Anyone else wonder if controlling husbands oversaw their wives' votes?

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5. If it is the traditional machine with a curtain, that should NOT be allowed.

But perhaps it depends on the state, or whether there are both parties represented in the election board at the polling place.

In PA, the only person that was allowed to go into the machine with the voter, was someone authorized to assist the voter. Of course we let them take their kids in with them - I don't think anyone ever questioned whether that was technically legal - but when I was working inside at my precinct, I never saw men go into the booth with their wives. It just didn't happen. I think if they started to, the machine inspector just gently directed them to the other machine ("sir, this machine is available for you" ), acting oblivious to any potential intent of the man.

We now have paper ballots and I realized that with the current setup, it is a lot more difficult to subtly prevent the man from seeing how his wife is voting.