US2203906A

US2203906A - Mechanism fob photographically re

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Publication number: US2203906A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1940-06-11
Anticipated expiration: 1957-06-11

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June 171, 194). E, s. H|NE 1NE MEGHNISM FOR PHOTUGRAPHICALLY RECORDNG VOTING MACHINE INDICTIONS 4v Shoots-Sheet l Filed Nov. 4, 1956 n n n m June 11, 1940. E, s, HiNLlNE 2,203,995

MECHANSM kFUR HOTOGRAPHICALLYRECORDING VOTING MCIQHNE INDICATIONS Filed NOV. 4, 1936 4 Sheets-Shes?. 2

JUDO Us 1940. E. s. HINELINE 2,203,905

HECHANIISM FOR IX'I'OCIRAPHIGALLYl RECORDING VOTING MACHINE INDCATIONS Julie 11, s.' HINEUNE MECHANISM FOR PHO-TOGEAPHSIGALLY RECORDING VOTING MACHINE INDIGATIONS File NOV, 1936 4' Sheets-#Sheet 4 u Edson QSI-I/w 31321/0- M awa 01244/7293,

Patented June 11, 1940 UNITED STATES MECHANISM FOR PHOTOGRAPHICALLY RE- CORDING VOTING MACHINE INDICATIONS Edson S. lllneline, Rochester, N. Y., assignor to The Folmer Grailex Corporation', Rochester, N. Y a corporation of Delaware Application November 4, 1936, Serial No. 109,1.42 1o calms. (ci. zas-s0) This application, in so far as the disclosure with respect to Figs. 1 to 8 thereof is concerned and which disclosure is directed to the mechanism shown in Figs. 14 to 2l or" the cci-pending application of Petit and Hineiine, Ser. No. 739,574, iled August 13, 1934, now Patent No. 2,123,151, dated July 5, i938, ls in part a true division of said application in the name of the present applicant as sole inventor of said mechanism, being in technical Patent Ciice parlance a continuation in part of application Ser. No. 739,574.

This invention relates to mechanism ior 'pho. tographically recording the actual vote-indications appearing upon voting machines, prefer ably showing the indications, if any, upon the reading, register or meter or indication displaying portion of the voting machine prior to the use of that machine for some particular occasion, and also after the use of the said voting machine upon that particular occasion, in order that no change he made in the machine after the close of the voting without detection by the photographs, and also in order that the indications may be made a matter ofpermanent recordv by reason of said photographs.

The apparatus or mechanism is such that it may be supported in close proximity to the voting machine, in order that the existing indications upon the voting machine may be photographed of a sufficiently large size to be readily used without enlargement.

Most voting machines used at the present day are relatively large structures, sometimes more than six feet in height and relatively broad and having a very large number of indications at one face thereof, usually the face or part that is displayed to the voters when they approach the machine to vote by moving some part at each place where the names of a group of candidates for. some ofllce are displayed.

In the patent to Petit and Hineline, No. 1,977,453, October 16, 1934, is disclosed certain mechanism which is adapted to be supported in close proximity to the voting machine and which is capable of making a photographic reproduction of all the indications of registers, meters or readings, however numerous they may be. This was accomplished by providing the camera with zone of the surface to be photographed, and

whereby' the said lenses collectively function with respect to the entire object-surface by blending their said zones. .v ln the accompanying drawings, wherein a singie embodiment of mechanism is disclosed-- i is an elevation of the hack of the voting machine having hingediy connected thereto a,v

photographic apparatus stationarily mounted upon the voting machine, said apparatus in this figure seing represented as turned downward into nonfunctioning position;

Fig. le; is a detail in elevation of a small portion of the hack of the voting machine, to indcate the general character of the structure that is to be photographed by the said apparatus;

Fig. 2 is a detail showing in plan a part of the top of the voting machine and the photographic apparatus in functioning position at the back of the voting machine;

Fig. Sis a view partly in horizontal section of the parts shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. i is a detail in transverse section looking forward from the back of the voting machine and showing the take-up roll and the contact members;

Fig. 5 is a detail upon a larger scale oi' lthe lower left hand corner of the structure shown in Fig. ii;

Fig. 6 is a view looking at the back of the entirev apparatus with the photographic' apparatus in functioning position;

` Fig. 7 is a diagram to show the wiring by means of which the multiplicity of lamps for the lenses are caused to function and by which the warning white and red lights are caused to function;

Fig. 8 is a plan view, partly broken away, to y show the sensitized sheet of lm used with the apparatus herein shown;

Fig. 9 is a partial top plan view of the gear driven mechanism employed when using a motor as autom-atie means for feeding the lm (as disclosed in said copending application Ser. No. 739,574, page 23, lines 27-28, and page 24, lines 1 2);

Fig. '10 is a front elevation of the motor driving mechanism showing the motor armature, certain gears and the cam for controlling the electrical circuit as well as one of the lm spools;

and

Fig. 11 is a schematic drawing showing the circuit diagram together with various parts of the motor `drive unit and the clock unit.

By the mechanism herein disclosed, I prefer- Valcly so photograph the face or part of the voting machine having the vote indications that the figures or lettering or other indications may be easily read in the photograph without enlargement, and this I do by making the photographic exposure at a very short distance from the face or part of the voting machine having said indications.

Referring first to Fig. 1, the back of the voting machine is indicated at |06. Upon the back are a series of readings generally indicated at |01, Fig. 1, and also in Fig. la in detail. The readings consist of numerals upon the peripheries of sets of disks, each set of disks indicating the total number of votes for one person or subjectmatter. I preferably provide means whereby the inspectors of elections may write their names at some point at the back of the voting machine, and at 3 in Fig. 1 I have indicated the names of three inspectors. This is intended as a safeguard, and it is pointed out that when the photographs are taken, they are in a sealed receptacle and are delivered in such sealed receptacle to some suitable place for development. Prior to the development of the pictures of all the voting machines of a city or locality, it would not be known to which voting machine the respective lms pertain. This would eliminate one opportunity for fraud.

Referring to Fig. 1, it will be observed that there are eleven sets of readings in each vertical tier.

While the shape and size of the photographic apparatus are determined by the particular requirements of the case, it is an important feature of the invention to provide a magazine which may be sealed against tampering, said magazine containing the sensitized surface or iiim and suitable supporting means therefor. Such magazine may be removed in its sealed condition from the camera or photographic apparatus, and transmitted to the place where the sensitive surface or film is to be developed.

In order to prevent fraud, it is necessary to photograph the voting machine (in this case, the back thereof) before the voting begins and to photograph the same again after the voting is ended. Thus a comparison may be made of the two impressions or pictures and the difference in the readings of the different units or disks in the two pictures would be the total votes.

If no photograph were taken of the voting machine before the voting began, it is evident that fraud could be perpetuated by turning the readings at some of the disks in such a way as to cause a misrepresentation of the total vote of some candidate or candidates. For example, a fraudulent result might be indicated in the following marmer.

Viewing Fig. la, it will be evident that the three disks indicate units, tens and hundreds, and that rst the unit disk and then the tens disk and then the hundreds disk are turned until 999 are indicated, whereupon the readings begin again at 1 on the unit disk. If the disks of one set be turned prior to the voting so as to indicate 925, and this fact be not known, it ls evident that as soon as that candidate has received votes, his set of disks immediately begins to register again at 1, whereas the other candidates who may be assumed to be receiving substantially as many votes would have a reading or register of '75 votes. In other words, one of the candidates has been handicapped to the extent of 75 votes.

All this is avoided by making the photographic reading of all the voting indications or disks of the voting machine before the voting begins, and again photographing the same field or surface after the voting ends and then making a comparison of the two photographs.

The mechanism herein shown may be employed in practising the method broadly claimed in said co-pending application of Petit and Hineline, Ser. No. 739,574. In practising said method by the mechanism herein claimed, I

establish photographically the fact of, and preserve as a permanent accurate record, the exact number of votes that have been registered for each candidate and/or question voted on during a predetermined period of use of a voting machine by (l) exposing for photographic purposes that face or part of a voting machine having indicators that separately register the votes for each candidate and/or question to be voted on at one election, (2) photographing said face or part of said voting machine just prior to the commencement of the said election, and desirably upon a single sensitized surface so as to show in their relative positions al1 of said indicators, whereby the number of votes, if any, appearing upon any of said indicators may be ascertained for comparison and for permanent record by reason of said photographing, and (3) again exposing for photographic purposes, immediately at the close of the election, the said face or part of the voting machine, and again photographingthe same, preferably upon a single sensitized surface, so as to show in their relative positions, all of said indicators, whereby the number of votes appearing upon each of said indicators may be ascertained for comparison with said first exposure and also for permanent record by reason of said photographing, so that there may be deducted separately the number of votes, if any, for each candidate and/or question appearing on the indicators prior to said election, as shown by said ilrst exposure, from the number of votes for the same candidates and/or questions appearng on the indicators, as shown by said second exposure, so as thereby to ascertain the total trueA vote for each candidate and/or question, and to preserve the permanent accurate photographic record thereof.

In Fig. 1, I have represented at |06 the back of a voting machine which may be of any construction but which, for convenience of description, may be regarded as substantially the samc as that shown in Fig. l of the said patent to Petit and Hineline, No. 1,977,453. It is or may be provided upon its back with substantially the same series of readings, generally indicated at 101 in Fig. l, and thus consisting of numerals upon the peripheries of the respective disks, each set of disks indicating the total number of votes for one candidate or subject matter. Instead of providing means whereby the photographic apparatus may he moved across the yvoting machine during the taking of the desired photographs (namely, before and after the election), as disclosed in said patent, I attach the photographic apparatus to or mount the same xedly upon the voting machine and preferably in such a manner that it may be moved sufficiently away from the face or part of the voting machine having the indicators or readings to permit access to said indicators or readings. For the purpose, I have, as shown in Fig. 2, provided a photographic apparatus IDB of a box-like character having the same dimensions as to width and height of that portion of the voting machine 75 vby rows of small circles iIU in Fig. l.

where the indicators or readings are located. Preferably I hinge the photographic apparatus |08 to the voting machine |06, as indicated at- |0 in Fig. l, so that the same may be unfolded down into the position shown in Fig. 1 or be folded up against the back of the voting machine, thus bringing the parts into relative position shown in Figs. 2 and While the number of indicators or readings of voting machines, oi' course, dificil', I have in the case of the voting machine herein shown represented somewhat in excess of 400 indicators or readings. I accordingly provide in this type of apparatus a separate lens for each indication or reading, and have represented such lenses All of those lenses are mounted in a board Ill, |I2.

, I have provided hooks H3 by which such board may be secured in position against the back face ci the voting machine |06, and to that end I provide a hinge (shown at |09 in Fig. 1) for the lens board at its lower end. The lenses, although many in number, are comparatively inexpensive, as a single lens of pressed material is suicient for the purpose. As shown in Fig. 3, the'back of the voting machine may be recessed as indicated at I Ill, thus providing sufficient focal distance between the indicators or readings oi said machine and the lenses IIII, as, for example, about three inches, and about the same distance between the lens board and the iilrn or paper. The box or receptacle or enclosure |08 is a complete closure excepting at the side where the lens board III is received and said receptacle I08 is adapted to be held in functioning position by hooks I4', shown most clearly in Fig. 2. Within the receptacle I 08 are mounted upon vertical axes the let-oli roli IIS and the take-up roll IIB, shown most clearly in Fig. 3. They are adapted to receive the film I Il which .in unwinding passes between a glass plate I I8 and a metallic plate H9, preferably of some light material such as aluminum. Said plate Ii! is supported in position by the members |20.

The let-ofi" and take-up spools are desirably of usual character to be readily inserted and removed. I may provide automatic means for feeding the film II'I, as, for example, a motor (as shown in Figs. 9, 10 and 1l, and hereinafter described), the operation of which is controlled by a clock, so that the sensitized paper or film may be fed so as to position a sensitized area thereof for photographic purposes in the morning before the election and again in the evening after the election. However, in the apparatus shown in Figs. 1 to '1, I have provided manual means for feeding the film. For that purpose, I have shown in Figs. 2 and 6 a hand crank I2|v upon the take-up spool, so that the sensitized paper or film l I1 may be moved at the necessary times for the purpose stated.

In the type of apparatus shown in Figs. -1 to 7, no shutter is necessary, but in order that light may be provided for effecting a proper exposure, I have, as shown most clearly in Fig. l, provided a large number of very small electric light bulbs "|22, which may be provided in a rectangular arrangement, as shownl -at the lower part of Fig. 1, or otherwise. For example, between every third and fourth lens just below the top row of lenses a small bulb |22 is provided and the bulbs are provided in the same arrangement after every third horizontal row 'of lenses asrepresented in Fig. 1. Of course, the number o! lights will be such as is necessary to effect proper exposure. The said lights are all in circuit as hereinafter referred to and as diagrammatically indicated in Fig. 1.

Preferably and as an important feature of my invention, I provide for signalling the presence of a sensitized area and also for signalling the presence of non-sensitized area in front of the lenses, and to that end I provide means whereby the feeding of thefilm, whether manually or automatically, will control two different lights, one beingffor the purpose of indicating that a sensitized area of the film is in position Ior a photographie impression to be made thereon, and the other light to indicate that a nonsensitized portion of the film is opposite the lenses H0. For this purpose, desirably provide a photographic strip H1, shown most clearly in detail in Fig. 8, and the use of which in canrying vout my invention is not limited to the apparatus shown in Figs. i to 7. It is desirably provided with a leader end |23 of usual non-u sensitized material and a similar trailer end i211. Succeeding the leader end is a sensitized area i25 which is itself succeeded by a non-sensitized area |26 of sufficient area to cover the entire face or part of the voting machine having the readings or indicators described. Following the area iZS is a second sensitized area I 21 which is itself succeeded by the trailer end |21. sensitized area IZS is provided with two open-a ings I2 at any suitable point but desirably near one of the leading corners. a similar position the .sensitized area |21 is provided with like openings |23. The non-sensitized area 25 is provided with two like openings 13o but positioned at the opposite leading corner of the area from that at which the openings mi, |28 are provided; Y

Referring more particularly to Figs. 3, d and it is noted that adjacent toand in parallelism with the'roils II 5, IIS, there are provided metal" lic rolls IIS', IIB'. The photographic casing HIS has secured in suitable position four contact fingers |3I, |32, |33 and I3l. The two contacts |32, I3! are connected by a wire 35. Leading from the Contact |31 is a wire |36 and leading from the contact |34 is a wire |31, and in circuit therewith is a wire and plug |38, shown in Fig. 6, by which the apparatus may be plugged into the local circuit. Y

The circuit is diagrammatically shown or indicated in Fig. 'l'. white light |38 and a red light |40, and at a suitable` point in the circuit is a switch I II which is adapted to be turned by the key that is to be kept in the exclusive charge of the inspector or some other omcial under whose supervision the election is held. The contact fingers I3I, |32, |33, |34 `rest against the film or sensitized sheet or paper |I1 as the same passes about the metallic 5. So long as the said contact fingers are kept from actual contact with the metallic roll I I6'I by the film or sensitized sheet I I1, neither light |39, |40 functions. When, however, the one in charge of the apparatus turns the film or sensitized sheet II 1 so as to bring the sensitized area |25 thereof opposite the readings or indications |01 of Fig. 1, a circuit is completed through the contact fingers |33, ISI, and the White light |39 flashes, thus showing that the sensitized area |25 of the lm or sensitized sheet I|1 is in position to receive a Included in said circuit is a y roll I I8', as shown upon an enlarged scale in Fig. Y

|01. After that exposure has been made 4by the act of the inspector in inserting a key in the switch |4| above referred to and turning the same so as to cause all the lights |22 to f unction just prior to the commencement of the election, the nlm or sensitized sheet ||1 is turned further by the hand crank |2| (or by a motor as hereinafter described) to bring the non-sensitized area |26 of the film or sensitized sheet I |1 opposite the readings or indicators |01 and at that time the Contact fingers 13|, |32 make contact through the two openings |39 with the metallic roll ||6, thus causing the red light |40 to function, warning those in charge that a non-sensitized portion of the film or sensitized sheet ||1 is opposite the readings or indications of the voting machine. At the close of the election, the proper oiicial again turns the hand crank l 2| so as to bring the sensitized area |21 of the film or sensitized sheet ||1 opposite the readings of the voting machine (or it is done by motor), and this fact of the positioning of said sensitized area |21 is visually indicated by the flashing of the white light |39 because of the fact that the contact fingers |33, |34 complete the circuit through the openings |29 and the metallic roll H6'.

Then the inspector in charge again inserts his key in the switch |4i, completing the circuit and thus causing all the lights |22 to'function, and causing an exposure to be made upon the second sensitized area S21, which will therefore constitute a record of the readings or indications immediately at the close of the election; After the exposure has been made of said sensitized area |21, the one in charge completes the winding of theulm or sensitized sheet i|1 onto the take-up roll H6, but said roll cannot be removed from the apparatus without breaking the seal |42 which is provided, as shown in Fig. 6, preferably in the form of a wire and lead seal, to prevent tampering with the photographic apparatus without leaving evidence of that fact.

Preferably the film or sensitized sheet ||1 (shown in Figs. 2, 3, 5 and 8) is of such size and so close to the back or face of the voting machine that no enlargement of the developed pictures is necessary, but my invention is not limited in this respect. Said sheet ||1 may be photostat paper which, When developed, will constitute a photograph from which reproductions may be made. By the structure shown in Figs. 7 and 8, certain of the methods disclosed in Patent No. 2,034,441, March 17, 1936, may be practised.

It will be understood from the foregoing description that by making two exposures through a multiplicity of lenses without relative traverse of the voting machine and the camera, I carry out the process or method disclosed in said co-pending application Ser. No. 739,574, and in so doing accomplish what has never heretofore been done with respect to voting machines, namely, secure an absolutely true record of all the votes for each candidate and/or subject, which is a photographic one, so that no question can arise as to the accuracy of the result. It has heretofore been possible with all voting machines known to me to tamper with the readings or indications thereof, as, for example, by fraudulently moving the indicators prior to the commencement of the election. Any such fraudulent act would be prevented by the invention herein described, since a photographic record is made of the readings or indicators immediately preceding the election and another 'immediately at the close thereof, and such photographs can be made only by the inspector or other official having the key for closing indicated in detail the circuit and cooperating' parts whereby the motor is caused to function at predetermined times, as originally described, I do not herein claim the disclosed matters specically, but do claim such matter generically within the scope of theorig'inal disclosure.

In said Figs. 9, 10, 11, means is represented for feeding the sensitized sheet, such as ||1, by an electric motor that is under the control of a clock mechanism.

The camera structure is desirably substantially the same as that disclosed in Figs. 1,'2 and 3, excepting that a motor driven gear train hereinafter described is substituted for the'operating handle |2| of Figs. 2 and 6. The film strip desirably is slightly modified from that shown in Fig. 8 merely by leaving out the centre section thereof shown in Fig. 8 (namely, the non-sensitized section having the cut-cut portions |30).

After film strip f|1V of Fig. 8 is placed in the camera and started on the take-up spool ||6 in the usual manner, the camer is closed to position shown in Fig. 2, and swi ch |43, Fig. 11, is closed with a key provided for that purpose, the machine having previously been connected to a conventional electrical supply source. The current then will flow through wire |44, switch |43, Wire |45 and the clock control unit diagrammatically shown in plan at |46, and returned through wire |41 to wire |46. Said clock control unit in and of itself may be of the same general construction that is shown at 52 in Fig. 9 of the United States patent to Petit and Hineline, N0. 1,963,312, dated June 19, 1934. The closing of switch |43 also causes current to flow through wire |43, If button |56 is now pressed or closed, a current will flow through wire I 5|, wire |52, through contact arm |53, through contacts |54. |55, contact arm |56, wire |51 and brush lead |58, through brush |59, through armature |60 and out through brush |6|, brush lead |62 to wire |46, thus completing the circuit. The motor (hereinafter described) will now run in the direction that will cause film to wind on spool ||6 of Figs. 3, 5 and 10 until exposure openings |26 (Fig. 8) uncover their respective contacts |33 and |34, causing light. |33 (Fig. '7) to be lighted. At this point, cam |63 on cam wheel |64 will have contacted switch arm |56 through the bent up portion |65 causing contacts |54 and |55 to separate, thus opening the circuit to the motor. The motor will then be stopped and the film strip will be in a stationary position. When switch |43 has been closed, a circuit connected with the clock |46 is as has been described. This causes clock |46 to become operative, and said clock will continue to operate until a predetermined als stays dark until a predetermined time which is determined by clock |46. The clock |46 carries twelve hours, cam elevation |1| has advanced to a position where bentup portion |12 of switch arm R13 is pushed downward closing contacts |14 and |15. During the previous operation whenv cam 263 on cam wheel |64 advanced to the postion where it forced bent-up portion |65 of switch arm 56 in a downward position, cam |63 had under-ridden bent portion 416 of arm |11, thus allowing contacts |18 and |19 to close. A circuit will now be completed from wire M6 through wire |62, brush |6|, commutator of motor armature |66, brush |59, wire l58, Wire |80, Contact arm |11s contact |18, contact |19, contact arm 8|,

The second picture is made exactly as the rst by pressing contact switch |66 for asufficient length of time. To wind the black covering paper onto spool |i6, thus making a light tight cartridge after the second exposure has been made, it is merely necessary to hold down contact until vthe motor stops which wiil .be when cam |63 on cam Wheel |64 has reached bent-up portion |65 of contact spring |56 separating contacts |54 and Hifi.

The motor itself is shown at |85. The shaft |66 thereof has fast thereon a worm |81 meshing with and driving a worm wheel |88 on shaft |69. Fast on said shaft i8!! at one end thereof is the spool H6 hereinbeiore referred to. Saidshaft |68 has at the opposite end thereof, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10, a worm |9 meshing with a Worm wheel lili fast on a shaft |92 whereon is fast the cam wheel |64, previously described. In this manner, the cam wheel |64 is driven by the motor. The spool ||6 carrying the .cartridge or roll of .sensitized material is also turned to feed the said film, as herein described. As herein set forth the sensitized iilm ||1 is fed forward by the motor under control of the clock mechanism on the morning of election day, so thata photograph is taken of the entire registering mechanism of the voting machine. At the close of the voting period, the film ||1 is again fed forward by the motor under the action of the clock mechanism, and a second picture is made by the camera. A comparison of the two photographs reveals the actual number of votes for each candidate and/or question voted upon during the said day or voting period.

Having thus described one illustrative embodiment of the invention, itis to be understood that although specific terms are employed, they'are used in a generic and descriptive sense and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the following claims.

I claim:

1. In combination and for the purpose of maklng an accurate record of the exact number of votes upon a voting machine at a single election,'

the following mechanism, viz: a voting machine having a face or part provided with a. multiplicity of indicators that separately record the votes for each canditate and/or question to be voted upon at a single election; a. photographic apparatus secured to said voting machine in proximity receive a photographic impression thereon prior to the election and another photographic impression thereon subsequent to the election, and

means for feeding said sheet so as to expose sequentially the sensitized areas thereof.

2. In combination and for the purpose of malcing an accurate record of the exact number of votes upon a voting machine at a single election, the following mechanism, viz: a voting machine having a face or part provided with a multiplicityr of indicators that separately record the votes for each candidate and/ or question to be voted upon at a single election; va photographic apparatus secured to said voting machine in proximity to the said face or part of the voting machine and provided with a multiplicity of lenses correspond ing in number with the total number of vindicators for the candidates and/or questions to be voted upon; means to support a sensitized sheet in said photographic apparatus so as to receive photographic impression thereon prior to the election and another photographic impression thereon subsequent to the election; means for feeding said sheet so as to expose sequentially the sensitized areas thereof; lighting means adjacent `to all oi' said lenses for providing illumination for the said exposures, and an electric circuit for said lighting means,

3. ln combination and i'or the purpose of make ing an accurate record ofthe exact number et' votes upon a voting machine at a single election, the following mechanism, viz: a voting vmachine having a face or part provided with a multiplicity of indicators that separately record the votes for each candidate and/or question to be voted upon at a single election; a photographie apparatus secured to said voting machine in proximity to the said face or part of the voting machine and provided with a multiplicity ol' lenses corresponding in number with the totai number of indicators for the candidates and/or questions to be voted upon; means to support a sensitized sheet in said photographic apparatus so as to receive a photographic impression there* on prior to the election and another photographic impression thereon subsequent to the election;

means for feeding said sheet so as to expose sequentially the sensitized areas thereof; lign*- ing means adjacent to all of said lenses for pron viding illumination for the said exposures, an electric circuit for 'said lighting means; and a switch in said electric circuit adapted to be closed only by a key in the possession of an au thorized person.

4. In combination and for the purpose of makl ing an accurate record of the exact number of votes upon a. voting machine at a single election,

cators for the candidates and/or questions to be voted upon; means to support a sensitized sheet in said photographic apparatus so as to receive a photographic impression thereon prior to the election and another photographic impression thereon subsequentl to the election; means for feeding said sheet so as to expose sequentially the sensitized areas thereof; lighting means adjacent to all of said lenses for providing illumination for the said exposures, and an electric circuit for said lighting means, another circuit, said last mentioned circuit including two contrastingly colored lights, one of which indicates the presence of a sensitized area opposite the indications and the other of which indicates the presence of a non-sensitized area opposite said indications.

5. In combination and for the purpose of making an accurate record of the exact number oi votes upon a voting machine at a single election, the following mechanism, viz: a voting machine having a face or part provided with a. multiplicity of indicators that separately record the votes for each candidate and/or question to be voted upon at a single election; a photographic apparatus secured to said voting machine in proximity to the said face or part of the voting machine and provided with a multiplicity of lenses correspondmg 1n number with the total number of indicaters for the candidates and/or questions to be voted upon; means to support a sensitized sheet in said photographic 'apparatus so as to receive a photographic impression thereon prior to the election and another photographic impression thereon subsequent to the election; means for feeding said sheet so as to expose sequentially the sensitized areas thereof; lighting means ad- Jacent to all of said lenses for providing illumination for the said exposures, and an electric circuit for said lighting means, another circuit, seid last mentioned circuit including two contrastingly colored lights, one of which indicates the presence of a sensitized area opposite the indications and the other of which indicates the presence of a non-sensitized area opposite said indications, together with a sensitized sheet With at least two sensitized areas and an intervening non-sensitized area, said sheet having perforations Ithrough which contacts may be made to complete the electric circuit in the feeding of the said sensitized sheets.

6. In combination, in a voting machine, a multiplicity of indicators thereof that separately and respectively register the votes for each candidate and/or question to be' voted on at one eiection, a closure or casing for all oi said indicators, said closure or casing constituting a part of said voting machine and constituting also a barrier preventing access to said indicators, a cover permanently attached to the said closure or casing and adapted to be opened out so as to disclose to View the' said indicators and to be shut so as to conceal the-same from view, said cover constituting a unitary part of said voting machine, a camera having a separate lens for each of said multiplicity of indicators, said camera being wholly mounted upon the inside of said cover in such relation to said indicators that when the said cover is closed the said camera is in image-producing relation to said indicatorsI and means for operating said camera when said cover is closed, thereby to produce and retain the photographic images so produced by said camera.

7. In combination, in a voting machine, a multiplicity of indicators thereof that separately and respectively register the votes for each candidate and/or question to be voted on at one election, a closure or casing for all of said indicators, said closure creasing constituting apart of said voting machine and constituting also a barrier preventing access to said indicators, a photographic apparatus xedly attached to the voting machine in operative relation to said multiplicity of indicators, said photographic apparatus having a lens board provided with a multiplicity of lenses equalling in number the total number of said multiplicity o! indicators.

8. A mechanism in accordance with claim '7, but wherein means is provided i'or supporting a sensitized sheet in said photographic apparatus, and means for feeding said sensitized sheet past said lens board.

9. A mechanism in accordance with claim 7, but wherein means is provided for supporting a sensitized sheet in said photographic apparatus. means for feeding said sensitized sheet past said lens board, and an electric circuit in said photographic apparatus provided with means for plugging into a local circuit, a multiplicity of electric light bulbs included in said circuit, and means whereby said circuit may be completed only by an authorized person so that the exposures of the face of the voting machine may be made only by such authorized person.

lll-In combination and for the purpose oi making an accurate record of the exact number of votes voted upon or by a voting machine at a single election, the following mechanism, viz; a voting machine having a face or part provided with a multiplicity of indicators that separately record the votes for each candidate and/or question to be voted upon at a single election; a photographic apparatus secured to said voting machine in proximity to the said face or part of the voting machine and provided with a multiplicity of lenses equalling the number of said voting indicators; means to support a sensitized sheet in said photographic apparatus so as to receive a photographic impression of said indicators; and means to prevent that photographic impression from being made until the expiration, just after the voting period of said single election, of a definite predetermined time interval, and upon the expiration of such time interval to permit said photographic impression to be made.

EDSON S. HINELINE.