In several recent elections held in the Caribbean, the number of spoiled ballots were unusually high, raising the question of the legitimacy of the overall vote. Some voters spoil their ballots as a protest against the existing parties, but others unwittingly do so because of a lack of familiarity with how to properly mark their choice of candidates. Many feel that abandoning the use of paper ballots in favor of voting machines or electronic voting would eliminate the problem. Allison Kentish reports from Castries, St. Lucia. teleSUR