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23 June 2016updated 27 Jul 2021 1:54pm

Why do polling stations provide pencils rather than pens?

#usepens conspiracy theorists might want to reconsider.

By Anoosh Chakelian

(Photo By Pixabay)

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It’s polling day. A day ripe for conspiracy theories. Particularly about pencils. Take your own pen to the ballot box, suspicious voters say, because otherwise your vote could be erased by MI5.

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