Rotary cam controlled voting machine

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AN AUTOMATIC VOTING MACHINE COMPRISING ACTUATION MEANS OPERATIVE IN A FIRST STEP TO SET A VOTING MACHINE FOR VOTING AND IN A SECOND STEP TO RETURN THE VOTING MACHINE TO ITS INITIAL POSITION AFTER VOTING, A CURTAIN CLOSING MEANS OPERATIVE FROM SAID ACTUATION MEANS TO CLOSE A CURTAIN ON THE VOTING MACHINE DURING SAID FIRST STEP AND TO OPEN THE CURTAIN AT THE END OF SAID SECOND STEP, A PLURALITY OF SPINDLES OPERATIVELY SET AT THE END OF SAID FIRST STEP TO BE SELECTIVELY ACTUATED BY A VOTER, SPINDLE LOCKING MEANS OPERATIVE FROM SAID ACTUATION MEANS TO LOCK SAID SPINDLES IN PLACE AT THE START OF SAID SECOND STEP, RECORDING MEANS OPERATIVE TO RECORD THE POSITION OF SAID SPINDLES WHEN SAID SPINDLES ARE LOCKED BY SAID SPINDLE LOCKING MEANS, SAID LOCKING MEANS BEING OPERATIVE TO RELEASE SAID SPINDLES DURING SAID SECOND STEP AFTER SAID SPINDLE RECORDING MEANS HAS RECORDED THE POSITION OF SAID SPINDLES, AND SPINDLE RESETTING MEANS OPERATIVE FROM SAID ACTUATION MEANS TO RETURN SAID SPINDLES TO THEIR INITIAL SET POSTION DURING SAID SECOND STEP AFTER SAID SPINDLE LOCKING MEANS HAS UNLOCKED SAID SPINDLES AND BEFORE SAID CURTAIN CLOSING MEANS HAS OPENED SAID CURTAIN, AND WHEREIN SAID SPINDLE LOCKING MEANS INCLUDES A LADDER SYSTEM MECHANICALLY INTERLOCKING AT LEAST ONE LOCKING MEMBER FOR EACH SPINDLE, SAID SPINDLES HAVING A VOTED AND AN UNVOTED POSITION, SAID LOCKING MEMBERS BEING OPERATIVE WHEN SAID LADDER SYSTEM IS RECIPROCATED INTO A LOCKED POSITION TO LOCK SAID SPINDLES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE VOTED OR UNVOTED POSITIONS.