<p>An election terminal apparatus includes an integral-type display/input unit (2) constituted by a liquid crystal display unit (6) and a tablet unit (5) for input data. The display unit (6) displays a first screen including icons corresponding to candidates. A voter operates the tablet unit (5) to designate a candidate for whom he/she wants to vote. The election terminal apparatus discriminates the candidate designated by the voter, and causes the liquid crystal display unit (6) to display an image for allowing the voter to input the candidate name or the like with handwriting. When the voter handwrites the candidate name or the like on the table unit (5), the election terminal apparatus performs character recognition with respect the handwritten pattern. When a candidate specified by the recognized characters coincides with the candidate designated first, the election terminal apparatus increments the vote count of the candidate by one. <IMAGE></p>
