The move to early and mail-in voting took away some of that secrecy, along with the ability to detect fraud or coercion. Deviations from in-person, Election Day voting are supposed to replicate the security and anti-fraud protocols a city or state has for in-person voting on Election Day. Early voting ideally follows a similar procedure to Election Day voting: an individual goes to a public place to identify himself, has his name checked off the voter roll, receives a ballot that he fills out in secret, and casts the ballot into a locked box that will be counted on Election Day.
