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You left off one very important letter. It's not "vote" but voteR" that needs to be traceable to a real person. Once that person is identified, the secrecy of their actual VOTE needs to be secure.

I don't buy that, nor do I see a way to guarantee the integrity of elections without SOMEBODY being able to check out how people voted in areas of question. I mean, I've lost a couple of jobs along the way because somebody thought I was too conservative or something like that and I suspect the experience is getting to be common, so the question is basically what else are they going to do? We don't live in Peyton Place or the company town any longer and the ideal of the absolute secret ballot is basically empowering demokkkrats and other gangsters at this point.

"I don't buy that, nor do I see a way to guarantee the integrity of elections without SOMEBODY being able to check out how people voted in areas of question."

Sorry, but that is simply the road to totalitarianism. The Democrats are already pushing for exactly what you propose, with the elimination of the secret ballot requirement in elections to force union shops on companies. The union goons will threaten anyone who they know voted in opposition.

You are WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. Ballot secrecy is CRITICAL to maintaining democracy.