tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post3551996186250165952..comments2024-01-17T18:01:14.088+00:00Comments on Stationery Traffic: "Alternative" Uses for a Pencil 2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post-68102542972486917562014-09-23T11:34:59.367+01:002014-09-23T11:34:59.367+01:00Shaw's ballot pencils are indelible, actually....Shaw's ballot pencils are indelible, actually.Richard Gadsdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545595590359552775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post-36636330236210489902011-05-07T23:28:45.108+01:002011-05-07T23:28:45.108+01:00I found that stamped inside an old boxfile I found...I found that stamped inside an old boxfile I found in a skip many years ago...I've been procrastinating whether to feature it in a future "archeology" posting.Stationery Traffichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04902044031883111940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post-10477018658724302092011-05-07T21:59:37.487+01:002011-05-07T21:59:37.487+01:00Don't know where else to write this, so I comm...Don't know where else to write this, so I comment on this blog post: your new "Supplied for the public service" photo is fantastic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post-60390775304798972582011-05-07T19:26:18.959+01:002011-05-07T19:26:18.959+01:00The ballot papers are counted at open tables and e...The ballot papers are counted at open tables and each counter is watched so there is no chance of altering a vote once the voter has placed it in the locked and sealed ballot box.<br />As you say if you make a mistake you just ask for a fresh paper and the polling station staff will dispose of the wrong one.<br />Also the paper is slightly tinted and would show any signs of erasing.<br />The referendum result was a disappointment - but not unexpected.Michael J Corryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780267551120349263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post-22808655409857112882011-05-06T20:06:39.736+01:002011-05-06T20:06:39.736+01:00"If you make a mistake on your paper and put ..."If you make a mistake on your paper and put the cross in the wrong box, you can ask one of the staff at the polling station." Whoops, should have added "...for a replacement ballot".Stationery Traffichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04902044031883111940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post-60556056020260621752011-05-06T19:38:32.235+01:002011-05-06T19:38:32.235+01:00A ballot paper which has been erased would probabl...A ballot paper which has been erased would probably be counted as "spoilt", I thihk. If you make a mistake on your paper and put the cross in the wrong box, you can ask one of the staff at the polling station. The pencil certainly looked and felt like a standard HB pencil, anyway.Stationery Traffichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04902044031883111940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post-19296968701441163822011-05-06T19:36:10.266+01:002011-05-06T19:36:10.266+01:00Yes, it was indeed a Shaw's pencilYes, it was indeed a Shaw's pencilStationery Traffichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04902044031883111940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post-91369713283312358122011-05-06T13:09:11.243+01:002011-05-06T13:09:11.243+01:00I was quite surprised to see what looked like a no...I was quite surprised to see what looked like a normal pencil yesterday (from Shaw's, I think). I thought last time I voted it was a copy pencil, but we moved home and are now part of another borough, so that might be the explanation why.... <br />...was also a bit miffed that I wasn't allowed to vote in the AV referendum, only in the local elections :(<br />Did you have Shaw's pencils in your borough?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post-89983107887183932992011-05-06T08:20:29.937+01:002011-05-06T08:20:29.937+01:00I am surprised to hear that a HB pencil is used. S...I am surprised to hear that a HB pencil is used. Since normal pencils can be erased which makes it possible to modify the choice on the ballot paper only copying pencils were allowed in Germany (and have been replaced by ballpoint pens long since).Guntherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949844752239205341noreply@blogger.com