Patent ID: 8556161

Claim:
An electronic ballot facility, using ballot forms ( 1 ), at least one voting booth ( 4 ) for the use of voters to place ballot forms in envelopes, and at least one ballot box ( 2 ) that is suitable for receiving said envelopes along with the ballot forms; wherein each ballot form ( 1 ) is provided with at least one electronic chip ( 10 ), the electronic chip ( 10 ) including a first contactless reader memory ( 11 ) in which a ballot identification code is recorded, and a second permanent contactless read-write memory ( 12 ) provided to receive a selection of one of the voters; wherein on a side of the ballot ( 1 ), the ballot ( 1 ) has at least one of a name, a photograph, and a number of the candidate, at least one of the name and the number of the candidate being written into at least one of the first contactless reader memory ( 11 ) and the second permanent contactless read-write memory ( 12 ); wherein each of the at least one ballot box ( 2 ) is equipped with at least one reader ( 20 ) with at least one sensor that is capable of reading, without contact, when one of the ballot forms is inserted therein and through the envelopes, content of the first contactless reader memory ( 11 ) and the second permanent contactless read-write memory ( 12 ) of the electronic chip, the at least one reader ( 20 ) being connected to a self-contained microprocessor unit ( 21 ) that is built into the at least one ballot box ( 2 ), the self-contained microprocessor unit ( 21 ) being equipped with a local memory ( 22 ) in which the contents of the first contactless reader memory ( 11 ) and the second permanent contactless read-write memory ( 12 ) of the ballot forms ( 1 ) are recorded; wherein the ballot box ( 2 ) is equipped with a security door ( 26 ) establishing a passageway for one of the envelopes, the security door ( 26 ) being equipped with a lower flap ( 27 ) with controlled opening, the at least one reader ( 20 ) being placed against the security door facing the passageway established by the security door ( 26 ).