Easy to find counterfeit ballots!
Ballot paper stock/printing process is treated with the same caution to prevent counterfeits as the paper/printing plates used to print our money. (See security measures below)
Security Measures:
In systems where ballots are accountable materials, security measures to be applied during printing would include:
-an undertaking to be made by the contractor regarding security of ballot materials;
-secure, weatherproof storage by the print contractor of all printed ballots, ballot paper stock, printing plates and other ballot reproduction material;
-physical security in the printing plant, including searches of employees leaving the premises;
-secure return of all printing plates and reproduction material to the electoral management body for secure destruction at the conclusion if the print run.
Where special paper stock is used as an integrity control, security would also be required, including:
-secure storage of ballot paper stock on the print contractor's premises;
-contractor's accounting for and secure destruction of all off-cut and waste paper stock and printing spoils;
-contractor's accounting for all paper stock supplied but not used.
Printing of Ballots:
http://aceproject.org/main/english/po/poc02b.htm
Federal Reserve looks for counterfeit money like this:
As the Reserve Banks process deposits of currency from financial institutions, they use specialized processing equipment to determine if the currency is genuine and fit. If it meets both of those criteria, then the currency is returned to circulation. Currency notes that are too damaged or soiled are removed from circulation, and Reserve Banks shred the notes to ensure they are properly destroyed.
https://www.frbsf.org/our-district/about/sf-fed-blog/print-order-currency-treasury/#:~:text=As%20the%20Reserve%20Banks%20process,currency%20is%20returned%20to%20circulation.
SO WHO PRINTED OUR BALLOTS AND HOW MANY DID THEY PRINT?
There will be financial transactions backing up the number of ballots printed