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.
7. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means, responsive to said selection means and said input means, for storing both information associated with the candidate selected by said selection means and the pattern data associated with the handwritten information input by said input means.