A video clip of a man questioning the use of pencils at an advance poll is the latest false claim to hit social media before ...

Elections Canada is debunking posts some have seen on social media claiming voters have to use a pencil to mark their ballot.

It is vital to ensure that the candidate you select is clearly visible to officials, with the type of writing instrument ...

Canadian election law requires that pencils be provided at polling stations. But social media claims that ballots marked in ...

You can, however, bring your own pen or crayon, although Elections Canada will gladly give you a little golf pencil, which ...

This user says, "Don't forget your ballpoint pen. Don't make a cross ... being manipulated because some ballot boxes don't have locks on them. This user on X wrote, "If you want to know why ...

Pencils, often tethered with string inside the voting booth, have been a staple in polling stations for local, general, and ...

Some posts on X, the social media platform once known as Twitter, have encouraged voters to bring a pen to their polling station to avoid the possibility of ballot tampering. On its website ...

Firstly, one is due to the risk of pen ink smudging and spoiling the ballot paper, thus making it invalid. The second, is owing to the risk of ink transferring onto another box when the ballot is ...