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The claim: Votes cast on ballots marked by poll workers are disqualified. An Oct. 15 Facebook post (direct link, archived link) warns voters about potential election interference by poll workers.
A post with over three million views on X shows a paper ballot from Kentucky that was received with a small marking in the box, suggesting it was pre-filled for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Kentucky officials say a preprinted dot marking Kamala Harris for president on a ballot would not prevent voters from choosing someone else.
Since its founding in 1851, The New York Times has endorsed a candidate for president of the United States in every election in the paper's history. The first endorsement was in 1852 for Winfield Scott, and the most recent one was for Kamala Harris in 2024.
The New York Times interpreted this as a reference to mail-in ballots specifically. [38] Ellen Weintraub , commissioner of the Federal Election Commission, tweeted in response: "In case anyone is unclear on the concept, in the United States of America, we do not 'get rid of' ballots.
A 2016 report co-authored by the organization concluded that "as states permit the marking and transmitting of marked ballots over the Internet, the right to a secret ballot is eroded and the integrity of our elections is put at risk." [19]
Ah, Sedgwick County, where your election ballot might come pre-marked for the Republican candidates. That actually happened Tuesday to Scott Colby, a resident of east Wichita.
The voter may mark the paper directly, usually in a specific location for each candidate, either by filling in an oval or by using a patterned stamp that can be easily detected by OCR software. Or the voter may pick one pre-marked ballot among many, each with its own barcode or QR code corresponding to a candidate.