Editing Voting (section)

===Other methods===
In [[The Gambia|Gambia]], voting is carried out using marbles. The method was introduced in 1965 to deal with [[illiteracy]].<ref name="BBC">{{Cite news |date=22 September 2006 |title=Gambians vote with their marbles |language=en-GB |website=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5369966.stm |access-date=20 March 2023 |archive-date=19 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619082639/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5369966.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Polling stations contain metal drums painted in party colours and emblems with candidates' photos attached to them.<ref>{{Cite news |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=30 November 2016 |title=Gambia vote a roll of the marbles |language=en-GB |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/29/gambia-vote-roll-marbles/ |access-date=20 March 2023 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=28 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628153749/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/29/gambia-vote-roll-marbles/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BBC" /> Voters are given a marble to place in the drum of their chosen candidate; when dropped into the drum, a bell sounds to register the vote. To avoid confusion, bicycles are banned near polling booths on election day.<ref name="BBC" /> If the marble is left on top of the drum rather than placed in it, the vote is deemed invalid.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Voting with marbles in The Gambia |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-38164870 |access-date=20 March 2023 |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320004846/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-38164870 |url-status=live }}</ref>

A similar system used in social clubs sees voters given a white ball to indicate support and a black ball to indicate opposition. This led to the coining of the term [[blackballing]].