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Here's how it works in my county:

1) The voter checks in giving his name and address.
2) Once identity is verified, a barcode sticker containing the voter's id and other data is peeled off the registry and attached to a Request for Ballot form.
3) The voter takes the ballot request form to another station where he is issued a ballot. The serial number on the ballot is written on the Request for Ballot form.
Presto! They know who voted, and for whom.

On another note, a couple of years ago I was number two in line to vote at my precinct. When my ballot went into the vote-counting machine, it was registered as the 32nd ballot. When I inquired about it, I was escorted, rather roughly out of the building. A local cop followed me out of the parking lot. He peeled off after realizing I was leading him straight to the Police Department parking lot.