With the presidential election less than a month away on Tuesday, Nov. 5, some voters want to make sure they don’t make any errors while filling out their ballot, like using the wrong kind of marker ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Claims that ballots for the U.S. presidential election will be invalid if a voter uses a Sharpie marker circulated online in ...

The writing utensils figured prominently in conspiracy theories in previous elections. But they’re often fine to use on paper ballots. By Stuart A. Thompson Some people have falsely claimed that ...

Viral posts like this and this one claim using a Sharpie to mark your ballot will invalidate your vote, while others suggest election officials purposely provide Sharpie-branded pens to disenfranchise ...

Exhausted new moms use them to mark their twins. Doodlers on hyper-drive buy them to trick out their cars. Conan O'Brien morphed into one on Twitter, and Taylor Swift used one as eyeliner in a pinch.