Signature matching? My sig is from 1978.

[trackfan]

It's very different from my current signature. How is that supposed to match? Lucky I'm in California.

[gratuitous]

1. It's probably too late for this election

But come January, you should contact your county elections office and file a new voter registration card.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Another unnecessary obstruction to voting.

Once you register, there should then be NO id required (poll tax, unconstitutional) and matching signatures makes no sense.

One ballot is issued to you, matching ID only matters if your ballot is stolen, which so far does not happen.

Unless the government walks up to you and hands you an ID that is required for voting, the requirement is a poll tax.

period

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Mine Is Almost That Old

When we voted, it matched. I doubt it's identical.
Sig matching is a voter suppression techniqud, having little to do with vote integrity.
If the sig is reasonably close, it passes unless they are trying to discount voutes.
But, I'm a 64 year old white guy with $. Even if they were up to sometbing, they probably think I'm voting for them!

[Iwasthere]

4. My signature varies

I have a doctors signature. A mess, long last name. I was at the bank the other day and signed a check, brainfart, extra lines and squiggles. If they looked up my signature they would have absolutely questioned it.

[MagickMuffin]

5. Here is what my elections office in Tarrant County, Texas said . . .

The signature must match the signature that you used for the application.

Application signature First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name


Ballot signature First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name


If you don't add let's say the initial then they would toss it and it would not count. I do not know if they include these instructions with the absentee ballot since I've never voted absentee.

[Hoyt]

6. In my rube state, I check to see if the ballot has been accepted. That means the signature

was not an issue.

In fact, the GOPers here even require that I be notified of the discrepancy and I get a chance to cure it.


Surprisingly in Florida, "County election supervisors shall notify any voter whose signature is missing or doesn’t match records. Voters may cure ballots until 5 p.m. on the second day after the election."

[lark]

7. If you were in FL, you would have to re-register and sign a new card or early vote.

All mail in ballots are screened by hand (I believe) and can be rejected for any variances at all, no matter how small. Funny that it's minorities that are more frequently rejected here in FL (on purpose).

Early voting, if it's even in the same world as the original signature, and it's also close to what's on your drivers' license - no problem. Same day voting the scrutiny is greater, but still not nearly as stringent as what's done in the state repug offices.

[IBEWVET]

8. In Fl my wife and I mailed ours.

Checked today and they were accepted and counted! and my sig was an old one.