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Re: Ovals positioned back to back on ballots.



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The Sanford Expresso Bold Tip is a fast drying water based fiber tip marker that will not dry out if left voting day without the top on.  It fills the oval with little effort and X's and checks are easily detected.  It has no carbon in the ink and CANNOT be used with infra-red Accu-Votes.  It will not soak into the paper.  This is the pen of choice north of the border where write-ins are not a factor.
 
Greg
 
Felt tip pens appear to be the best marking instrument for filling in the voting ovals with the least effort.  Felt tip pens can be water based or alcohol base.  Water based don't bleed as much as alcohol based but in higher humidity conditions, water based doesn't dry as fast as alcohol based.  So either may be used.  Greg Forsythe tried the Sanford Espresso's a while back, which were an alcohol base that didn't bleed as much, but I believe there was a problem with the pens drying out too quickly.