Page démagog.org.pl confirms that in Poland pens with abrasive ink were issued in polling stations - interestingly, the full post is described as "fake news".
I just got word from fb that the video individual uploaded to fb, and I put it on my website, that you understand, this video was tested by any "independent verifiers" and you know what?
He lacks context.
Anyway, I got a warning.
"Independent information verifiers verified akin information and concluded that there was no context in it."
Here is the origin page and below the reprint from this page:
The vanishing ink in the polling stations? This video is from Kazakhstan.
FAKE NEWS
ELECTIONS
There's video footage on the network that shows a man putting a lighter flame on a ballot card, which makes the ink from a pen disappear. The situation appears to be recorded at the polling station. We're looking at precisely what you see in the video.
Photo: Pixels / Facebook / Modifications: Demagog
Analysis in the pill
There was a video on social media showing the situation at the polling station, where after the flame was applied the lighter to the ballot card disappeared ink from the pen.
The movie has nothing to do with current events in Poland. The first video material was recorded on June 9, 2019, at an election place in the village of Kainazar in the Almatsk region of Kazakhstan during the presidential election there.
It is the work of the municipality acting in agreement with the National Electoral Commission (PCP), which oversees the electoral process (Article 156(1) of the Electoral Code).
Due to the upcoming presidential election, more and more false content about them begins to appear on social media (1, 2). any of the most harmful are those that do not attack candidates, but the election process itself. specified content may undermine the credibility of the elections and discourage this crucial event for the functioning of the state.
On Facebook, a video was published showing the situation at the polling station. A man signs the card with a pen placed in the voting booth and then puts the lighter on it — that makes the ink vanish [time of recording 00:37]. He then shows this action to those on the electoral commission [time of recording 00:44]. The video was accompanied by the signature [original spelling]: "Remember to always take your pen to the election".
Source: Facebook.com, 16.03.2025
The post gained quite a few popularity on Facebook. It was responded 14 1000 times, commented 1230 times and made available 23 1000 times. Under the post there are comments indicating that their authors believe that specified a situation may besides take place in Poland [original spelling]: “Remember that the election should be boycotted!!! Elections have been falsified for years" or "Let's keep an eye on elections!!"
It is not Poland – this situation took place in Kazakhstan
The video analysed by us with the disappearing ink from the pen does not come from Poland. The first video material was recorded on June 9, 2019, at an election place in the village of Kainazar in the Almatsk region of Kazakhstan.
According to a fact-checker analysis from Kazakhstan, the recording is authentic. Independent observers of the presidential election confirmed that pens with disappearing ink under fire were actually utilized at the time. This was 1 of the main reasons for later protests in Kazakhstan.
Who is liable for delivering office supplies to the polling station?
It is worth noting that in the past of elections in Poland there have been respective incidents related to voting equipment (1, 2). In 2018, abrasive pens were to be made available at 1 of the polling venues in Kole voting. A akin situation occurred in 2023 in Lublin during parliamentary elections.
In order to explain who is liable for providing pens and another office supplies at the polling stations, we contacted the National Election Commission.
"The State Election Commission guidelines do not specify this issue. Equipment for polling stations, including the essential office supplies, is the task of the municipality carried out by an electoral officer.”
Marcin Chmielnicki, Press Secretary of the State Election Commission in a comment for Demagog
Thus, according to the above statement, the municipalities are liable for office supplies at the polling stations. The office of the municipality or city shall act in agreement with the State Electoral Commission (PCP), which shall supervise the full electoral process. Local government organises and provides not only office supplies, but besides appropriate premises, urns or voting booths (Article 156(1) of the Electoral Code).
The case of pens at polling stations returns at all election
The subject of office materials needed to conduct the elections was observed on the network as early as 2011. In 2015, more than 150 000 users joined the Facebook action “Take Your Pen for Elections”. Her initiators in the description appealed to the 2014 local elections, erstwhile ballot cards were in the form of booklets and the percent of invalid votes was on average as much as 18 percent (p. 7). It was suspected at the time that it was the spilling ink that led to the nullification of the votes, due to the fact that it was dripping through the pages of the cards.
According to the analysis of the Batory Institute, the usage of bad pens was the origin of so many invalid votes in the 2014 election. The main reasons are the deficiency of marking any preference (so-called empty votes) and voting for more than 1 candidate from different lists (so-called multi-cross votes, p. 9).
I am not saying that specified a situation has occurred in Poland, I just inform that there are specified pens in the world, whose ink disappears after being treated with lighter fire - and nothing else.
Meanwhile, demagog.org cites any "analysis" The Batorego jw Institute - I wonder if this "analysis" They verified due to the fact that they don't compose anything...
In any case, "Demagog" confirms that the municipality has made pens with abrasive ink available at the polling station
In 2018, abrasive pens were to be made available at 1 of the polling venues in Kole voting.
A akin situation occurred in 2023 in Lublin during the parliamentary elections.
So in fact - things akin to those from Kazakhstan happened besides in Poland, due to the fact that in the movie there is talk about disappearing ink and in the above information there is talk about vanishing ink (specific), so there is simply a connection, there is communication, that is context!
Context (Lat. contextus) – relationship, communication, dependence.
So why do you say "demogods" that "no context" if it is??
It's illogical... on the another hand... right!
The full article on this page is described as FAKE NEWS !!
I draw attention to the message I received:
"Independent information verifiers verified akin information and concluded that missing context."
And it's all black and white - they tell me "like information - like acknowledged - no context" - so it's not "my" information, it's any another "like."
Why are they texting me and prying into information on my fb site?
Maybe due to the fact that how do they compose in the name of their site - are DEMAGOGami?
"Everybody" thinks that that name means they exposure demagoguery, and yet they usage demagoguery...
Very clever...
Demagogy (g. dēmagōgía – leading the people) – influencing public opinion in order to gain and keep supporters through unrealistic promises and deceptive slogans
Today, this means lying for winning elections or flattering voters, for example, giving distant alleged election sausages. Demagoguery is considered Lies, making popular and effective but unfulfilled promises, or making promises without intent to make them, flattering the masses, seeking a scapegoat, illogical useBut convincing arguments.
English version of the same password:
I think that explains everything...
As an independent information verifier, I inform you against this site and against demagogues in general.
And carry your own proven pens with you.
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