BALLOT BOX FOR COLLECTING BALLOT ENVELOPES AND COMPRISING A MEANS FOR CHECKING THE PHYSICAL ACCEPTABILITY OF EACH BALLOT ENVELOPE

摘要

The invention relates to a ballot box (1) for collecting ballot envelopes, which comprises a horizontal bottom wall, vertical walls attached to the bottom wall, and a horizontal top wall (10) forming a lid that is provided with an opening (11) for inserting a ballot envelope into the inner space, characterised in that said insertion opening (11) forms a vertical guiding passage having a rectangular cross-section delimited by two large parallel surfaces and two side surfaces, said opening comprising a hatch (2) actuated by a motor (26), wherein said hatch can assume a position for blocking said opening or a released position, and in that said box comprises a means for checking one of the physical parameters of the ballot envelope, which is capable of controlling the motor (26) of the hatch in order to clear the opening if the envelope is acceptable, or to otherwise block the opening, said checking means including a monitoring and control unit (4) to which the motor (26) is connected.