JP2003109057A - Device for counting electronic voting - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a voting result counting terminal capable of performing accurate recognition with a simple mechanism, performing very accurate reading and performing accurate and efficient election management because voting results on characters subjected to character printing are compared with encoded and recorded voting results and the voting results are judged justifiable only when the both results coincide. SOLUTION: A counting device for electronic voting uses a single leaf of a voting result recording medium as audit evidence prepared with a voting device for electronic voting for electronically receiving voting, and comprises a reading means for reading the single leaf of the voting result recording medium on which optional types of voting results are recorded for each qualified voter, and a vote counting means for counting the number of votes.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic vote for an election, and relates to an aggregating device for aggregating an audit trail that records electronic vote results.

[Prior art]

[0002] In the election of the national or local Hakuji corps, conventionally, an elector writes a candidate's name on a ballot at a polling place and puts it in a ballot box, and the counting of votes is mainly performed by human eyes. ,
The work of counting the votes in the middle of the night was a heavy burden on the election manager, and required a lot of time and effort. As a method of solving such a problem, a ballot written by an elector is written in OCR (Opti
A method of reading by a mechanical means such as a Cal Character Reader has been proposed (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 20-29200).
No. 00-293725). A method has also been proposed in which an elector marks a circle in the entry field of a paper on which the candidate's name is printed in advance, and mechanically reads and totalizes the mark (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-62753). As a further advanced form, there is also proposed an electronic voting device that uses the latest electronic technology that handles voting results as electronic data without using a self-written ballot. The applicant has already developed an electronic voting device and applied for a patent (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-40111).

In electronic voting, a record for auditing (also referred to as an audit trail) is necessary because it is necessary to save the results during the term of office or to check whether the vote has been fraudulent or falsified after the voting. An electronic voting device in which electronic voting devices electronically process voting results (also referred to as normal recording), a thermal printer is provided in the electronic voting device, and the voting results are stored as character print records (also referred to as sub-records) Was developed,
Known in Brazil. In addition, the method of printing all voting results recorded electronically or magnetically after the end of all voting is MicroVot Inc.
proposed by ote). Normally, in electronic voting, the data transfer means of each voting device or each polling place and the aggregation center is secured, so that the voting results can be instantly aggregated as electronic data. However, as mentioned above, in electronic voting, the voting results that are the correct record are processed in an invisible form as electronic data.Therefore, it is necessary to save and audit the voting results by some method. In that case, increasing the transparency of the voting process is essential for improving the reliability of electronic voting.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

In the past, when a plurality of elections were held at the same time, the elector had to individually vote for the ballots individually written for each election, but it was inefficient in terms of labor, time, and accuracy. It was Mechanization has been promoted to improve this, but both the method based on the current law that mechanically reads the ballots self-written by electors and the method based on electronic voting in anticipation of future informationization have problems. ing.

The ballot written by the elector himself is OCR (Op
The method of reading by a mechanical means such as a digital character reader) has the following two problems. As a problem related to reading accuracy, when multiple elections are held simultaneously in connection with operation, it is necessary to divide the ballot paper for each election, that is, regarding the reading accuracy of, Reading numbers requires complicated algorithms and huge databases to reduce misreading, but even in that case, there is a tendency that a considerable amount of questions or invalid votes need to be manually classified again with the current accuracy. When the names of candidates are very similar, there are problems such as differences in reading accuracy between candidates for complicated characters and candidates for simple characters. In addition, with regard to problems related to ballots, it will affect the space for installing the polling table on the polling place and the efficiency of the counting work at the counting place. In other words, when multiple elections are held at the same time, in order to prevent erroneous entry and facilitate the voting and counting of votes, the space for each election is divided into voting boxes, and voting operations are performed separately. Entry table and ballot box are required. In addition, ballots that have been voted separately for each election must be managed in a strict manner when the votes are counted, which requires labor and space for management, which affects the efficiency of the votes counting operation. As mentioned above, there is a problem with the counting method in which self-formatted voting papers are totaled by mechanical means such as OCR.
The current trend is to shift to electronic voting, which converts voting results into electronic data that can be operated efficiently and accurately from the current trend of IT promotion.

[0006] The technology relating to electronic voting in anticipation of the information society in the future has been proposed so far by using a voting device at a polling place, for example, the name of a candidate displayed on the display screen of the voting device. Although it is configured to check electronically and vote electronically by operating a button or touch panel, the voting results can be immediately aggregated as electronic data, and the voting result data can be Confidentiality is also possible and efficiency and precision are excellent. However, there are the following problems. Ensuring transparency in the process of voting results regarding audit trails. That is, in the electronic voting, the voting result is instantly processed as electronic data that is not visible to human eyes, so the process of voting result processing is easier for everyone to understand than the method of writing the candidate name on the ballot sheet. However, if there is any doubt about the aggregation result of electronic data, which is the main record, the audit trail described above is required. It is necessary to leave an audit trail by printing characters, etc. Ensuring the transparency of the process of counting the audit trail is an important issue in maintaining the reliability of the voting result by electronic voting.

[0007]

As means for solving the above problems, the present invention uses the following means.
The following means are used to solve the problem of the method of mechanically reading a ballot written by an elector by OCR or the like. In order to realize highly accurate reading, in the present invention, the voting result by the elector is printed on the voting result recording medium by a printer with a built-in voting terminal, and the same information as the printed character content is converted into a code corresponding to mechanical reading. To record. The counting terminal reads both the printed character information and the coded information on the voting result recording medium, and performs high-precision reading for comparing the both information. Also, a mark is added to the read voting result recording medium, the read voting result recording medium and the other voting result recording media are separately counted and stored,
Prevents human error and realizes highly accurate vote counting work. Furthermore, a diffraction grating that is difficult to forge and produces an intended diffraction image is formed on a voting result recording medium as an audit trail, and the authenticity is determined by reading the diffraction image with a voting result aggregation device. In order to solve the problem that it is necessary to divide the voting paper for each election, in the present invention, the voting result of any kind for each elector is recorded in a single-leaf voting result recording medium. Conventionally, when a plurality of elections are held on the same day, a voting space is divided for each type of election to prevent erroneous entry, and a voting form is filled in and voted for each election. The electronic balloting device that creates is operated by switching the screen for each type of voting, so it is possible to process multiple elections on the same terminal, and collectively record multiple types of voting results of the same elector on a single leaf voting result recording medium. I can. The efficiency of election management is improved by totaling this with the totalizing device according to the present invention.

Further, the following means is used to solve the problem of the electronic voting system in which voting results are recorded and handled as electronic data. In order to ensure the transparency of the process of voting the audit trail as a sub-record of the electronic voting that processes the voting result by electronic data in an instant, the counting device of the voting result recording medium, which is the audit trail, can be confirmed from the outside by the reading unit. It has an opening or a window of various forms, and a display means for immediately displaying the result before counting for each read voting result. This allows
At the time of counting the votes, the witness of the votes can check the reading status of the voting results one by one.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

As a voting device suitable for the electronic voting device having the above means, an electronic voting device by the present applicant (Japanese Patent Application No. 2)
001-075693) and voting result recording media. Hereinafter, examples of an electronic voting device and a voting result recording medium suitable for the electronic voting totaling device according to the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 shows an electronic voting apparatus 1 (also simply referred to as a voting apparatus) for creating a voting result recording medium used as an audit trail in the present invention. As the basic structure of the voting device, the structure disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-40111 can be used. First, the elector receives the necessary data into a data input medium such as an IC card or a magnetic card by the voting card issuing machine in the polling place, and heads to the voting device 1 with the issued voting card 13. The voting device 1 is provided with a voting card insertion unit 11, into which an elector inserts a voting card 13 issued by a voting card issuing machine. A card reader 32 is arranged inside the voting card insertion unit 11, reads the recorded contents of the voting card, judges whether the card is a legitimate voting card, and votes only when it is judged to be legitimate. It is configured to accept. When it is determined that the voting card is a legitimate card, the voting start screen displayed on the touch panel 10 of the voting device 1 shifts to the display of election contents, and the names of a plurality of candidates are displayed together with the election name. The elector can select the candidate to vote by pushing the part of the candidate to vote according to the voice guide from the voice guide speaker 2 or the headphone.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the voting device 1. The voting device 1 has a flash memory 42 and a memory card 44 as recording media, and the voting results voted by the voting device 1 are electronically recorded in the flash memory 42 and the memory card 44. The voting results are recorded on the two recording media for backup. The flash memory 42 is a fixed memory,
On the other hand, since the memory card 44 is a removable type, it can be easily replaced with another memory. Although the voting result is electronically recorded in the recording medium in this embodiment, it may be magnetically recorded in a flexible disk or a hard disk.

Recorded data of these voting results is shown in FIG. 3 via the communication interface 46 during the voting or after the voting is finished, as shown in FIG.
No. 4 is sent to the voting device 1, and the operation status of the voting devices 1 is managed here. The aggregated voting data of one polling place is sent to the aggregation center 15, where the voting data from a plurality of polling places is aggregated. In FIG. 3, the voting operation management system 14 is configured to obtain election data from the candidate server system 13 and send it to each voting device 1.
Since the voting device 1 has a memory card as described above, it can be used as a system that can operate independently.

As shown in FIG. 2, the voting device 1 has an LCD 48, which is a display device disposed below the touch panel 10, in addition to the above-described structure, and a RAM, which is various memories.
38 and ROM 40. The voting result is temporarily recorded in the RAM 38. The voting result temporarily recorded in the RAM 38 is sent to the printer 30 and printed in characters as will be described later. The circuits and elements shown in each of these blocks are connected to a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 36. The CPU 36 operates according to a program stored in the ROM 40 in advance and performs necessary control.
The CPU 36 internally or externally has a functional portion as an I / O controller that controls data input / output.

Next, referring to FIG. 4, the CPU 36 of the voting device 1
The operation of will be described. When the voting device 1 is ready to accept votes, a voting start screen is displayed in step S1 to urge the elector to insert the voting card 13 into the voting card acceptance unit 11. When it is confirmed in step S2 that the voting card 13 has been inserted, in step 3 a list of candidates who are running for election is displayed. Next, when it is confirmed in step S4 that the candidate has been selected, a confirmation guide of the selected content is displayed in step S5. Next, when the confirmation by the elector is recognized in step S6, the voting result RAM 38,
Write to flash memory 42 and memory card 44,
In step S7, it is determined whether or not there are any other elections that have not been voted, and if there is, the process returns to step S3. If there are no unvoted elections, the process goes to step S8 to read the voting result from the RAM 38 and record it by the printer 30. When the recording is completed, the process goes to step 9 to prompt the user to confirm the recorded contents printed with characters. If the recorded content is different from the elector's intention, send the card medium recording the voting result again to the printer unit, print the deletion process and add a bar code "Exclude when counting", Transport to storage. At this time, the counter does not count toward the number of sheets. Then, the process returns to step S3. When the recorded contents are confirmed, the medium in which the voting result is recorded is conveyed to the storage unit, the voting end is displayed, and the voting acceptance is ended.

The voting apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 is provided with an exterior portion 16 which constitutes a part of a housing, and a printer 30 for recording the voting result is built in under the exterior portion 16. (FIG. 5) A printer window 12 made of a transparent block material is provided in the exterior portion 16, and the voting results of the elector himself printed on the voting result recording medium, which is an audit trail, by a printer can be seen from outside the terminal. It is like this. This is for the elector to visually confirm the voting results recorded in the voting result recording medium. However, only the voting result character print area of the voting result recording medium in which the voting results of the votes cast by the elector are recorded are visible, and the election is performed by a message displayed on the LCD 48 which is a display device by a series of voting operations. When a person confirms the voting result, the person is transported to a storage unit inside the terminal, which cannot be seen from the outside.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a cross section of the voting result recording medium recording portion of the electronic voting device 1 shown in FIG. The printer 30 prints characters of the election results input by the elector on the unrecorded voting result recording medium inside the voting device in advance, and at the same time, a machine-readable bar code that encodes the content of the printed characters is also printed. Printing a bar code helps improve work efficiency when totaling voting result recording media. Also, information other than the voting result is not printed. After the characters are printed by the printer 30, the paper is conveyed to the printer window where the elector can confirm with the feed roller. As shown in Figure 2, the elector only confirms his voting results. After that, when a confirmation input is made on the touch panel 10, the feed roller is driven, and the medium on which the result has been recorded is conveyed to the storage unit and cannot be seen from outside the voting device. Since the voting result recording medium in which the voting results are printed by characters is stored before the elector sees only himself, when the message of the voting end is displayed on the LCD 48, the voting operation is convinced that the voting confidentiality is maintained. Can understand that is over.

Next, referring to FIG. 5, the procedure for creating the audit trail for recording the voting results on the voting result recording medium will be described with reference to FIG. In step S21, it is confirmed that the inside of the storage unit 50 is empty before the vote is accepted, and in step 22, it is attached to a predetermined position of the voting device 1. In step S23, the key 53 for fixing the storage unit 50 to the voting device is locked. And step 2
Go to 4 and start voting. When the voting for a predetermined time is accepted and the voting time ends in step 25, the process goes to step 26, and the lid 51 for blocking the transportation of the voting result recording medium 20 to the storage unit 50 is attached to the storage unit 50 and the lock key 52 is locked. In this embodiment, the lock is made with two keys, but the number and form of the keys are not limited to this embodiment as long as the secret of voting is kept within the scope of the law such as the regulations. Next, in step 27, the key 53 of the election terminal 1 is removed, and the storage unit 50 is taken out of the election terminal 1. In this way, by closing the lid of the storage unit first, the voting secret is held even for a third party who takes out the storage unit. After stirring the storage unit 50 transported to the venue to be counted in Step 28 from the outside as needed, in Step S29 the key 52 is unlocked to close the lid 5.
It is possible to take out the card medium in a mixed state from the opening of 1.

FIG. 7 shows an embodiment of the voting result recording medium 20 in which the voting results of the elector are recorded by the printer 30. In this embodiment, the thick paper 26 is covered with the thin resin sheet 27. In the diffraction grating forming portion 25, a diffraction grating 25A is formed on the adhesive surface of the resin sheet 27 with the paper 26, and a reflective layer is vapor-deposited at least in the area of the diffraction grating forming portion 25. In this embodiment, the aluminum reflection film 25B is formed. The diffraction grating 25A is obtained by duplicating an extremely fine and precise concave-convex pattern in which characters or image information is recorded as a hologram interference fringe pattern by an electron beam. It is difficult to actually manufacture a duplicate because it requires a great deal of cost to produce a fake voting result recording medium by duplicating this pattern. In this embodiment, 78 for the diffraction grating 25A.
The diffracted light that is incident as the 0 nm monochromatic light incident light 82 and is reflected by the aluminum reflection film 25B produces a diffraction image of a predetermined character or a two-dimensional image as described above. It can be used as a trail.
In addition, the authenticity determination may be performed visually by using the diffraction grating 25A as a rainbow hologram. In this case, it can be useful for a simple authenticity judgment. The voting result recording range 21 may be any recording method as long as it can be visually confirmed by the elector. The serial number is not recorded on the voting result recording medium. Although the bar code recording unit 22 is not used for visual confirmation by an elector, it corresponds to a mechanical reading, which is useful for accurate and efficient counting. The end mark 24 is for detecting that the reading of the recorded voting result is completed. In this embodiment, since the authenticity determination is performed by the diffraction image by the diffraction grating 25A, the structure is covered with the resin sheet 27 on which the diffraction grating 25A is formed. Other single materials may be used.

FIG. 8 shows the results of confirmation of voting results by the elector.
This is an embodiment in which the voting result recording medium 20 which is determined to be different from the will of the elector is sent to the printer 30 again, and a deletion print 21B and a bar code 22B of "exclusion at the time of counting" are added.
The visual confirmation unit 21 is painted in black so that it cannot be counted in the votes of any candidates, and the barcode unit 22 has a barcode 22B meaning exclusion, so that it does not affect the counting result.

The present invention corresponds to a voting result recording medium as an audit trail in the electronic voting created as described above,
It is intended to provide a counting device for electronic voting, which realizes smooth voting operation with excellent accuracy and efficiency. A preferred embodiment of an electronic voting counting device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the entire electronic voting totaling device according to the present invention. The storage unit 5 of the voting result recording medium 20 of the form shown in FIG. 5, taken out from the electronic voting device 1.
0 is unlocked at the ballot counting venue, the voting result recording medium 20 serving as the audit trail of the form shown in FIG. 7 is taken out, then mixed to be mixed, and then placed in the tray 61. At this time, it is not necessary to arrange the front and back of the audit trail. The state of reading the audit trail sent from the tray 61 to the inside of the terminal can be seen from the window. Further, the reading result at that time is immediately displayed on the monitor 64, so that the counting member can sequentially visually confirm that the counting is normally performed. The voting result recording medium 20 from which the voting results have been read is separately stored in the tray 62 and the tray 63 according to which a hole is marked by a solenoid and marking is normally performed, and those which are not.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the structure of the electronic voting counting device according to the present invention shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the procedure of counting. The aggregation process of the voting result recording medium will be described below with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11. Figure 11
At step S31, the voting result recording medium 20 is taken out from the voting result recording medium storage box 50 brought into the vote counting place, and step S32 is performed.
At the same time, mix and match to conduct a voting check. Next, in S33, the voting result recording medium 20 is set on the tray 61 of FIG. 10, and the counting is started in S34.

The sensor 74 of FIG. 10 detects the voting result recording medium 20, and the diffraction image reading unit 70 causes a laser beam to enter the diffraction grating 25A of the audit trail to capture a diffraction image.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a reading state at this time. The diffraction grating 25A formed on the voting result recording medium 20 is made of fine irregularities as described above, and is designed so that an intended diffraction image can be obtained when light having a predetermined angle and wavelength is incident. The voting result recording medium 20 conveyed to the diffraction image reading unit 70 of the card irradiates the diffraction grating 25A with the wavelength 780 nm monochromatic light having the incident angle of 45 ° from the laser emitting unit 80 so as to form 60 ° with the incident light 82. The diffracted light 83 diffracted by the reflection film is transferred to the CCD (Charge Coupled Dev
Ice) 81 is used for imaging. The authenticity of the voting result recording medium 20 is judged by comparing the image obtained by the CCD 81 with the regular diffraction image that is stored in advance. For capturing the diffraction image, P
You may use D (Photo Detector). If the validity of the voting result recording medium 20 cannot be confirmed in S35, the voting result recording medium 20 is immediately conveyed to the tray 63 and the voting results are not counted. If the validity can be confirmed in S35, the process proceeds to S36.

Voting result recording medium 20 whose validity is confirmed
Is sent from the diffraction image reading unit 70 to the voting result reading unit 71. Bar code 22 in the voting result reading unit 71
The image reading is started at the start mark at the beginning of the, and the reading is ended at the end mark 24. When the voting result of the barcode 22 read during this time and the voting result of the printing unit 21 match, it is determined that the reading of the voting result has succeeded, and the voting results are totaled. (S36 to S38) If the barcode or the print character cannot be read in this process, or the read results of the barcode and the print character do not match, they are stored in the tray 63 without counting. (S41)

Only the voting result recording medium 20 for which the voting results have been totaled in S38 can be punched by the solenoid 72 in S39 as a totalized mark. This hole is the sensor 76
Detected by the tray 62 as the totalized voting result recording medium
To store. (S40)

After a series of tabulations, the voting result recording medium stored in the tray 63 is used as an interrogative vote, which is individually judged and added to the tabulation result. (S41)

As described above, the counting results obtained by each electronic voting aggregation device are LAN (Local Area).
The total number of voting results is obtained by totaling the results in the counting center through the counting operation management system provided for each voting area by the network. (Figure 13)

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, highly accurate and efficient vote counting work is enabled as follows. The effects of the electronic vote counting device according to the present invention will be specifically described below. When performing multiple elections at the same time, in electronic voting, the screen of the electronic voting device can be switched to perform multiple elections with one electronic voting terminal, so the voting results for each elector can be recorded in a single-leaf voting result recording medium. As in the past, it is no longer necessary to separately manage the voting space and ballot paper at the polling place, and efficient election operation from voting to counting votes can be realized. Since the results printed on the voting result recording medium, which is an audit trail for electronic voting, are read, there is much less variation than the characters written by the elector, so accurate recognition is possible with a simple mechanism. , Voting results recorded by characters are compared with voting results recorded by encoding, and the voting results are judged to be valid only when both results match, so it is possible to read with extremely high accuracy. Become. Since the mark is added to the voting result recording medium from which the legitimate voting results can be read after counting, it is possible to confirm that the counting has been completed, and the voting result recording medium from which the voting results have been legitimately read can be counted and Accurate and smooth totaling work can be realized because the data is sorted and stored separately. The polling result reader can be seen from the outside of the counting device, and a monitor that displays the read voting results immediately is provided, which can be easily confirmed by the number of participants in a vote, which is useful for fair voting. The voting result recording medium is provided with a diffraction grating that produces a diffraction image of an intended form for a specific incident light. By providing a diffraction image reading device in the totaling device, it is extremely difficult to forge an audit trail. Can be realized and fraud can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an overview of a voting device for electronic voting for creating an audit trail used in the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the voting device for electronic voting in FIG.

3 is an overall view of an electronic voting system in which the voting device for electronic voting in FIG. 1 is used.

4 is a CPU in the voting device for electronic voting in FIG.
3 is a flowchart showing the operation of FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a recording unit, a display unit, a conveying unit, and a storing unit of a voting result recording medium inside the electronic voting device of FIG.

6A to 6C are diagrams showing a process up to counting the card media on which voting results have been recorded used in the voting device for electronic voting in FIG.

7 is an example in which voting results are recorded in an audit trail of a voting result recording medium created by the electronic voting device in FIG.

8 is an example of an audit trail of the voting result recording medium of FIG. 7, in which an “exclude at the time of counting” bar code and deletion printing are made without confirmation of voting results by the elector.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the external appearance of the tallying device according to the present invention, which uses the audit trail of the voting result recording medium.

10 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the tallying device in FIG. 9. FIG.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a process of collecting audit trails.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a state in which a diffraction image is captured from a diffraction grating formed in an audit trail inside a totaling device.

13 is an overall view of a tallying system in which the tallying device in FIG. 9 is used.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Voting device for electronic voting (voting terminal) 2 voice guide speaker 3 Storage part mounting part lid 4 electors 10 touch panel 11 Voting card insertion section 12 printer window 13 voting cards 14 Voting Operation Management System 15 Collection Center 16 Exterior 17 Candidate server system 20 Voting result recording medium (audit trail) 21 Voting Result Recording Section 21B Deletion printing 22 Bar code recorder 22B Bar code excluded when counting 24 Deletion printing 25 Diffraction grating forming part 25A diffraction grating 25B aluminum reflective film 26 paper 27 resin sheet 28 End Mark 30 printers 32 card reader 36 CPU 38 RAM 40 ROM 42 flash memory 44 memory card 46 Communication interface 48 LCD 50 Storage 51 Storage lid 52 Key for storage compartment lid 53 Storage part mounting part key 60 Voting Result Aggregator for Electronic Voting (Aggregator) 61, 62, 63 trays 64 Read result display 65 Voting result reading window 66 Optical communication device 70 Diffraction image reading unit 71 Voting result reader 72 Solenoid (read mark added part) 73 Transport path switching unit 74,75,76,77 sensors 80 Laser transmitter 81 CCD 82 incident light 83 Diffracted light

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A totaling device that uses a single-leaf voting result recording medium as an audit trail created by a voting device for electronic voting that electronically receives votes, and records voting results of any kind for each elector. An electronic voting totaling device comprising a reading means for reading the single-vote voting result recording medium and a counting means for counting the number of sheets. 2. Voting means for recording each voting result in a recording system by character printing and a recording system by encoding and corresponding to each recording system of the voting result recording medium are provided. The electronic voting totaling device according to claim 1, wherein the voting result of the previous term is determined to be authentic only when the reading results of the records match. 3. The counting device for electronic voting according to claim 1, further comprising recording means for adding a read mark to the voting result recording medium determined to be authentic. 4. A means for separately storing the voting result recording medium from which the true voting result has been read and the other voting result recording medium after reading the voting result of the voting result recording medium. The electronic voting totaling device according to claim 1. 5. The electronic voting totaling device according to claim 1, further comprising display means for immediately displaying a result read from the voting result recording medium. 6. The voting result recording medium has an opening at a reading portion where the reading means is arranged, or a window made of a transparent or translucent material is formed in an exterior portion facing the voting result reading portion. Claim 1 characterized by the above
An electronic voting aggregation device described in. 7. A diffraction grating used for confirming the validity of the voting result recording medium, which is obtained by drawing an interference fringe of a hologram corresponding to a two-dimensional image to be recorded by an electron beam. The counting device for electronic voting according to claim 1, further comprising a diffraction image reading unit corresponding to the voting result recording medium having the diffraction grating obtained by copying.