Any ballot without the watermark would be considered fake. Shouldn't be hard to find. There shouldn't be ANY fake ballots in the chain of custody. What I don't know is what regulations are there for retaining paper ballots? I'm sure it varies from state-to-state.
In my polling place paper ballots were used. The voter marks them with a pen then takes them to a scanner that scans but does not return the ballot. I don't know if they are kept or shredded once scanned.
In my state the paper ballots must be retained for a time (in the same scan order) to verify the tape count of the scanner and for subsequent inquiries regarding signatures and ballot/voter validity.
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moderator99 ago
What if they sent out fake ballots first, and used the real ones to switch votes?
Kind of defeats the safe-guard.
Blacksmith21 ago
Any ballot without the watermark would be considered fake. Shouldn't be hard to find. There shouldn't be ANY fake ballots in the chain of custody. What I don't know is what regulations are there for retaining paper ballots? I'm sure it varies from state-to-state.
CMAnon ago
In my polling place paper ballots were used. The voter marks them with a pen then takes them to a scanner that scans but does not return the ballot. I don't know if they are kept or shredded once scanned.
Q20191776 ago
In my state the paper ballots must be retained for a time (in the same scan order) to verify the tape count of the scanner and for subsequent inquiries regarding signatures and ballot/voter validity.
(I took pollworkers training class.)