My ballot was in a sealed envelope with my signature on it. An old lady look at my signature and compared it to the state's database. Then she scanned it and took it out the ballot and put it in a pile. Another old lady put those through a machine. A republican and a democrat poll watcher watched every step. I was able to track my ballot barcode with my DL. I'm not worried. Also I voted for the Democrat in every single race except city council, which was non-partisan. They all won, too.