GREENSBORO, N.C. — Voters are worried they either overbubbled or had trouble filling in the bubble on their ballots. Let's clear up all the bubble trouble.
"If it goes outside the bubble a little bit, it's going to be fine. We want to stay inside the bubble, we want to get it nice and dark. You're going to run into trouble if the bubbling goes into the other bubble or the candidates name or other places on the ballot, but if you're pretty close you're going to be ok," said Charlie Collicutt, Guilford County Board of Elections Director.
What about the pen used to fill in those ballots?
There were some questions about what kind of pen is acceptable. Typically, the pens are black ink, but if your polling place has blue, it's still going to work. The key is to have a dark ink so the scanners can easily read it.
Some voters said they have trouble with fine-point pens, so here's what you can do...
"If you have a pen and it's dark, a black pen and it's going to help you mark that ballot better, then you can certainly do that you need to be careful a sharpie might be too much but a nice felt pen would be good. Nothing like a highlighter or anything like that," said Collicutt
Photo ID required: Accepted IDs include driver’s licenses, passports, and others listed at BringItNC.gov.
In NC, poll workers often have to write on ballots: This is done for various reasons as required by law and does not invalidate your vote.
Your ballot will count, even if you skip races: You do not have to make a selection in every contest on the ballot. If you skip contests, your votes will count in all other races on your ballot.
2 Wants To Know has a 10-minute special on election-related questions, including a step-by-step guide for folks filling out absentee ballots. You can find it on WFMY+ and watch it anytime.
