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**Chris** · 18-09-2014, 20:34

It's an indelible wax pencil, designed not to run even if the ballot paper gets wet. Ballot booths always have these pencils, they never ever have ink because of the risk of it transferring a mark to the wrong box when you fold the paper. X in more than one box = spoiled ballot.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,118	Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK? It's an indelible wax pencil, designed not to run even if the ballot paper gets wet. Ballot booths always have these pencils, they never ever have ink because of the risk of it transferring a mark to the wrong box when you fold the paper. X in more than one box = spoiled ballot.