| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? 12:31 - Jul 4 with 2166 views | SitfcB |
Is it because if it was pen it could smudge or mark another box?
But pencil can we rubbed out and changed…? |  |
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| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? on 12:32 - Jul 4 with 2142 views | baxterbasics |
Reliability and affordability I reckon. |  |
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| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? on 12:32 - Jul 4 with 2141 views | NthQldITFC |
In case a crocodile comes in? |  |
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| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? on 12:33 - Jul 4 with 2127 views | unbelievablue |
Yes, although it's not a legal thing at all. You can bring a quill and use that, if you please. |  |
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| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? on 12:33 - Jul 4 with 2120 views | Swansea_Blue |
So if it accidentally smudges it could spoil the paper. But you need actual voter fraud to change a pencil mark, and there's no evidence for that. Seems like the lesser of two evils.
You can use a pen, but need to take it with you. |  |
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| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? on 12:34 - Jul 4 with 2109 views | Mookamoo |
Its to make sure the mark is not transferred to a different ballot. Ink needs time to dry |  | | |
| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? on 14:34 - Jul 4 with 1826 views | OldFart71 |
Like the constipated mathematician, tried to work it out with a pencil. |  | | |
| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? on 15:02 - Jul 4 with 1703 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
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| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? on 15:07 - Jul 4 with 1694 views | BloomBlue |
People have a tendency to walk off with a pen but strangely not a pencil. |  | | |
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| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? on 15:09 - Jul 4 with 1682 views | Ewan_Oozami |
You're lucky it's not crayon, Sitters! :-) |  |
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| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? on 15:20 - Jul 4 with 1641 views | textbackup |
So you can pretend you are in screwfix or toolstation placing an order instead |  |
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| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? on 16:47 - Jul 4 with 1535 views | SitfcB |
| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? on 15:09 - Jul 4 by Ewan_Oozami |
You're lucky it's not crayon, Sitters! :-) |
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| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? on 16:58 - Jul 4 with 1494 views | greyhound |
The people that operate these things always look eternally bored. I should imagine a half hourly pencil check and sharpening rota is a real lively operation as they bark numbers at each other and tear slips off.
I don't know what you get paid to run a polling station but those that do it must be patient sorts. | | | |
| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? on 17:04 - Jul 4 with 1452 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
Because if you used a pen to put 'X' in a box then when you fold the paper over it could smudge and leave an 'X' mark beside another candidate's name. |  |
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| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? on 17:05 - Jul 4 with 1447 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? on 12:33 - Jul 4 by Swansea_Blue |
So if it accidentally smudges it could spoil the paper. But you need actual voter fraud to change a pencil mark, and there's no evidence for that. Seems like the lesser of two evils.
You can use a pen, but need to take it with you. |
Or with postal vote you're asked to use black ink. (In Ipswich, at least). | |
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| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? on 20:05 - Jul 4 with 1304 views | factual_blue |
| Why do they use pencils in polling stations? on 16:58 - Jul 4 by greyhound |
The people that operate these things always look eternally bored. I should imagine a half hourly pencil check and sharpening rota is a real lively operation as they bark numbers at each other and tear slips off.
I don't know what you get paid to run a polling station but those that do it must be patient sorts. |
My friend is running a polling station in a small Suffolk village today. In the first ten hours (ie until 5.00 pm) they'd had 37 voters through the door.
I think that's about one every quarter of an hour. |  |
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