After speaking with Eben, I called the Santa Cruz County Clerk so they could explain the use of pencils in the polling station and for a clarification on the legality of political clothing inside the polling station.

I called Eben back to explain what I had learned from the Santa Cruz County Clerk. Eben feels a pencil marking on a paper ballot is an insecure method for tabulating votes due to the ability for someone to erase a marking and then mark a different box.

Eben then called into Free Radio Santa Cruz and you can hear our conversation by downloading the mp3 posted above.

Here is Eben's post to Santa Cruz Indymedia.

Possible Voting Irregularities in Felton
santacruz.indymedia.org/feature/display/12489/index.php


And, this related aticle

Incompetent pollworker at Louden Nelson in Santa Cruz
santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/12492/index.php