Voting apparatus with secure ballot box assembly

A system for generating and securely storing a ballot, the system comprising:

• an interactive user terminal for receiving a voter selection;
• a means for generating a paper ballot containing information corresponding to the voter selection, the generating means disposed within the interactive user terminal;
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• a ballot box for receiving the generated ballot, the ballot box comprising a housing for holding the generated paper ballot within a ballot storage chamber of the housing, the housing being removeably coupled to the interactive user terminal for securely storing the generated ballot, the ballot box including a motorized drive assembly disposed in the housing and for conveying the ballot into a chamber within the ballot box, the motorized drive assembly selectively operable to feed a ballot from the interactive user terminal into the ballot box.

A method of generating and securely conveying a ballot from an interactive user terminal to an attached ballot box, the method comprising:

• receiving user input from the interactive user terminal;
• generating a paper ballot inside the interactive user terminal corresponding to the received user input;
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• conveying the ballot via an aperture in the user terminal to the ballot box through an aperture in the ballot box using a motorized drive assembly contained in the ballot box while the ballot box is removeably coupled to the interactive user terminal, wherein at least a portion of the ballot box is disposed inside the interactive user terminal, such that the paper ballot is deposited inside the ballot box from inside the interactive user terminal.