Arizona judge hears lawsuit over Sharpies
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS5) -- A Maricopa County judge declined to make a ruling Thursday on a legal case spurred by the Election Day controversy that's become known in Arizona as "Sharpie-gate."
Instead, Judge Margaret Mahoney asked lawyers from both sides to confer and come back to her with a proposed plan of action on Friday by 11:30 a.m. ...
Following numerous questions from voters about Sharpie issues at the polls, Arizona's Family had reached out to Erika Flores, spokeswoman for the Maricopa County Elections Department on Wednesday. Flores said voters could use one of three types of writing utensils to cast their ballots: a black pen, a blue pen or a sharpie. Flores says the new tabulation equipment counts votes in a such a way that bleed-throughs are not a problem. "I am not aware of any ballots that have been canceled because of the use of Sharpies," Flores said.
In fact, according to the Maricopa County Elections Department, "Sharpie markers are recommended by the manufacturer of Maricopa County's vote tabulation machines as the preferred way to mark ballots for use in those machines" ...
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