2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Crayolas To Mark the
Spot On Feb 7
The Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE)
reports that is has purchased 100.000
crayolas for voters to mark their vote on
February 7. The use of crayons is an
innovation in this election.
However, voters can use any type of pen or
marking pen to mark the spot.
Héctor Fernández, director of the Registro
Electoral, says the use of crayons is to
ensure that voters don't write messages on
the voting ballot and is much easier to
identify when it comes to counting the
votes.
However, there is no restriction that
prohibits a voter from using any other
writing instrument to cast their vote.
Fernández explained that a vote is nullified
only when there is more than one mark on the
ballot, while ballots with messages is
completely up to the local committee to
decide if it is counted or not, which can
then be challenged by voting scrutinizers.
The cost of the crayons is ¢8 million
colones, purchased from a Mexican company
that used them in the October 2007 elections
in Mexico and Panama.
The TSE officials said that the controls to
avoid irregularities are not in the voting
utensil, but rather in the workers present
at the voting centres and the scrutinizers.
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