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> And if you could pre-print your completed ballot

Your printer will betray you by printing invisible identifying dots on your ballot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code

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How would that betray you? They're supposed to verify that this ballot belongs to you in the first place.

I'm confused - wouldn't that mean the vote isn't secret?

It won't go on record who you voted for, but someone at the office will have to confirm that you voted and enter in the vote. If mail-in ballots were completely anonymous, then someone could just print 10,000 copies and stuff the polls.

I thought we were talking about non-mail-in ballots, that you print at home, but submit personally.

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