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Kiev Post: In Russia, people vote with disappearing ink from the ballot paper

Disappearing ink is used in some polling stations in Russia, the Kiev Post writes, citing images published by the independent Russian portal Sirena. Votes that are not to the regime's liking can thus be erased by heating, and the ballot paper then filled out "properly", the Kiev Post explains the technique of using disappearing ink.

According to the Kiev Post, video evidence presented by Sirena shows that in some polling stations in Russia (Kursk and Rostov-on-Don regions) special pens with disappearing ink have been distributed for use in the weekend's presidential elections.

This allows Putin's agents in the United Russia party to switch votes where they are not in favor of the current Kremlin leader, the sources said. The pens were supplied in sealed boxes with the official emblem of the Central Electoral Commission of Russia, according to sources cited by Sirena.

The ink used to mark the voter's ballot looks normal, but can be made to disappear when heated with a lighter. Blank ballots are considered invalid, but by deleting the initial selection one can "vote" again, the Kiev Post explains.

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