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Ms. Toad

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10. Ballots are designed so that the bubbles on one side don't bleed into reading channels

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 03:02 PM

Nov 2020

on the back.

As to the front there are two primary means of reading.

One scans the entire ballot and then snips the votes out of the entire image. The other scans the locations where bubbles are expected to be.

In both cases, the counting technology focuses on the center of the bubble and counts darkened pixels in the bubble image. Bleed from an adjacent bubble would not bleed far enough into the adjacent bubble to count - and if it did, the machine would register an overvote and the voter would be given the option to remark a clean ballot to correct the overvote.

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Trump allies have become fixated on "Sharpiegate," a controversy alleging that MAGA voters in ... [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 OP

More like they intentionally used sharpies mercuryblues Nov 2020 #1

They could invalidate a ballot if the use a big one. It might bleed out of the intended oval into LiberalArkie Nov 2020 #2

Ballots are designed so that the bubbles on one side don't bleed into reading channels Ms. Toad Nov 2020 #10

Never let a good conspiracy go to waste SoCalNative Nov 2020 #3

It's always something BeyondGeography Nov 2020 #4

Ever the victims gratuitous Nov 2020 #5

That's what we spent the $300 Million on-Sharpies. Genius really. Saboburns Nov 2020 #6

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Miigwech Nov 2020 #7

Nevada voting instructions said to use a blank ink pen, not a pencil or sharpie Leith Nov 2020 #8

If it is true (and it's not) fleur-de-lisa Nov 2020 #9

How were they tricked? lame54 Nov 2020 #11