That only means they don't design the ballots, but they could coordinate to put watermarks in for security reasons. The reason we aren't hearing them specifically confirm or deny is because it is for national security. This debunks nothing.
Exactly this. There are multiple videos and photos since election showing mail-in ballots with light-activated security marks.
It boggles my mind how so many people here are actively trying to deny that ballots for a literal presidental election have "watermarks" or any type of security backing.
Those dots will show where it was printed. So IF its true that commercial printers have it and IF the feds break out the tech to trace it down they could scan every ballot and see whether or not it matched the printer code of the private companies they used to make them in the first place.
That would tell you if someone printed up fake ballots. That may help, then you're just left with the type of fraud where someone fills out someone else's ballot for them.
Maybe the issue is that the idea behind it is true but the rumor is mixed up.
They even put watermarks in music samples to prevent theft. It's an audible watermark that only a computer can pick up. Trump signed an EO after the fraud in the 2018 elections to prevent this very thing.
How exactly are they debunking?
Second paragraph down, I quoted the relevant bit below.
That only means they don't design the ballots, but they could coordinate to put watermarks in for security reasons. The reason we aren't hearing them specifically confirm or deny is because it is for national security. This debunks nothing.
Exactly this. There are multiple videos and photos since election showing mail-in ballots with light-activated security marks.
It boggles my mind how so many people here are actively trying to deny that ballots for a literal presidental election have "watermarks" or any type of security backing.
Afaik all consumer grade printers have a watermark function Article and Video about Machine Identification Code not sure on commercial grade but probable as well.
Those dots will show where it was printed. So IF its true that commercial printers have it and IF the feds break out the tech to trace it down they could scan every ballot and see whether or not it matched the printer code of the private companies they used to make them in the first place.
That would tell you if someone printed up fake ballots. That may help, then you're just left with the type of fraud where someone fills out someone else's ballot for them.
Maybe the issue is that the idea behind it is true but the rumor is mixed up.
They even put watermarks in music samples to prevent theft. It's an audible watermark that only a computer can pick up. Trump signed an EO after the fraud in the 2018 elections to prevent this very thing.