I have lived in many states, including California. California has by far the best information pre-election to make informed decisions. Booklet with bios on every candidate, every issue, statements for and against, detailed descriptions about what a yes vote means and what a no vote means, sample ballot to make your decisions ahead of time - and this is just the info from the state/county/local municipality. All of this right to every voters’ mailbox. Then there’s the guides from the Union of Concerned Scientists, League of Women Voters, and a few others that might be more niche. In California at least, there’s no excuse not to be an informed voter. After I moved away from California and only received my voting location in the mail, I called the election office to check to see if my sample ballot or booklet of bios or any other information was on the way or if it had gotten lost in the mail or something. They had no idea what I was talking about and were so confused. So I asked if I could get information about the candidates or the issues from the election website or something to inform myself about them. Nope! I had to find out who each candidate was and then look up if they had their own website to find out more about them and what they stood for - if they didn’t have a website, that was it. For the issues, all I had to go on was the wording itself and what people were shouting about it in local media.

I wish all states would do what California does. But, I’m pretty sure that’s partly by design - make it confusing and you can get people to vote for things they probably wouldn’t want if they truly understood it.

Please don’t use the phrase “fake ballots” though, especially in the current climate of people still thinking 2020 utilized fake ballots. The term you are looking for is “sample ballots”.