Anonymous ID: ff2939 Nov. 6, 2020, 4:05 a.m. No.11496890   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>6910 >>6935

>>11496854

One of the sneakiest ways your vote may be disqualified is because of hand sanitizer.

 

โ€œAlcohol-based hand sanitizers may not be compatible with electronic voting equipment and may damage paper ballots,โ€ says voting guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. โ€œPoll workers and voters should ensure their hands are completely dry before handling these items.โ€œ

 

Thatโ€™s in part because ballots that are wet or soggy from hand sanitizer are known to shred and clog electronic machines, as they have done in New Hampshire and Virginia.

 

The CDC does recommend having hand sanitizer available at every step of voting at every polling place, but there are a few things to know โ€• and a proper way to use it.

Anonymous ID: ff2939 Nov. 6, 2020, 4:22 a.m. No.11497066   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>7069 >>7259

>>11497046

LANSING, Mich. โ€“ The Michigan Secretary of State's Office says there were 77,483 spoiled ballots associated with the presidential election in Michigan as of Tuesday morning.

 

But the number, which drew attention when it was reported by CNN, requires some context, said Tracy Wimmer, a spokesperson for the agency. It includes ballots spoiled because of printing errors and ones voters intentionally spoiled so they could fill out their absentee ballots again, she said.

 

"We do not have a breakdown on spoiled reasons, but the biggest thing to focus on is that spoiled does not mean rejected," Wimmer said. "In no instance with a spoiled ballot does that mean someone did not vote, unless they actively chose not to."

 

Wimmersaid the major reasons for spoiled ballots are:

 

Printing errors discovered prior to the ballot reaching the voter. There were several thousand of those, spokesman Jake Rollow said. The ballot is spoiled and a new one is printed and issued to the voter, who is still able to vote.

The voter decided to change their vote or thinks they might have made a mistake after voting absentee. They go to their local clerk to spoil the ballot sent in earlier and fill out a new one.

The voter is alerted to a signature issue on the ballot by their clerk and when they go in to remedy the error, they elect to spoil the ballot and cast a new one.

The voter is concerned their ballot will not reach them or the clerk in time because of mail delays. They elect to go in person to their clerkโ€™s office, request to spoil their original ballot and receive a new one.