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Next Question: Pen or pencil for your mail-in ballot?

Adrienne MacKinnon observed what looks like conflicting instructions on her Douglas County ballot.
Lafayette Parish PARCC results closely align with the statewide averages. (Photo: File photo)

Next viewers are not only good looking (cuz you know you are), they're observant.

Adrienne MacKinnon observed what looks like conflicting instructions on her Douglas County ballot.

(Credit: Adrienne MacKinnon)

The graphic shows it being filled out with pencil - like a test you'd take in grade school.

Do not fill out your ballot using a pencil.

It says that there on the ballot, near the image of the pencil.

Douglas County Clerk Merlin Klotz told us, "Yep, this image may resemble a traditional pencil."

Oops.

But he said voters are following the directions, and using a blue or black pen.

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