He unscrewed the cap, poked his fingers in, and marked a cross on Nell's forehead.
Two weeks ago, Randi Mellman Oze, 54, printed off her absentee ballot paper, marked a cross next to Mitt Romney's name, sealed the envelope and took it to the post office to send it back to the US.
But for this child, sitting up late, reading the poem marked a crossing-over into another world – as children across the globe will discover this 24 December.
It took two seconds for voters to mark a cross alongside leave on the ballot paper.
First Past the Post A primitive system in which voters mark a cross by the name of a single candidate.
During church services, clergy use ashes burned at the previous year's Palm Sunday mixed with holy water or olive oil to mark a cross on a worshipper's forehead as a sign of repentance.
All the way through, from first standup shows to stardom, he forced himself to work by marking a cross on a calendar for every day he wrote material; soon enough, he had a long chain of crosses, and kept going partly because he didn't want to break the chain.
Interview by Oliver Burkeman (6 January) All the way through, from first standup shows to stardom, he forced himself to work by marking a cross on a calendar for every day he wrote material; soon enough, he had a long chain of crosses, and kept going partly because he didn't want to break the chain.
A Catholic nun uses ash to mark a cross on the forehead of a woman in observance of Ash Wednesday at The Redemptorist Church at suburban Paranaque city south of Manila, Philippines Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015.
A Catholic nun uses ash to mark a cross on the forehead of a child in observance of Ash Wednesday at The Redemptorist Church at suburban Paranaque city south of Manila, Philippines Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015.
Supporters and opponents of proportional representation, writing in the Guardian tomorrow, appear to be converging on the introduction of an alternative vote (AV) system in single member constituencies, allowing the public to rank candidates in order of preference rather than simply marking a cross against one candidate when electing a new MP.
