Method for collecting data from electronic voting units

A method for collecting data from electronic voting units which are standing by to receive enabling commands, comprising the steps of:

• sending in parallel a vote opening/control command from a central logic unit to a plurality of peripheral logic units by way of first connection means;
• sending said vote opening/control command to a plurality of voting units set to simultaneous reception by way of second connection means;
• storing a vote in said voting unit if said vote opening/control command is a vote opening command;
• setting said voting units to a mode for sending the stored vote;
• sending in succession, from each individual peripheral logic unit, a vote collection command for blocks of said voting units or individual voting units;
• sending to said peripheral logic units a vote signal, in response to said vote collection command, from each one of said voting units in a preset time interval;
• transmitting the votes collected by said peripheral logic units to said central logic unit;
• and
• transmitting the votes collected in the voting session to a computer.