re: #458 NO SMOCKING GUN!

No hole punching. Just check a box next to the name of your candidate.

We’ve had paper ballots here in VA since at least 2003 when I voted for the first time in a state election season. And every year has seemed to be one variation or another of “fill in the bubble” with the provided pen. Mess it up? Ask for a new ballot.

In all the elections I’ve voted in with such ballots, I’ve only ever seen one instance an issue with them. And that was a feed error with the ballot counting machine, which took all of 2 minutes to sort out because one of the corners was a little bent.