!The armed guerrilla Shining Path of Peru has repeatedly threatened to kill those found with indelible ink stains to dissuade from participation in elections.!<

My father was in Peru for a time in the 90’s and told me that some areas had gangs that would target specific ink colors that were determined by the recipient of your vote. If they didnt like your color they would just kill you :)

You can vote twice, but you have to cut the first finger off.

Thats genuinely super fascinating, thank you so much for posting this one!

I love these low-tech, simple but effective solutions to democracy.