not really. A bar code scanner can be set to be triggered by the damage doenwhen a piece of paper stock is folded. If the is not fold damage the ballot zips along. But any ballot with fold damage is kicked out. The process is applied to assembly lines in canning factories and bottling factories every day, at very high speed.
I’m pretty sure you’re talking about a barcode verification system. Simple 1D scanners won’t do what you’re talking about, but high speed imagers with proper scan engines will.
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