In all fairness, the signature provision is relatively new.”
Balderdash! Having changes in the law which affect voting regs is no excuse. Texas has been through the ringer this year with changes due to Federal intervention. If you want to work in the polls you had to attend a long training session and be re-certified. Had this omission occurred once, that is one thing but for so many to not have signed is a red flag indicating other issues.
Normally I work at the polls, but I was out of state for this election. We’ve had training after training, but the GAB keeps getting sued over the election rules, sometimes with injunctions put in place just days before the election. Then the rule you were trained for is suspended.
My understanding is that these were new registrations, so there was probably no form for them to sign. Certainly the poll’s Chief Inspector should be fired because it was her job to see that this was done.
But 4000 new registrations in one municipality is enough to overwhem any system which is why they should halt this registration at the polls business. That is one reason the legislature should go back into session.
People who are already on the poll list have a place to sign right next to their name in the book, so it is no problem. People who are totally new don’t have a list to sign, or didn’t on election day in Racine. I’m sure they signed their registration application (I hope). It’s curious that dozens of PRE-SIGNED blank registration forms were found in the dumpster at one of these polls. Pre-signing a registration form by an election official is highly irregular. Whoever signed them should be fired.