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Oregon has a mail-in ballot for all elections --> 70+ % voter participation, with essentially no voter fraud or intimidation.
Unregistered citizens can register anytime, even on election day.
Ballots have to be received on or before election day.
So if it's too late to mail you drop off your ballot at certain local sites (library, fire dept, etc)
The "ballot" is in a "secrecy envelope", with no way to identify the voter.
The secrecy envelope is inside the mailing envelope which has the voter's name, address, precinct and signature.
The outer envelopes are are checked for signatures,
and then the secrecy envelopes opened,
and the ballots counted by scanning equipment.
A really great system because all ballots for the entire state,
including measures, are usually counted and reported by midnight.
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