Since this is illegal in most western democracies, I would have told the police if I had witnessed this.

In fact, in the UK the polling staff are told that they need to assess the competence of the person voting ahead of time and that the person voting must do so alone and without duress, else they should not permit the vote to be accepted.

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections/...

> You’ll talk to voters as they arrive and make sure they know what to do.

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/sites/default/files/p...

> The role of polling station staff is to ensure that voters are able to cast their vote in secret, free from influence and in a calm atmosphere.

In the US I suspect it’s common. In states with mail in voting, I suspect the fraud is even worse.

Yes a real person voted. But no they did not have any clue what they were doing when they did.

That's pretty representative of the elected: congresspeople and presidential candidates who are far too old and steered around by advisors.

You should see how security handles drunk people at the slot machines in Vegas. Just recently a friend saw them come over, prop up a dead drunk guy, reach into his pocket, put money in his hand and help him feed it into the machine.

(My response was: That security guard should get a raise; you really need more minimum wage employees who care that much about the company /s)

Gambling against the house is a sad sight. But security maneuvering a passed out drunk person is much worse still.