> Presidential elections invovle many moral/philosophical/religious issues.
Why?
In an ideal situation, you don't need to question the moral/philosophical/religious views of a politician. You just need to find out what they think of the situation and how they will fix it. You can be an optimist and believe the politicians are out there to help us, or a pessimist and hope that they can get the job done somehow before it's time for another round of empty promises.
I'd hate to live in a country where we'd need to constantly worry about the morality of people.
> What if someone insists on telling their wife who to vote for, or forbids their wife from cancelling out their vote due to voting for a different person?
> What if a wife insists on voting in a way opposing her husband?
This is what our Constitution says.
> "The Representatives shall be elected by a direct, proportional and secret vote. Every citizen who has the right to vote has equal suffrage in the elections."
My emphasis. Constitutional guarantee that my votes are none of your business, just as your votes would be none of mine. Same rules for men and women regardless of marital status.
Again, I'd hate to live in a country where people would basically have no direct guarantees of freedom of opinion.
And I'd hate to live in a country where votes are "cancellable". You may be able to tell whether or not any given person voted, and you may strike out a name in the list after the fact, but you're not supposed to be able to tell which candidate they voted, so you're screwed. Any form of ballot which doesn't guarantee this is badly designed and shouldn't be used at all.