1. An election terminal apparatus comprising; first display means for displaying an item of candidates; selection means for selecting one of the candidates displayed by said first display means; second display means responsive to said selection means, for displaying an input area for causing a voter to input a plurality of handwritten characters specifying the candidate selected by said selection means; input means for inputting the plurality of handwritten characters specifying a candidate; recognition means for recognizing a pattern data corresponding to the handwritten characters input by said input means and outputting a recognized character; and comparison means for checking whether a candidate specified by the plurality of handwritten characters recognized by said recognition means coincides with a candidate selected by said selection means.
5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second display means includes means for re-displaying the input area for causing the voter to input handwritten information specifying a candidate when said comparison means determines that the candidate specified by the characters recognized by said recognition means does not coincide with the candidate selected by said selection means.