Democrats file lawsuit over mail-in ballot signature requirement

WCTV ^ | October 4, 2016 | Matt Galka | Capitol News Service

[mdittmar]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- If you requested an absentee ballot for next month’s election, it’s likely on its way to you today. But Democrats are trying to prevent some ballots from getting thrown out.

They’re not letters to Santa, but Leon County Supervisor of Elections Ion Sancho was like a kid on Christmas Tuesday.

“We are sending out the largest number of mail ballots we have ever sent out,” he said.

More than 25,000 thousand vote by mail ballots were going out in Leon County. Almost 2.4 million statewide with the numbers representing a trend of votes coming in before the traditional election day.

But even with the options, Sancho doesn’t expect the traditional in-person polls to go away.

“I think that we probably won’t see the complete elimination of voting in person, because voting in person is the most secure way to cast a ballot and have it counted as you intended,” he said.

These ballots are going out one day after a lawsuit was filed challenging a state signature requirement.

[mdittmar]

It's like Déjà vu,all over again;)

[the_Watchman]

voting in person is the most secure way to cast a ballot and have it counted as you intended

Not so secure if you arrive at the polling place to find that someone else has already mailed in a ballot using your name, but not your signature!

[jazusamo]

Words fail...Didn’t think even Dems are this stupid.

[mdittmar]

[SkyDancer]

Stopping their voter fraud is unconstitutional.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

No, but we know for a fact that are that corrupt.

[drypowder]

Vote fraud already ruling this election

[hsmomx3]

Geeze! So we can all vote thousands of times...nobody would ever know. There is so much desperation which leads me to think Hillary is in much deeper trouble than the polls or her minions lead on.

[4Liberty]

Tried to online register my parrot to vote in California, 2 years ago (as a vote fraud "experiment"). Only thing preventing completion - a requirement that the online registration be concluded WITH an actual "signature."

they probably got rid of it, by now

Poor Huggie, no vote for him

[NonValueAdded]

Oh for the Sake of Pete

[Eroteme]

a lawsuit was filed challenging a state signature requirement.

Well, at least the Democrats were dumb enough to tell the Trump campaign where to double up on vote fraud monitoring efforts.

[Notasoccermom]

Voting multiple times in an online poll is unacceptable and doesn’t count but multiple voting in a presidential election on official ballots and unsigned is constitutional and OK ?? Grrrr...

[Mr. K]

IT’S RAY-SISS TO REQUIRE A SIGNATURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dfwgator]

IT’S RAY-SISS TO REQUIRE A SIGNATURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Especially in cursive.

[SauronOfMordor]

Signatures be in cursive. It’s racist to expect cursive.

[AndyTheBear]

I feel sorry for somebody worried that their vote might not count because they may have changed their signature...but blame the Democrat party for making anti-fraud measures necessary.

[virgil]

Democrats are opposed to any effort to legitimize voting.

[AFreeBird]

If you don’t think democrats are this stupid and/or corrupt: You haven’t been paying attention!

[snarkpup]

The signature check is the foundation of the security system for mail-in ballots. No signature check = no security = an election with no legitimacy.

[vinny29]

It really doesn’t matter how bad iLLary is and how big Trump rallies are, when they are going to be beat us at the end with the Mail-in FRAUD.