So the Federal Government, without any type of Federal Law stating they will do it, give paper to states to create their ballots. Of course, there are different machines used by different states, and even different machines used in different counties in different states. Additionally, the money to pay for this specially treated paper is somehow found in the US Budget.
Next, despite the fact that all ballots are local, even down to the precinct, no one questions or publicly remarks on the fact they've been given paper, that comes from the Federal government (with no legal mandate) that they are required to use? Not only that, since the local officials obviously have to be told about the needing to use that paper, since they are told they have to use it, they somehow don't know that if the "forge ballots" that it would also need to be on that "special paper"?
I'm sorry, this doesn't really work.