California is appealing the decision of a Superior Court that struck down California’s law on matching signatures on voter registration forma and mailed absentee ballots. The decision said that when election officials reject a mailed absentee ballot because the signature doesn’t appear to match that voter’s signatures on voter registration forms, the voter must be informed and given a chance to show that he or she did cast that absentee ballot.
The state also wants the decision stayed, while it appeals. See this story, which reveals that Florida, Illinois, and New Hampshire laws are similar to California’s. Thanks to Politico for the link.
What if the ballots are the marginal votes for Prez/VP ???
How about a TOTAL CRISIS ??? — making the 2000 FL Bush v Gore mess seem trivial ???
Over time, as we age, our signatures change. There can also be fairly significant variation in signatures due to tiredness, illness and stress. For county employees untrained in reviewing signatures to have final say-so and then no contact made to the voter is wrong. The Superior Court made a good decision in this case. For the State to appeal the decision is downright disgusting.
RE Gene —
Regimes should update signatures for folks above 50 — ie are they still alive ???
ie some FELON doing forged sigs ???