I was emphatically told that I had to use the pencil provided in the booth; failure to do so would render my vote invalid.
Voting, then, is the only federal documentation of which I am aware that one can, leave alone is required to, fill out in pencil.
All other documents I can remember had to be filled out with indelible marker (either dark blue or black).
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READ NOWIs the value of my vote so low that it merits only impermanent inscription?