(The Scoop) The media has been reporting on the claims made by one reporter from The Arizona Republic who “spotted blue pens near ballots,” as reported by NBC News. Test ballots were on the floor when the blue pens were out according to the reporter who first alleged blue pens being used during the audit by counters
Election officials say to use red or green pens to make sure the ink does not spoil or change a vote because of the ballot-counting machine being able to read blue or black ink.
Blue-Ink Pens Rumor
CBS News claimed that election experts are “troubled by the way ballots are being handled during the audit.”
Many have been set up to believe that workers were, “equipped with blue-ink pens, which are prohibited by the Arizona election procedures manual during hand counts because marks on the ballots would be indistinguishable from a voter’s marks.”
