There should be laws preventing any vote from being rejected for signature differences,

[duforsure]

Without having proof of who signed it, and signed statements the real voter did not sign it. There has to be a record in each state of any ballot rejected because of this , or like with other issues it becomes corrupted, and people illegally use it for political reasons for their vote tally's. Disabled people like me can't sign their name the same, so this is a stealing of our votes, if this happens. Is there ways in every state people can check to see if their vote was counted?
Is there a record of all voter ballots rejected kept? Is this just another heavily used tactic to not count votes when the race is close? Any lawsuits from this happening? How would anyone know if this happened to them by the fascists party, formerly the GOP. No ballot should get rejected without documentation, and proof its not from the actual voter. Not from someone claiming by looking at it and saying it doesn't count. People rejecting votes without documentation, and evidence should have severe penalties and consequences for doing this. Every state needs to have set up a system for voters to check their vote was counted and who for, and a record of it that can easily be checked.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

1. Comparing signatures is very archaic.

In modern times, especially, it's a stupid way to help verify someone's identity.

My legally blind brother certainly can't sign his name very well at all anymore, made even worse by poor coordination in his old age. It's just scribbles now, never looking the same.

I've intentionally signed my first name in a very bizarre and unusual way, with letters within other letters and such, since my early 20's because nobody else would ever do it that way unless they already witnessed me doing it. Nonetheless, signature comparisons are very silly.

[jimfields33]

4. Our county allows you to update your signature as much as you want

Even annually if you desire. I know many who do that. I haven’t needed to yet but I can see myself needing to in ten years. My fingers get tighter and tighter ever year.

[StarfishSaver]

5. Why should people have to go through that trouble just to vote?

Another form of a poll tax.

And unless they're going to hire bonafide handwriting experts at every polling place, it makes no sense to insist on signature matching. People's signatures can change from day to day, depending on the circumstances.

[jimfields33]

6. I don't know why they have you do that. I thought it was nice. Lol.

I think you can send it in. Not sure though. I’d rather have my signature count. If you can’t use drivers license, there has to be a way to verify the vote. Signature is one way.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

7. That wouldn't help my disabled brother, whose...

... "signature" can look very different from one time to the next.

I'll admit that I've never seen it be a problem for him, though. I suspect that most people who see it assume that he's about 200 years old or something.

What about illiterate people? Do some people still sign with an "X", I wonder?

"This x doesn't quite look like the one on file!"

I still remember a bank that asked people to put their thumbprint on checks. That was back in the early 70's! The patrons (including me) first put their thumb on some kind of hard wax, if my memory is correct. That could pose other problems, I suppose.

[jimfields33]

8. They do allow X in my county

I can see the X looking different. I wonder how many signatures really get rejected. I hope not many.

[duforsure]

12. That's my point too. Having muscular dystrophy and Parkinson disease,

It's very discriminatory rejecting a vote by signature without full investigation, and complete documentation before a voter ballot can be rejected, because they're disabled. Signature rejections should have very strict guidelines , and penalties if ignored for political gains. I suspect this IS being used to help certain politicians in close races, and election corruption .

[no_hypocrisy]

2. I work as a poll worker.

Many times, a voter won't have a "legible" signature and it's more of a squiggle. Kind of hard to compare "signatures" when it's more like horizontal linear art. Not everyone has a DJT squiggle that's consistent and easy to compare against.

[eShirl]

3. It can be a matter of medical privacy.

Some disabilities aren't obvious to the casual observer. I had to switch to writing with my non-dominant hand.

[bearsfootball516]

9. I work as a poll worker in Elkhart County Indiana

Our county clerk is a Republican, but he's surprisingly progressive when it comes to signature validation.

He tells us during training, "If I sign my name 100 times in a day, every single one of those signatures is going to look different. Unless their signature is so egregiously different that it's overwhelmingly obvious the signatures are from different people, I don't care what it looks like."

[MichMan]

10. That isn't what the OP is stating

They are saying egregiously different or even the wrong names should be accepted unless there is proof. How exactly would one prove anything without going by the signature itself?

[duforsure]

13. Never suggested by a different name, just different signature of my name,

Before a voters ballot could be rejected they should have verification it was someone else's signature , or the voter giving a signed statement they didn't sign it. Without documented verification it was corrupt a worker should not be allowed to discriminate because of my signature differences. Worse if they use it to corrupt the election results.

[MichMan]

17. If you threaten election workers that they will be arrested for challenging a ballot without proof

They won't take the risk of questioning anything. It's hard enough now finding enough election workers (on e reason lines can be long)

Maybe Abigail Johnson really signs her name as Eric Smith, and when they try and contact her, she doesn't respond.

[samnsara]

11. My signature changes all the time

[haele]

14. My hands shake when I've got a bad bout of arthritis.

My signature is no longer the smooth cursive it was even 10 years ago, so it doesn't match my current driver's license close to "exactly" anymore. There's choppy gaps between certain letters, and my last name has begun to drag downward.

An untrained or inexperienced "signature checker" would reject most of my signature attempts for inconsistency if checking against my driver's license

Haele

[Midnight Writer]

15. Signature match is too subjective.

One person may be very picky, flagging every loop and whorl as suspect.

While another may be very loose, ignoring obvious discrepancies.

Identification by signature match is useless.

[csziggy]

16. Here's a good article about why signatures should NOT be used

With DeSantis' own signatures over the years as an example:

DeSantis wants voters’ signatures to match. Would his pass the test?
If the Florida governor gets his way, mail-in ballot signatures would have to match the most recent signature on file with the state. His own signature history shows how autographs evolve.

By Steve Contorno
Published Apr. 13 Updated Apr. 14

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Richard Orsini, a forensic document examiner from Jacksonville Beach, teaches election officials how to spot the similarities.

The initial downstroke of the “R” in “Ron” is consistent in the two signatures, he said. And the finishing stroke in both samples is a cursive “s” that crosses back over the last name in a clockwise curl. Despite other differences, Orsini said it would be reasonable to conclude these signatures belong to the same person.

Orsini and other handwriting experts cram a lifetime of knowledge into their hours-long training sessions with election workers and canvassing boards — the volunteers who make quick decisions on whether to reject or accept a mail-in ballot based on the signature. One of the pieces of wisdom they impart is the importance of having multiple specimens to make a fair determination.

“If I get a call from an attorney for a contested will, here’s my standard ask of them: I need the best copy of the questioned document signature, and then I need 10 to 20 uncontested, known general signatures that you can find written as close to the date of the contested signature,” Orsini said. “That’s my first request.”

More: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/04/13/desantis-wants-voters-signatures-to-match-would-his-pass-the-test/