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The Velveteen Ocelot

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1. There are several layers (at least here), so probably not.

Reply to yellowcanine (Original post)

Wed Oct 14, 2020, 05:22 PM

Oct 2020

The ballot itself has to be folded and sealed in a tan envelope, which is then placed in the signature envelope, which is placed in the mailing envelope. So you'd have to be able to scan through at least three layers of paper. If it's even possible it would be time-consuming and unreliable because all you could scan would be the filled-in ovals, but you couldn't tell which candidate they were associated with because the ballot would be folded and inserted one way or another. I think this is the least of our worries.

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On the fake ballot boxes: Could someone scan a ballot in an envelope and determine how it is marked? [View all] yellowcanine Oct 2020 OP

There are several layers (at least here), so probably not. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #1

Not here Retrograde Oct 2020 #6

I don't know if that's possible, but... BKDem Oct 2020 #2

Right! So what ARE they doing soothsayer Oct 2020 #3

Where they've placed the fake boxes, you can bet close to 100% are marked Hoyt Oct 2020 #4

I think the format might be like this,... magicarpet Oct 2020 #5

Clinton won CA by 4M votes Retrograde Oct 2020 #7

This is just a test case to see how much they can gum up an election. magicarpet Oct 2020 #9

I don't have a very high opinion of the people placing the fake ballot boxes gratuitous Oct 2020 #8

The public voter's roll will tell them which ballots to trash magicarpet Oct 2020 #10

I swear, the places I heard they were putting those fake ballot boxes made it sound like they MiniMe Oct 2020 #11

I think these simpletons just figure that any mail in/absentee ballot is a Dem so trash it.. mitch96 Oct 2020 #12