> You'd be surprised how many of those paper ballots don't get recognized when they are counted. Because the checkmarks don't fill up the box enough or because

> You'd be surprised how many of those paper ballots don't get recognized when they are counted. Because the checkmarks don't fill up the box enough or because of optical/scantron error. In the UK's 2014 elections for the European Parliament, a Scottish voter wrote against the four parties/candidates listed: "wank"; "wank"; "good guy"; "wank". The vote was deemed valid as the voter had expressed a clear preference. (Source: https://twitter.com/JamieRoss7/status/473068708441894912/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/JamieRoss7/status/473068708441894912/pho...)