[brbethke]

I disagree with you, but further on your point, how will they prove which ballot is theirs?

The absentee ballots are kept in individual sealed envelopes until after the polls close. At that time the election judges compare the absentee ballots to the voter sign-in book, and any absentee ballots submitted by people who later showed up to vote in person are discarded. *Then* the remaining envelopes are opened and the absentee ballots are counted.

My wife is an election judge, and we're looking forward to a long and pretty miserable night next Tuesday.

[antidisestablishment]

My wife is an election judge, and we're looking forward to a long and pretty miserable night next Tuesday.

Man, I bet this will be a miserable one. My prayers go out for you both.

[Phantom Lord]

Is the voters name on the ballot? The envelope it is returned in? If not, we are back to the "prove this your vote".