Voting machine

Claim 1

IN A VOTING MACHINE, A VOTING PANEL PRESENTING A NETWORK OF VOTING SPACES REPRESENTING A PLURALITY OF CANDIDATES, A BANK OF COUNTERS INCLUDING A VOTE REGISTERING COUNTER DISPOSED BEHIND EACH OF SAID SPACES, A VOTE SELECTOR DISPOSED IN FRONT OF SAID PANEL AND MOUNTED RELATIVE THERETO TO BE MANUALLY MOVABLE HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY TO SWEEP ALL OF SAID VOTING SPACES, A SLAVE COUNTER ACTUATOR CARRIED BY MOVABLE SUPPORT MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID PANEL AND SAID BANK OF COUNTERS, TARGET MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SELECTOR FOR REGISTRY WITH A PREFERRED CANDIDATE SPACE AND OPERABLY CONNECTED TO SAID ACTUATOR TO CAUSE THE LATTER TO MOVE RELATIVE TO SAID BANK OF COUNTERS IN CONSONANCE WITH TRANSLATIONAL MOVEMENTS OF SAID VOTER SELECTOR RELATIVE TO SAID VOTING PANEL, A MEMBER CARRIED ON SAID SELECTOR MANUALLY OPERABLE TO PROCURE ACTUATION OF THAT ONE OF SAID COUNTERS CORRESPONDING TO THE SELECTED ONE OF SAID VOTING SPACES, NORMALLY OPEN DRAW CURTAIN MEANS CLOSABLE TO SCREEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW THE VOTE SELECTING OPERATION, AND A LEVER MANUALLY OPERABLE TO CLOSE SAID CURTAIN MEANS PRIOR TO THE VOTE SELECTING OPERATION AND MANUALLY OPERABLE AT THE END OF THE VOTE SELECTING OPERATION TO CAUSE IN SEQUENCE THE "SET" COUNTER TO REGISTER AND THE VOTE SELECTOR TO RETURN TO "HOME" POSITION AND THE CURTAIN MEANS TO OPEN FOR EXIT OF THE VOTER.