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Pa. State Department: Counties can't discard mail-in ballots over signature
The Hill ^ | 09 15 2020 | J. Edward Moreno

Posted on 09/15/2020 4:14:25 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

Pennsylvania officials have directed counties not to discard mail-in ballots solely because an election official believes a signature doesn’t match the one in the voter’s file.

The new guidance issued Monday prompted several organizations, including the Campaign Legal Center (CLC), to drop a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania’s Department of State. The state now has a uniform process for verifying signatures instead of leaving it to the discretion of local officials.

Under the new guidance, voters will have the opportunity to fix issues with the signature on their ballots.

“As a result of this case, Pennsylvania voters can cast their vote without fear that their ballot could be rejected solely because an election official — who isn’t trained in handwriting analysis — thinks their signatures don’t match. Voting should not be a penmanship test,“ Mark Gaber, director of trial litigation at the CLC, said in a statement.

Pennsylvania — which is a key swing state in the presidential election — passed a law in 2019 allowing for no-excuse mail-in voting. That, paired with the pandemic, has led to an increase in popularity for mail-in ballots.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: ballots; mailin; mailinvoting; paping; pennsylvania; signature; voterfraud
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1 posted on 09/15/2020 4:14:25 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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They sure as hell can.

Just have a shredder handy.

Hillary should be able to give them a good reference
where to get an industrial model.


2 posted on 09/15/2020 4:16:38 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Some of the folks around these parts have been sniffing super flu.)
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To: yesthatjallen

The signatures don’t have to match. Trump probably just lost PA.


3 posted on 09/15/2020 4:17:20 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: yesthatjallen

Unless you change your name, your signature should never change.


4 posted on 09/15/2020 4:17:23 PM PDT by Meatspace
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To: yesthatjallen

How about discarding under signature?


5 posted on 09/15/2020 4:19:14 PM PDT by SES1066 (2020, VOTE your principles, VOTE your history, VOTE FOR ALL AMERICANS, VOTE colorblind!)
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To: yesthatjallen

sounds like a Democratic Governor is riggin an election.


6 posted on 09/15/2020 4:20:02 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: yesthatjallen

Handwriting analysis isn’t easy and the certificate to be trained in that is very expensive. And it is very subjective even then (part of my job involves reading handwriting analysts’ reports for forgery claims).

Here in CA I don’t vote by mail because I presume my signature no longer matches the one I originally used when registering years ago—and even if it did they could still decide it didn’t and toss my ballot into the SF Bay.


7 posted on 09/15/2020 4:20:57 PM PDT by olivia3boys
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To: yesthatjallen

Supposed to be the same signature on their DL’s or what’s on their voter registration card.


8 posted on 09/15/2020 4:21:17 PM PDT by SkyDancer (~ Pilots: Looking Down On People Since 1903 ~)
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To: yesthatjallen

A full blown attack against the Union perpetrated by Soros bought and paid for people.


9 posted on 09/15/2020 4:26:38 PM PDT by Don Corleone (The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth)
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To: yesthatjallen
voters will have the opportunity to fix issues with the signature on their ballots.

I can see the problems, but having seen how many Democrats are too lazy or scared to do much, I think this might be a good thing.

If the voter needs to be contacted about their signature, this filters out those who filed a fake ballot. If they have to come in to verify it, then illegals and the fakers will probably not come in.
10 posted on 09/15/2020 4:27:20 PM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Apparently voters will just have to authority to fix it.

That means the voter has to be contacted. If it’s not really their ballot I assume that will come out.

Don’t despair.

My signature wouldn’t match either. Perhaps a good professional could discern it. But there’s a danger for Trump votes being rejected just like Biden votes. So it should be fine to contact the voter if the signatures don’t match. May root out some voter fraud.


11 posted on 09/15/2020 4:29:07 PM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen)
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I'm afraid that so close to election the RNC isn't doing enough to file their appeals to the SC to overturn some of those RIDICULOUS commie rulings! ESPECIALLY the one from PA!! No matter how bad dementia jo fumbles HE ALREADY HAS THE ELECTION VICTORY IN THE BAG!! The cheating will be off the charts!! Why do you think the dnc accidentally, accidentally my butt, release names from their voter roll?!!!! HELLLLLOOOOO!! They have been working on the Heist for over 3 1/2 years so you bet your @$$ they have it to perfection! THEY ARE GOING TO WIN BY CHEATING!!😡They blatantly stole it from mcsally, of all places AZ from right under the RNC nose!! YES they will do it again!! TOOOOOOOOO PERFECTION!!! These tyrannical judges have given Hiden the election on a silver platter!! There is a reason these bastard judges also removed Kenye and the Green Party candidate off the ballot....THE FIX IS IN!! God I hate them because they ALWAYS WIN the battles that count and GET AWAY WITH!! Never held accountable...never!!
12 posted on 09/15/2020 4:30:02 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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So anybody can just vote willy-nilly now? It’s a free for all folks.

Get ready to fight.


13 posted on 09/15/2020 4:30:09 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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Under the new guidance, voters will have the opportunity to fix issues with the signature on their ballots.


So the “voter” can fix any issues but they can’t vote in person? Is that what I’m reading.

No brainer to know that absolutely NO ONE will come to the local precinct to “fix” their ballot. And the Dem’s in state leadership will allow all of them, saying that it’s just too much to deal with at such a crucial time. And the Republicans in the state won’t put up any fight whatsoever.

All because she lost and one man became President.


14 posted on 09/15/2020 4:30:43 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: wbarmy

If the voter needs to be contacted about their signature, this filters out those who filed a fake ballot. If they have to come in to verify it, then illegals and the fakers will probably not come in.

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I agree, I don’t have a problem with this.
I don’t think it should be up to ONE election official to throw away a ballots, because they don’t think the signature matches. They would be throwing away republican ballots by the thousands.
Give them a chance to prove they filled out the ballot. I think this is a plus for us.


15 posted on 09/15/2020 4:30:54 PM PDT by kara37
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To: yesthatjallen

“Pennsylvania officials have directed counties not to discard mail-in ballots solely because an election official believes a signature doesn’t match the one in the voter’s file.”

And will probably say don’t discard a ballot hjust because the voter died....2 years ago.


16 posted on 09/15/2020 4:33:31 PM PDT by antidemoncrat (Biden's)
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To: yesthatjallen

OMG!!! OUT AND OUT Fraud !! ! WE ARE a banana republic.with NO bananas!


17 posted on 09/15/2020 4:36:34 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Uhmmm....No, you are wrong

Signature needs to match.


18 posted on 09/15/2020 4:42:37 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: yesthatjallen

How is any of this Constitutional?

We have created greatly unequal standards for voting rights - some can be mailed, some not, requesting mailed ballots is highly different, handling is different, signature requirements are different, counting times are different.

Such differences will logically create vast inequality in voting access and rights.


19 posted on 09/15/2020 4:44:08 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88

The levels this country has sunk to are pathetic and it’s only going to get worse.

Some day, millennials will be in charge of all this stuff, if they can look from their phones long enough. And it will all be done via text message, even if they’re ten feet from the person they’re texting.


20 posted on 09/15/2020 4:50:57 PM PDT by NorthWoody (Half of all people are below average, and half of those are in the bottom 25%.)
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