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Ballots are usually pre-printed. But you still need a pen or pencil to check the right box.
by dx034 9y ago
Ballots are usually pre-printed. But you still need a pen or pencil to check the right box.
- kalleboo 9y agoIn the Swedish voting system, there is one ballot per party, and you put the ballot for the party you are voting for into an envelope and put that envelope into the ballot box. You only need a pen/pencil if you want to change the parties default ranking of their candidates (e.g. who in the party you want to see as prime minister) or you want to vote for a minor party which doesn't have ballots (write-in votes) [I'm not endorsing the Swedish system just explaining how it works]
- simias 9y agoRight, but it's still probably slightly harder to fill and count. Not massively so of course but maybe enough to slow things down. Compare https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/France_%C3%A9lections_pr%C3%A9sidentielles_6_mai_2012_bulletins_de_vote_second_tour.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/France_%... with http://etc.usf.edu/clippix/pix/2012-presidential-election-ballot_medium.jpg http://etc.usf.edu/clippix/pix/2012-presidential-election-ba...