Legally, this is voter intimidation.
IF YOU WITNESS OR ARE A VICTIM OF VOTER INTIMIDATION (like what Tom Cox is confessing to in the OP) or other violations of voting rights laws in the US:
Alert a poll worker, if you're at a polling place
Report that shit to the Department of Justice via phone (1-800-253-3931 or 202-307-2767), fax (202-307-3961), email ([email protected]), or their online form.
Contact your state or local elections board.
Your vote is your own. You don't have to tell anyone who you voted for. You can lie about who you voted for. Keep yourself safe out there.
You can also call or text the Election Protection Hotline
English call or text: 866-OUR-VOTE
Spanish call: 866-VE-Y-VOTA
Arabic call: 844-YALLA-US
Asian Languages call: 888-API-VOTE
And if you are in a situation where a spouse or partner is the one doing the voter intimidation to you, like Tom up there is, there are intimate partner violence orgs in your state and many towns who are there to help you. Because what Tom is doing is not okay, and you don't have to live like that.