I just voted absentee today. I had to complete a form that requested my SSN, DOB, gender, race, TX Driver's License number, address outside the U.S., address in the U.S. and then sign a sworn affidavit that all information was true and this person is actually myself.
This was a federal form to send in with all states' ballots.
If they make it this stringent in all cases, most of this stuff is pretty verifiable. I'm not sure how local absentee balloting works, though.
Sorry Allegra, but you are operating in an area from which come military ballots and, as we all know, our military is not to be trusted - lots of fraud, don'tcha know. So your ballot and those of the people around you will be examined to the nth degree while those from the areas of CONUS known for their honesty and ethical government such as Philadelphia, Cook County Chicago, and New Jersey will be taken at their word.
In fact, there were people in Florida so upset about all that military fraud in 2000 that they sued to not even count the military absentee ballots!
If only the military lived up to ACORN's standards ...
/UltraMegaGigaSarc, obviously