Abstract: A reusable folding ballot box having walls, a base and a lid with an aperture therein for the insertion of ballot papers. The walls, base and lid are provided by a flexible bag-like outer member enclosing reinforcing means rearrangeable from a folded position into an erected position to maintain the ballot box in its erected configuration. The aperture in the lid has guide means associated therewith constructed and arranged to maintain the ballot paper in a substantially horizontal orientation during its initial passage through the aperture. The cover can be a hinged lid or a slidable cover.