Why is the ballot illegal? The story is in The Washington Post this morning. The place where you mark your vote must be on the RIGHT side of name of each candidate.

Some people did ask for a replacement ballot and were refused. That, too, was illegal.

In Virginia, you can't make that mistake; you vote by machine, and pushing a second button where only one vote is allowed cancels the first one. Thank you, Virginia! Otherwise I would have had to ask for a replacement ballot. I'm a (former) card-carying member of Mensa. I do make mistakes, and I am quite happy to admit when I have done so. Some people have been conditioned not to admit when they have made mistakes. There seems to be a lot of that going around (sigh).