One reader wrote in this week, apparently having gone to vote early, that they were only provided with blue ink pens, while ...

Elections officials recommend using blue or black ink and completely filling in boxes to select your choices for candidates and initiatives. “If you use pencil, it’s OK. It just means there ...

Butler County voters can also request a paper ballot when they arrive to vote. They'll fill in ovals with black pens, and submit ballots at check-in stations. The county's polling locations and ...

According to the Onondaga County Board of Elections, any pen will work, but they do recommend blue or blank ink. No need to ...

If a ballot selfie is defined as a photo taken ... not leave residue on the ballot scanner." Other types of pens with blue or black ink are also acceptable and it is up to local clerks what ...

Voters can't take a selfie of themselves with their marked ballots. But they can take a photo of the marked ballot alone, ...

This is also where the ballot would go if a voter used a light pencil instead of blue or black ink ... If you use a gel pen, for instance, it looks like something exploded on the page, so Linder ...

are logged by the equivalent of an airplane’s black box. Then there’s the paper trail. On Election Day, voters feed their handmarked ballots into the scanner, which is the size of a cash ...

For example, Santa Clara and San Bernardino counties say on their websites that you may also use a pen with blue or black ink to mark your ballot instead of a Sharpie. Though many counties and ...