Suitcase voting booth with access for handicapped persons

A portable voting booth comprising, a bivalve case including an upper shell member and a lower shell member, said case having an open configuration when said booth is made ready for casting ballots and said case having a closed configuration for transportation of said booth, said case enclosing an interior compartment within said upper shell and said lower shell when said case is in said closed configuration;

• a voting panel coupled with said case and being received within said compartment when said case is in said closed configuration, said voting panel presenting a frontal access position to access a ballot-casting surface on said voting panel;
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• a support base including a plurality of legs that, when said case is in said open configuration, are vertically rising and support said case and said voting panel;
• said support base including connecting and folding means for connecting said legs to said support base to permit, when said case is in said open configuration, frontal access to said booth by said person, when casting a ballot at said voting panel, and for folding said legs to positions for being received within said compartment when said case is in said closed configuration;
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• at least one hinge connecting said shell members and said voting panel.

A portable voting booth accessible for use by a wheelchair-bound person, the booth including:

• a case including a first shell member and a second shell member, said first shell member and said second shell member capable of closing together to enclose an interior compartment between said first shell member and said second shell member;
• a voting panel having a ballot-casting surface at which said person casts a ballot when said person is voting at said booth;
• a plurality of legs capable of supporting said first shell member, said second shell member and said voting panel in elevated position when said person is casting a ballot at said booth;
• said booth having a first, retracted configuration for transportation of said booth, said booth having a second, expanded configuration when said person is casting a ballot at said booth;
• when said booth is in said first configuration, all of said voting panel and said legs being received inside of said interior compartment of said case;
• when said booth is in said second configuration, said booth having a front for access by said person to said ballot-casting surface to permit said person to cast a ballot on said ballot-casting surface, a pair of said legs closest to said front being horizontally separated at top vertical ends of each of said legs of said pair by a distance that is large enough to permit the width of a wheelchair to pass between said top vertical ends;
• all of said first shell member, said second shell member, said voting panel and said legs being connected in a single unit such that said booth is capable of being reconfigured from said first configuration to said second configuration while maintaining connection of said first shell member, said second shell member, said voting panel and said legs in said single unit, whereby said booth may be set up without disconnecting any of said first shell member, said second shell member, said voting panel and said legs from said single unit.