Viral posts like this and this one claim using a Sharpie to mark your ballot will invalidate your vote, while others suggest election officials purposely provide Sharpie-branded pens to disenfranchise ...

As states across the U.S. release vote totals for the presidential election, some social media users are falsely claiming that ballots are being invalidated in Arizona. The supposed culprit: Sharpie ...

Illinois election officials told PolitiFact that using Sharpie pens to fill out ballots is allowed. If a ballot is rendered invalid by a voting machine, that ballot is spoiled and the voter may fill ...

PHOENIX — Are Sharpie pens OK to use on an election ballot? The answer is yes. According to the Maricopa County Recorder and Elections Department's website, a blue or black ballpoint pen or a Sharpie ...

MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. (AP) – As states across the U.S. release vote totals for the presidential election, some social media users are falsely claiming that ballots are being invalidated in Arizona.

The first casualty of New Mexico’s election was not a Republican, a Democrat or even a member of the Green Party. It was the Sharpie, a pen mightier than the state’s paper ballots. All 33 county ...

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