-> That is, the state didn't provide a ballot. The newspapers or parties printed premarked partisan ballots, & if they didn't see you put in the "correct" ballot, they could see & there might be trouble. In Texas, ->

-> it's a crime to have wireless communication devices, cameras, & electioneering within 100 feet of a polling place. I believe these are utterly necessary to prevent abuses that were observed in practice for centuries. / Forgot to mention: vote buying was very much a thing too.