JPS61193286A - Automatically balloting apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an automatic voting device, and more specifically, the present invention relates to an automatic voting device, and more particularly, to a device that actively selects one or more candidate names from among a large number of candidate names listed on a board by pressing a button switch. The present invention relates to an automatic voting device configured to make a selection under biasing action and to display a predetermined symbol such as an X mark in relation to the selected name, etc.

Traditionally, the National Review of Supreme Court Judges (hereinafter referred to as the ``removal election'') has been held at the same time as the House of Representatives election, which is held based on the Public Offices Election Law.

In this election for removal, the electors will be judges of the Supreme Court (hereinafter referred to as "Supreme Court Judges") who will be subject to public scrutiny in advance.
They are given a ballot paper with the names of the Supreme Court justices who should be removed from office, and they use a writing utensil to mark an X above the name of the Supreme Court judge who should be removed from office, and then place it in a ballot box to vote. . Therefore, when conducting this election, first of all, a large number of people are required to hand over the ballot papers to the electors and compare them with the electoral list. A symbol such as an "X" must be placed above the name of the elector, and this symbol may also be thicker depending on the writing habits of the elector. I encountered a situation that was difficult to decipher, and
During voting, the ballot papers are carried by the electors, which causes various inconveniences such as them becoming dirty or damaged during the process.

In order to solve these problems, various so-called automatic voting devices have been proposed. This type of voting device is roughly configured as follows.

That is, on the day of the election, each elector who enters the polling place will be issued with a single ballot paper for the election of impeachment. In this case, the ballot paper is issued by a ballot paper dispensing machine equipped with a magnetic recording device. Generally, in this voting paper, a voting permission signal is magnetically recorded in a magnetic recording section such as a magnetic stripe in correspondence with the above-mentioned impeachment election. Then, the elector inserts the ballot paper into a voting device, and the voting device reads the voting permission signal magnetically recorded on the ballot paper, and displays the name of the Supreme Court justice and operating instructions. The electors then cast their votes in order according to the display. At that time, electors generally confirm the name of the Supreme Court justice they wish to remove by pressing a switch placed below the name of the Supreme Court justice and lighting up a lamp or light emitting element. . □ However, in such a system, the device for removing Supreme Court justices is constructed separately from other mechanisms under the Public Offices Election Act, and therefore the push button switch cannot be activated in the same way. Despite the selection of a specific option, there is the disadvantage that elections based on the Public Offices Election Act and its use cannot be carried out.

The voting result is magnetically recorded on the magnetic recording section of the ballot paper by a magnetic recording device included in the voting device, and is also selected at a predetermined position on the ballot paper by a printing device attached to the voting device. An X mark corresponding to the name of the Supreme Court Justice will be printed. Next, the ballot paper is once sent back to the ballot paper insertion slot. The elector takes out the reverse-fed ballot paper from the insertion slot and inserts it into the voting slot of a separately installed ballot box device.

The ballot box device takes in the inserted ballot paper, reads the voting results magnetically recorded on the ballot paper, and then calculates and records each dismissal vote on the magnetic recording medium for each judge name.

However, in the case of using the above-mentioned device, for example, a magnetic stripe or the like must be printed on the voting paper, and the paper itself must have a quality and thickness that can withstand magnetic recording.

Furthermore, in order to adopt a magnetic recording method, a ballot paper issuing machine equipped with a magnetic recording device, which takes in the ballot paper and prints the name of the selected judge on a single ballot paper,
Next, a voting device must be installed that has the function of reversing the ballot and returning it to the elector through the insertion slot.

Furthermore, in connection with the voting device, the voting paper is taken in, magnetically recorded votes for dismissal for each judge's name are read, the number of votes for dismissal is added and recorded on the recording medium for each judge's name, and then the voting There is also a need for a ballot box device having a receptacle for storing paper.

As described above, according to the prior art, in addition to the ballot papers printed with magnetic stripes, it is necessary to provide devices that accomplish at least three different functions, and each device requires a complicated mechanism. Since the equipment itself is required to operate, the equipment itself has to be expensive, and the failure rate is also inevitably high, requiring considerable effort, time, and expense for maintenance and management. has been pointed out. Moreover,
It is not possible to confirm whether or not a symbol such as an X indicating removal has actually been printed in the place corresponding to the name of the selected Supreme Court judge, as in conventional removal elections, only after the voting process has been completed. do not have.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the various problems mentioned above, and includes issuing a predetermined ballot paper for an election for impeachment to an elector in advance, and the elector inserting the ballot paper into a voting machine.
Next, a selection switch is activated in accordance with the names of the Supreme Court justices listed, so that, for example, a symbol such as an X is printed on the ballot paper, and a symbol such as an X is printed on the board on which the names of the judges are listed. is displayed through a light-emitting element, while the printed name of the judge is visible from the outside, and the voter's reconfirmation action transports and stores the ballot paper in a ballot paper storage box. This will promote the simplification, speeding up, and certainty of voting procedures in impeachment elections, and will also make the maintenance and management of the voting devices themselves easier and lower, and will also be used in common for voting in elections conducted based on the Public Offices Election Law. The purpose is to provide an automatic voting device that can.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a board on which the names of Supreme Court justices are written, and a plurality of selection switches arranged in series corresponding to the names of the judges, and further includes a board on which the names of the judges are listed, and a plurality of selection switches arranged in series corresponding to the names of the judges. The present invention is characterized in that, when the selection switch is activated, display means is provided to display the dismissal of the judge in response to activation of the selection switch.

Next, the automatic voting device according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 indicates an automatic voting machine according to the present invention, and this automatic voting machine 10 basically consists of a voting device 12 and a ballot paper storage box 14 attached thereto. The voting device 12 is generally installed horizontally, and includes a candidate selection panel 16, operation instruction displays 18a to 18e, a ballot paper confirmation window 20, and a ballot paper insertion slot 22 on its top surface. . In fact, the candidate selection panel 16 is divided into an upper panel 16a and a lower panel 16b. The upper panel 16a lists the names of candidates in the House of Representatives election, for example, while the lower panel 16b lists the names of candidates in the House of Representatives election. The names of the judges who will be subject to the National Review of Supreme Court Judges, which will be held at the same time, will be displayed.

FIG. 3 shows the details of the lower panel 16b used for the election for dismissal of judges of the Supreme Court.

The lower panel 16b preferably includes a first board 24 made of a light-shielding synthetic resin body, and the names of the judges of the Supreme Court who are the targets of the election for removal and removal are listed in the horizontal direction, and are laminated on the first board 24. It basically consists of a second board 26 and a third board 28 configured so that the names of the Supreme Court justices on the second board 26 can be viewed from the outside.

Note that the first board 24 and the second board 26 each have a hole 2.
4a126a is drilled (see Figure 4). in this case,
A fourth board 30 made of acrylic resin is fitted into the hole 24a of the first board 24, and the name of the judge is written on the surface of the fourth board 30, as can be easily understood from FIG. A corresponding cross or other symbol 30a is depicted.

A light emitting element 32), that is, an LED, is disposed on the back of the fourth board 30 configured as described above.

A group of selection pushbutton switches 34a, 34b arranged linearly at the lower ends of the upper panel 16a and the lower panel 16b.
will be placed. A light emitting element, ie, an LED 33, is disposed at the top of each of the selection pushbutton switches 34a and 134b, and the LED 33 is configured to light up when the selection pushbutton switch 34a, 34b is pressed.

This is preferable because it is possible to determine with the - eyes which selection push button switch 34b corresponding to the name of the judge has been pressed.

Locking mechanisms 36a and 36b are disposed at one end of the panels 16a and 16b configured in this way, and the locking mechanisms 3
Each panel 16a, 16b is locked by 5a, 36b. Substantially, the locking mechanisms 36a, 36b are provided with cylinder locks 313a, 38b, and also include plate bodies 4Qa, 40b. A tongue piece 42 is formed at the lower end of each of the plates 40a and 40b, and these tongue pieces 42 fit into a recess 46 formed at one end of the frame bodies 44a and 44b surrounding the panels 16a and 16b. It is composed of Therefore, the plate bodies 40a, 40b are brought into contact with the protrusion 29 protruding from one end of the third board 28, and the tongue piece 42 is fitted into the recess 46 to position the cylinder locks 38a, 38b in the locked state. For example, the first board 24, the second board 24,
The first board 26 and the third board 28 can be tightly fixed together. Note that a hole 48 is formed below the locking mechanism 36b, and a cancellation push button 50 faces the hole 48 (.

Next, a voting pushbutton switch 52) and a writing selection pushbutton switch 54 are provided on the sides of the operation instruction display devices 18d and 18c, respectively, and a pushbutton switch 56 for calling an attendant is provided adjacent to one end of the confirmation window 20. (See Figure 2).

The ballot paper storage box 14 is removably attached to the voting bag '1) 12 constructed as described above.

In the figure, reference numeral 58 indicates an instruction means for instructing the LEo 60 which candidate selection panel is valid.

Therefore, in the automatic voting machine IO configured as described above, in particular, the voting paper storage box 14 is
The conveyance system up to this point will be explained with reference to FIG.

As can be easily understood from the figure, the ballot paper insertion slot 22 has a sloped portion 22a that slopes slightly downward, and this sloped portion 22a faces the first guide member 64 through the opening 62. A hole (not shown) is formed in the first guide member 64, and the roller 66 enters the hole. A second guide member 68 further extends from the end of the first guide member 64, and holes (not shown) are similarly formed near the end of the second guide member 68. The rollers 70 and 72 are adjacent to each other so as to be in sliding contact with each other. Furthermore, the third guide member 74 is inclined so as to rise slightly upward and further extends from the terminal end of the second guide member 68. Third guide member 7
A roller 76 disposed at the end of the dot printer 4 has a relatively larger diameter than the first to thirtieth rollers, and a print head 78 constituting a dot printer is disposed close to this roller 76.

The roller 76 also serves as a platen, and therefore a ribbon 80 for printing is stretched between the print head 78 and the roller 76. The ribbon 80 is the roller 66.7
One ribbon reel 8 is rotatably mounted above the ribbon reel 8.
2, a predetermined tensile force is applied via the tension roller 84, and the roller 76 is brought into contact with the roller 76,
Furthermore, it is configured to be wound onto a second ribbon reel 88 via a tension roller 86.

Therefore, a fourth guide member 90 is provided on the side of the roller 76, and a fifth elongated guide member 92 is further provided in succession at the bent and upwardly rising end of the fourth guide member 90.

As can be easily understood from the figure, the guide member 92 has a hole formed at one end thereof, and a roller 94 faces the hole, and a roller 96 faces the hole formed at the bent portion. A roller 98 enters a hole formed in the other end of the guide member 92, which is bent so as to face the ballot paper storage box 14. Rollers 94 and 96 include roller 1.
00 and the roller 102 are arranged so as to be in sliding contact with each other,
A spring member 104 presses against these rollers 100, 102.

A subbing motor 106 is disposed below the rollers 70 and 76 configured as described above, and a DC motor 108 is disposed directly below the roller 96. That is, the belt 11O stretched around the rotational drive shaft 106a of the stepping motor 106 is stretched around the rotational shafts of the rollers 70 and 76, and the belts 1 and 2 are stretched around the rotational shafts of the rollers 70 and 66. It will be hung. Furthermore, roller 7
A belt 1) 4 is stretched around the rotating shaft of 6, and this belt 1)
) 4 is stretched around the rotating shaft of gear 1) 5,
This gear 1) 5 and the gear 1) 7 which is pivotally attached to the rotating shaft of the ribbon reel 88 are configured to mesh with each other.

On the other hand, the belt 1) 6 is stretched around the rotating shafts of the rollers 94, 96 and 98, and the belt 1) 6 is stretched around the rotational drive shaft of the DC motor 108.

Therefore, it is easy to understand that in this voting machine IO, the conveyance system is composed of the motor 106, 10B, various belts, and rollers. In this voting machine 10, a ballot paper confirmation window 20 is provided directly above the horizontal portion that constitutes the guide member 92. In addition, reference numeral 1) in the figure
8 and 120 each indicate a guide member. These guide members 1)B, 120 serve to introduce the ballot papers conveyed by the conveyance system into the inside of the ballot paper storage box 14 through the opening 122. On the other hand, reference numeral 124 is carried by a holding member 125 and is an operation instruction display 18a.
A cushion member for holding 18e to 18e is shown. Furthermore, reference numerals 126.12B and 129 indicate sensors located proximate to the second guide member 68, third guide member 74 and fifth guide member 92, respectively.

Next, a control system for controlling these conveyance systems, various operation instruction displays, push button switches, etc. will be explained with reference to FIG.

First, the voting device 12 includes a control device 130 for controlling it. The control device 130 is constituted by a microcomputer, for example, as shown in FIG. The microcomputer includes a CPU 130a, a ROM 130b that stores programs, and an R that stores various data.
OM 130c, RAM 130d, input port 13
0e and an output port 130f.

ROM 130c contains respective data for the relevant election,
For example, effective range data of the selection pushbutton switches 34a, 34b, data indicating the correspondence between the selection pushbutton switches 34a, 34b and candidates for removal election, and printing code data are stored. In addition, the RAM 130d includes a dismissal subject data storage area 130d and a code data storage area 13.
0di is provided.

The CPU 130a receives the output of the ballot paper insertion detection sensor 126 and the paper detection sensor 128 via the input port 130e according to the program stored in the ROM 130b.
．． 129, output of write pushbutton switch 54, output of voting pushbutton switch 52, selection pushbutton switch 34a, 3
4b is read, and comparisons, calculations, and processing are performed based on the input information. In addition, the CPU 130a is compared,
In accordance with the results of calculations and processing, and in accordance with the program stored in the ROM 130b, output capo) 130f
The operation instruction display 18 is controlled by the display drive circuit 132 through the display drive circuit 132.
a, 18b, 18C1) 8d or 18e, and the selection push button switch 34a, 34 is controlled by the display drive circuit 134.
control the lighting of each of the LEDs 33 of b, and control the motors 106 and 108 by motor drive circuits 136 and 138;
The print head 78 is energized and controlled via the print control circuit 140, and the LE for the X seal is controlled via the display drive circuit 142.
Controls the lighting of D32.

The voting device according to the present invention is basically constructed as described above, and its operation and effects will be explained next.

First, when conducting a removal election, the locking mechanism 36 must be
The cylinder lock 38b of b is unlocked, and the third board 28 is removed together with the plate body 40b. And the second board 26
is removed, and the name of the judge who is subject to dismissal is written vertically below each number corresponding to the arithmetic numbers 1 to 10 printed above the hole 26a of this board 26. .

After the name of the Supreme Court judge is completed without error in this way, the second board 26 and the third board 28 are stacked on the first board 24, and then the tongue piece 4 of the plate body 40b
2 into the recess 46 and rotate the cylinder lock 38b in either direction to close the second board 26 and the third board 28.
Lock it so that it cannot be easily removed.

Next, when the voting machine 10 is powered on, execution of the program is started and initialization is performed (step b+).
. This initialization requires output ports 130f and R.
This includes clearing the memory contents within AM 130a.

Following step b, the operation instruction display 18a is driven under the energizing action of the display drive circuit 132. Therefore, the guide characters on the operation instruction display 18a become visible from the outside, and, for example, a message such as "Please insert your voting paper" is displayed (step bz).

Following step b2, the process waits for the insertion detection sensor 126 to generate an ON output (step I)+).

Step b is a state in which the elector is waiting for the elector to insert, for example, a ballot paper A on which a barcode representing the election type is printed into the opening 62 through the paper insertion slot 22.

When a ballot paper is inserted into the insertion slot 22, the insertion detection sensor 126 generates an ON output. When the insertion detection sensor 126 generates an on output, this signal is read into the CPU 130a, and the CPU 130a outputs the output from the motor drive circuit 136.
The stepping motor 106 is driven to rotate in the normal direction via the stepper motor 106, and as a result, the bell (1) 0 rotates and the rollers 66, 70 and 72 are driven to rotate in the normal direction (step b4). Roller 66.
The voting paper inserted into the paper insertion slot 22 is conveyed to the print head 78 side by the normal rotation of the printer 70 . During this time, for example, the type of the ballot paper A is determined through a photoelectric reading means (not shown), and if it is related to a removal election, the instruction means 5 instructs the lower panel 16b on the side related to the election.
8 lights up or blinks the LED 60 on the lower side.

After the ballot paper A is conveyed in step b4 to a position facing the paper detection sensor 128, the conveyance is continued until it reaches a printable position. That is,
When the leading edge of the ballot paper A reaches a position facing the paper detection sensor 128, the paper detection sensor 128 detects this and generates an ON output, and upon receiving the ON output from the paper detection sensor 128, the CPU 130a determines that a predetermined period of time has elapsed. The driving of the stepping motor 106 by the rear motor drive circuit 138 is temporarily stopped (steps bs , bi ). As a result, the voting paper A is temporarily stopped, and following step bb, the driving of the operation instruction display 18a is stopped (step by).
. Following step b, the valid range data stored in the ROM 130c is read out, and the display drive circuit 134 that has received the valid range data lights up the LED 33 corresponding to the selection push button switch 34b corresponding to the relevant dismissal election. (step be). That is, by executing step b8, for example, the second board 2
The LED 33 of the valid selection push button switch 34b corresponding to the judge's name listed in 6 will be lit, and only the valid selection push button switch will turn on these LEDs.
This is indicated by the lighting of 33. As a result, the elector will know the range of selection pushbutton switches that can be selected. In addition, in this case, the valid selection push button switch 34
Of course, b corresponds to the name of the judge in the election, and in order to enable blank voting, the illumination light of the other selection push button switch that does not correspond to the judge's name is also lit. You can also do this.

Next, following step bs, the input from the valid selection push button switch is set to be readable (step bJ).

Then, following the execution of step b9, the operation instruction display 1
8b is driven.

As a result, the guide characters on the operation instruction display 18b become visible from the outside, and, for example, "Please press the dismissal target person selection push button switch. 3" is displayed (step boo). It can be seen that the elector selects the judge to be removed from office by pressing the selection push button switch 34b.

Following step b1°, it is waited for - or more switches among the valid selection pushbutton switches 34b to be pressed (step c+). When - or more of the valid selection pushbutton switches 34b are pressed in step CI,
The output from the pressed valid selection pushbutton switch is CPU1
30a, and the code of the person to be dismissed corresponding to the selected push button switch is stored in the person to be dismissed data storage area 130dl provided in the RAM 130d (step cz). L [! D 33 lights up, and at the same time, the X seal LED 32 lights up (step c+).

Next, the operation instruction display 18c is driven to, for example,
A display appears such as "Please press the write-in button for the person to be dismissed. The filled-in ballot paper can be seen from the upper window." (Step Ca). Subsequently, the signal from the write pushbutton switch 54 is made readable (step c
s).

That is, the write push button switch 54 is pressed before step C3.
Even if is pressed, it is not read into the CPU 130a, and the output of the write push button switch 54 becomes valid in step C2.

Following step C3, the process waits for the write push button switch 54 to be pressed (step Ch). In step cb, if the write push button switch 54 is not pressed and the valid selection push button switch is pressed again, steps C3 to C6 will be repeated again, allowing you to perform the push change operation as many times as you like. It is possible.

In step C6, when the write push button switch 54 is pressed, the push button switch 34b is pressed in step C8.
reading of the output is prohibited (step ct), and a code corresponding to the output of the valid selection push button that was pressed immediately before the write push button switch 54 was pressed is stored in the dismissal person data storage area 130d+ (
Step ca). Following step C8, driving of the operation instruction display 18b is stopped and the guide text on the operation instruction display 18b becomes invisible (step a+). step d1
Subsequently, the code print data corresponding to the data of the person to be removed stored in the data storage area 130dl for persons to be removed, for example, the name of the Supreme Court judge written on the second board 26, is displayed. The identification number attached to the top is searched from the print symbol data in the ROM 130c, and the print data of the searched number is stored in the RAM 130d.
The data is copied to the symbol data storage area 130az provided in the symbol data storage area 130az (step aX). Next, the print control circuit 14 is activated by the numerical data in the symbol data storage area 130dz.
0, the print head 78 is controlled to print an X on the number corresponding to the selected person to be removed and the number of the person to be removed (step d3) (see FIG. 9). Following execution of step d3, motor drive circuit 1
36 is driven, and subsequently the motor drive circuit 138 is driven (step d4). By this step d4, the motors 106 and 108 are driven, and the ballot paper A is conveyed toward the ballot paper storage box 14.

When the motor 106 starts driving, the voting paper A has already been conveyed to a position facing the print head 78, and while being fed at regular intervals by the stepping motor 106, the numbers and cross marks of the selected candidates for removal are displayed on the voting paper A. Ballot paper A will be printed on motor 1.
Transported by 0B. This drive is performed by the paper detection sensor 12.
9 detects ballot paper A (step a
S). When the paper detection sensor 129 detects the ballot paper A, the motor 106 is activated via the motor drive circuits 136 and 138.
．． 108 and rollers 66.70.76.94.
The driving of 96 and 98 is temporarily stopped (step a6). The ballot paper A that was temporarily stopped in step d6 has been conveyed to a position opposite the paper confirmation window 20, and the number of the person to be removed marked with an X can be seen through the confirmation window 20. , can be confirmed through the paper confirmation window 20 based on the display on the operation instruction display 18c.

Next, after step d6, the process waits for a certain period of time to elapse (step d). Following step d, operation instruction display 1
8c is stopped, and the guide characters on the operation instruction display 18C become invisible (step dS) O. Following step d8, the operation instruction display 18d is driven, and for example, "Please press the voting button." is displayed (step d), the output from the voting push button switch 52 becomes readable (step d1), and the process waits for the voting push button switch 52 to be pressed (step e+).
. In this state, it is known that the elector presses the voting push button switch 52 according to instructions from the operation instruction display 18d.

In step e, when the voting push button switch 52 is pressed, a message to that effect is read, and then the voting push button switch 5
Reading of input from 2 is prohibited (step e
x). Following execution of step e2, the display on the operation instruction display 18d becomes invisible (step e3). Then, the motor 108 is driven via the motor drive circuit 138, the rollers 94, 96 and 98 are rotationally driven via the belt 1) 6, and the ballot paper A is moved from the position corresponding to the confirmation window 20 to the ballot paper storage box 14. (step e)
4). Rollers 94, 96 and 9 in step e4
8, the end of the ballot paper A is detected by the paper detection sensor 12.
9 (step es). That is, it waits for the paper detection sensor 129 to be in the OFF output state, and when the paper detection sensor 129 outputs an OFF output, it is considered that voting is complete (step es).O Next to step e5, the operation instruction display 18e is driven so as to be visible. Being done,
As described above, a message such as "Please insert the next ballot" is displayed (step e), and then, after waiting for a predetermined period of time, for example, several seconds, the drive of the motor 108 is stopped, and the rollers 94, 96 and 98 is stopped (step et).

Therefore, when the execution of step e is completed, the ballot paper A has already been conveyed into the ballot paper storage box 14.

After step e, driving of the operation instruction display 18e is stopped (step e8), and then the process is executed again from step b2.

As explained above, according to the present invention, in the automatic voting device, the ballot paper on which the number corresponding to the person to be removed selected by the elector is printed with x year or other necessary code is placed in the ballot paper storage box. The ballot can be confirmed through the ballot confirmation window while it is being transported to the office, and the confirmed ballot is automatically transported to the ballot storage box. Therefore, the ballot paper inserted into the ballot paper can be used to vote without returning to the hands of the elector.

According to the present invention, as described above, the vote to dismiss a Supreme Court judge, which was conventionally carried out based on the entry of the electors, can be automatically carried out by pressing the selection push button switch. Therefore, since the emblem of dismissal itself can be printed out accurately, it is possible to avoid disputes over whether the vote for dismissal is valid or invalid, which would otherwise arise due to the way it was written.

Moreover, the disqualification stamp printed on the ballot paper by pressing the selection push button switch, that is, the X symbol attached to the number corresponding to the name of the Supreme Court justice, can be printed by the elector using a light emitting element and a ballot paper confirmation window. Because it is clearly visible, voters can cast their votes in the same way as they would with the current x symbol, further promoting accuracy. Furthermore, once the elector inserts the ballot paper into the ballot paper insertion slot, it becomes impossible for the elector to come into contact with the ballot paper, so the ballot paper can be stored without getting dirty or damaged. It will be stored in a box. In other words, since there is no damage to the voting paper, there will be no problem when the voting paper is later run on a computer or the like to count the number of votes for removal, and as a result, the resulting count can be extremely accurate. .

The device of the present invention can be utilized in elections based on the ordinary public office election law, for example, by replacing the panel on which the names of Supreme Court justices are written with one that does not have holes. In this case, it goes without saying that the circuit may be configured so that the light emitting element 32 used to electrically display the x mark does not light up even when the selection push button switch 34b is pressed.

Although the automatic voting device according to the present invention has been described above with reference to a preferred embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and various improvements and design changes may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Of course, changes are possible.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic voting machine according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the automatic voting machine shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 31ffl' is a candidate selection panel incorporated in the automatic voting machine shown in Fig. 1. 4 is a partially omitted vertical sectional view of the candidate selection panel shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a partially omitted perspective explanatory diagram showing the correlation with the push button switch, FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional explanatory diagram showing the internal structure of the automatic voting machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the control system of the automatic voting machine according to the present invention. Explanatory diagram,
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operating state of the control system shown in FIG. 7, and FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a ballot paper for an election for removal and a printed removal seal. 10. Automatic voting machine 12. Voting device 14.
・Ballot paper storage box 16...Selection panel 18a-1
8e...Operation instruction display 20...Ballot paper confirmation window 22...Paper insertion slot 24
．． 26.28.30...Board 32.33...LED 34a, 34b...Push button switch 36a136b...Lock mechanism 40a, 40b
- Plate body 52 - Voting push button switch 54 - Writing push button switch 66.70.72.76 - Roller 7B - Print head 80 - Ribbon 82.8
8...Ribbon reel 94.96.98.100.102...Roller 10
6...Stemping motor 108...DC motor 126.128.129...Sensor 130...Control device 130a...CPU 130b, 13
0c...ROM 130d...RAM1
30e...Input port 130f...Output port 134.136.138...Drive circuit 132
...Display drive circuit 140...Print control circuit Patent applicant Takezo Engineering Co., Ltd. Same as above Ueda Japan Radio Co., Ltd. Procedure correction writing 1 button February 28, 1986

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) It includes a board on which the names of Supreme Court justices are listed and a plurality of selection switches arranged in series corresponding to the names of the judges, and further when any of the selection switches on the board is activated. , an automatic voting device comprising display means for displaying dismissal of the judge in response to activation of the selection switch. (2) In the device according to claim 1, a board made of a transparent or semi-transparent material is disposed to be laminated on a board on which the names of Supreme Court justices are written, and the display means is arranged to display a message indicating dismissal on the board. An automatic voting device comprising a symbol such as an x mark and a light emitting element disposed on the back of a board displaying the code such as an x mark. (3) In the device according to claim 2, a board made of an opaque material is laminated on the board on which the symbol such as the "X" symbol is displayed to cover the symbol such as the "X symbol" and is commonly used for regular elections. An automatic voting device consisting of: