[Yo-Yo]

Sorry for the vanity but there is a lot of confusion on this.

And you've just added to it. You do realize that ballots are printed by printing companies using offset printing presses, not laser copiers?

[calljack]

But where are the fake ones printed? If what both of you say is true, then ANY ballot with a printer ID mark on it would be fake, yes?

[American in Israel]

Yes, but late night fake ballots are not.

[Brian Griffin]

I voted in advance.

My ballot was printed on the spot.

For mass mailings of ballots, commercial printing might be used.

[logi_cal869]

You're the one adding confusion with abject ignorant falsehoods.

In 3rd-world countries, you would be correct about offset printing. But in the US:

Top 2 images: HP commercial inkjet printer, capable of 20,000 ballots/hour.

Bottom image: Onsite, on-demand absentee ballot printer for precincts who can afford it ($20,000 for the little one; use your imagination for the HP).

Read me (for reference).

I seriously doubt that such printers are exempted from federal law governing "watermarks" (a misnomer) on prints produced by such equipment.

[dglang]

Do you realize that while valid ballots printed on offset printers may not have these markings most other commercial and consumer laser printers do have these markings?

I used to work at a telephone company as a "Systems Specialist" (equivalent to a senior Systems Analyst) where part of my job involved modifying the font on a high speed laser printer which printed out thousands of bills every day.

The paper used came in extremely large rolls which were fed into the printer intact.

The printer I worked on was much larger than the one showed at the following link and it also included separating each bill and inserting it into envelopes which it also printed.

https://www.biline.ca/4100.htm The paper used came in extremely large rolls which were fed into the printer intact.