What do you do if you make a mistake while your voting? No matter what type of system your polling center uses, you can fix a mistake. Just ask your poll worker to help you. About.com says the poll worker will be able to take your old ballot and give you a new one. An elecetion judge will either destroy it or place it in a special ballot box designated for damaged or incorrectly marked ballots.
If you vote at a paperless, computerized, or lever booth, you can correct it yourself. The touch screens on the computers will walk you through correcting your mistake, the lever system allows you to put the lever back and then place it in the correct spot.
So what are the most common mistakes?
- Voting for more than one person for a single office. If you do this, your vote will not be counted.
- Not voting for the candidate you think you are voting for. This happens most often when the voting machine uses a booklet showing two pages of names at the same time.
- Not following instructions. For example, circling a candidate's name rather than filling in the little circle next to their name.
- Not voting for some offices. This happens if you go through the ballot too quickly.
What's something else you should be careful of when voting?
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