Did the kiwi pen cause the ballot to be invalidated? Crowds Surround Arizona Vote Center

The U.S. presidential election so far (5th) is still in the ballot, and in the past, Arizona, which is considered an ironclad Republican voting district, was “flipped blue”, so many voters were shocked. At the same time local time on Tuesday night, a rumor circulated on Facebook that some voters used a “strange pen” provided by the election staff, resulting in the ballot was invalidated. A series of controversies led a group of Trump supporters to gather outside a ballot center in Arizona to protest, with some of them carrying rifles.

Comprehensive foreign media reports, the state’s Maricopa County (Maricopa County) voters claimed that the use of election staff to give the strange pen mark ballots, resulting in the ink through the back of the paper affected the interpretation of the counting machine, and finally became invalid ballots. The news of “Sharpie gate” spread quickly through social media, and although Maricopa County officials immediately clarified that the pens did not affect the ballots, voters and Republicans remained skeptical.

Arizona has a total of 11 electoral votes, a large number of Trump supporters gathered outside the Arizona counting center on the evening of the local time 4, chanting “count my vote”, “stop stealing”, some of the voters even armed with rifles and handguns.

A 40-year-old man from Arizona, Chris Michael, said he came here to make sure all the votes were counted, and he wanted the process to be “ethical and legal.