impaired person (voter) arrives, the voter is guided to the support terminal 1. The voter guided to the front of the support terminal 1 wears the headphones 26. After wearing the headphones, the voter can proceed with operations such as selection of candidates and determination of printing according to the voice guidance heard from the headphones 26 without any help from the guide.

(2) Operation up to printing The operation up to printing is performed according to the following voice guidance. "Welcome to the voting for" XXXXX Parliamentary General Elections! This section is a braille voting system XOO for people with disabilities. " And print the name of the candidate you chose on the ballot paper. "" Follow the announcement and operate slowly. """
There are three candidates in the General Assembly Elections. "
"The buttons are in a row in front of the control panel."
"The button on the left is the" operation "button used to call the next candidate.""The center button is the" select "button used to select the candidate.""The button on the right is "Print" button used to print the selected candidate. "" Then, start the operation. "
"Do you have this vote?""If you do not want to vote, please press the" Print "button on the right. The ballot paper will appear as a blank sheet." Please operate according to. "" Press the "operation" button on the left side to call the first candidate. "" The first candidate is Mr. XXX, Mr. XXX. " If you are a candidate to vote, please press the “Select” button in the center. ”“ Assuming that the candidate has been selected, move on to reconfirmation and printing operations. ” Press the "button. Return to calling the next candidate." Here, if the "select" button in the center is pressed, the process proceeds with the following voice guidance. "You are going to vote for Mr. XX. Is it correct?""If it is correct, please press the" Print "button on the right. Printing will start when this button is pressed. "Please press with caution.""Otherwise, press the" operation "button on the left. Return to the next candidate's call." Here, if the "print" button on the right was pressed, Then, proceed with the following voice guidance. "Just now,
The name of the candidate you have chosen is printed. "
"Please take it for a while.""Printing is finished.""The printing paper comes out from the front of the operation panel. Check that it is correct."

(3) Operation after printing operation. The following voice guidance informs the user of the procedure after printing.
"When printing is completed, the lamp (monitor lamp 2 in FIG. 1)
7) lights up, notifying election officials that ballot paper has been printed. "The work by the voting system xxx is now complete. Remove the headphones and hand them over to the election official. It was very difficult.""The election official will guide you to the ballot box. Please. "
With the interactive operation support using the individual voice guidance as described above, a visually impaired person or the like can check a candidate's name without losing privacy while voting with a normal ballot paper 3 or a print medium 5b attached. Voting on paper 3 can be performed.

If the voter is a visually impaired person who does not understand Braille, by using any of the printers 4a to 4c, the candidate who has selected the vote is displayed in the ballot paper 3. Since the names of the candidates are described by the touch characters 31 to 33, the voter can directly confirm the candidate names written on the ballot 3 even if they do not understand Braille. In counting the votes, the counting operator can visually identify the candidate name.

If the voter is a visually impaired person who understands Braille, the printers 4d to 4e are used to display on the ballot paper 3 the name of the candidate who has selected the vote. Is written in parallel with Braille characters 34 and 36 and ink characters 35 and 37, so that the voter can confirm the candidate name written on the ballot 3. Also, when counting votes,
The counting engineer can identify the candidate name by the ink characters 35 and 37.

Thus, participation of the visually impaired or the like in voting is
The objective is to provide support without giving the voters an extra burden and anxiety under reliable privacy protection, and to enable the smooth operation of voting management and counting of votes.

As described above, in one embodiment of the present invention, the manual operation means 2 capable of touch operation, the individual sound transmission means 26 such as headphones, and the selection operation of a candidate by the manual operation means are performed. An interactive operation support control means 71 for assisting by voice guidance transmitted through the sound transmission means; and a name of a candidate selected under the control of the operation support control means, by touching characters 31 to 33 or braille. 3
4 and 36 and data processing means 75 for outputting in ink characters 35 and 37;
A voting system comprising any one of printers 4a to 4e for forming print letters 4, 36 and ink letters 35, 37 on the voting paper 3. This makes it possible for visually impaired persons or the like to participate in voting. Under certain privacy protection, support will be provided without giving unnecessary feeling of burden and anxiety to voters, and office work such as voting management and counting of votes will be facilitated.

Further, the printer 4 according to the above embodiment is used.
a to 4e are normal voting papers 3 or print media 5 without any noise that impairs the atmosphere of the polling place.
Touch letters 31 to 33, or braille characters 34 and 36 and ink characters 35 and 37 can be printed on the voting paper 3 to which "b" is attached.

Although the invention made by the inventor has been specifically described based on the embodiment, the invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be variously modified without departing from the gist of the invention. Needless to say, For example, audio guidance is used as guidance for visually impaired persons, but this may be guidance by tactile means, for example. In addition, a manual operation input method is used as an input method for selecting a candidate, but this may be, for example, voice input. Furthermore, a method of recognizing and inputting handwritten characters may be used.

[0045]

As described in detail above, the present invention provides a function of providing guidance to a voter having a visual impairment or the like, a function of allowing the voter to input contents including candidate selection in accordance with the guidance, By providing information processing means having a function of outputting the input content in contact with a touch character or a Braille and an ink character, the participation of voting by a visually impaired person, etc. In addition to providing support without giving unnecessary burden and anxiety, there is an effect that clerical work such as voting management and counting of votes can be facilitated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram showing one embodiment of a voting system to which the technology of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a mechanism part (printer 4a) of the voting system.

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view showing a printing process by a printer 4a for each step.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an example of a voting sheet on which a touch character is printed by a printer 4a.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a mechanism part (printer 4b) of the voting system.

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view showing a printing process by a printer 4b step by step.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing an example of a voting sheet on which finger characters are printed by a printer 4b.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a mechanism part (printer 4c) of the voting system.

FIG. 9 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view showing a printing process by a printer 4c for each step.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing an example of a voting paper on which finger characters are printed by a printer 4c.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a mechanism part (printer 4d) of the voting system.

FIG. 12 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view showing a printing process by a printer 4d step by step.

FIG. 13 is a plan view showing an example of a voting sheet on which Braille and ink characters are printed by a printer 4d.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a mechanism part (printer 4e) of the voting system.

FIG. 15 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view showing a printing process by a printer 4e step by step.

FIG. 16 is a plan view showing an example of a voting paper on which Braille and ink characters are printed by the printer 4e.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a touch character.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Voting support terminal 2 Operation panel 21, 22, 23 Manual push button 24 Guidance label 25 Headphone connector jack 26 Headphones 27 Monitor lamp 3 Voting paper 31-33 Finger letters 4a-4e Printer 41 Transport means 5 Transfer film 51 Waterproof slip Layer 52 Transparent Base 53 Release Layer 54 Thermal Expansion Layer 55 Thermal Adhesive Ink Layer 61 Laser Oscillator 62 Focusing Optical System 63 Movable Mirror L Laser Beam 7 Control Unit 71 Interactive Operation Support Control Unit 72 Manual Operation I / F 73 Voice I / F 74 Voting database 75 Characterized data processing unit (data processing means) 76 Printer I / F 81 Touch head / Braille head 82 Ink head

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A function for guiding a voter having a visual impairment or the like, a function for allowing the voter to input a content including a candidate selection in accordance with the guidance, and a function for outputting the input content as a touch character. And a voting system for visually impaired persons. 2. Manual operation means, individual sound transmission means,
Interactive operation support control means for supporting the selection operation of the candidate by the manual operation means by voice guidance transmitted via the sound transmission means; and a candidate selected under the control of the interactive operation support control means. A voting system corresponding to a visually impaired person or the like, comprising: a data processing unit that outputs the name of the touch character as a touch character; and a printer that forms the touch character on a voting paper. 3. A transfer film having a heat-expandable layer that irreversibly expands and changes due to heat and a heat-sensitive adhesive layer that generates adhesion to an object to be transferred by heat, and the transfer film is in contact with voting paper. The visual impairment according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the touch character formed by thermally irradiating the heat-expandable layer with the light beam irradiation is formed on the ballot paper. Voting system corresponding to people. 4. A printing medium having a heat-expandable layer irreversibly expanded and changed by heat is attached to voting paper, and the touch-sensitive characters formed by heat-sensing the heat-expandable layer by irradiating a light beam are formed on the ballot paper. 3. The voting system according to claim 1, wherein the voting system is formed on a voting paper. 5. A voting character is formed on a voting paper by jetting a resin that cures under appropriate conditions onto a voting paper from a print head and attaching the resin, and then curing the resin. Item 3. A voting system corresponding to the visually impaired or the like according to item 1 or 2. 6. A function of providing guidance to a voter having a visual impairment or the like, a function of allowing said voter to input a content including a candidate selection in accordance with the guidance, and outputting the input content as Braille and visual characters. In a voting system corresponding to a visually impaired person or the like having a function of performing, affixing a printing medium having a heat-sensitive expansion layer that irreversibly expands and changes due to heat to voting paper, and controlling the intensity of light beam irradiation, A voting system for a visually impaired person or the like, characterized in that the thermal response of the thermal expansion layer is controlled to form Braille and visual characters on the ballot paper. 7. A function for providing guidance to a voter having a visual impairment or the like, a function for allowing said voter to input a content including a candidate selection according to the guidance, and outputting the input content as Braille and visual characters. In a voting system corresponding to a visually impaired person or the like having a function of performing, a resin that cures under appropriate conditions is sprayed from a print head onto a voting paper and adhered, and then cured after being adhered, so that braille and visual characters can be formed. A voting system for visually impaired persons, etc., which is formed on a voting paper.