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Elections Canada says it doesn’t matter if Canadians use pens or pencils when casting ballots - National | Globalnews.ca

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Elections Canada says it's seeing posts on social media claiming voters have to use a pencil to mark their ballot.

Some posts on X, the social media platform once known as Twitter , have encouraged voters to bring a pen to their polling station.

Elections Canada dismisses as false the claim that a ballot marked in pencil could be smudged or erased and would not count.

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English

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47

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