Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
The voters already validated their identity when they registered to vote; there is no reason they need to revalidate every single time they vote.
Be careful what you wish for. When I lived in the Middle East, I was prohibited from purchasing an iPhone, for which I planned to pay cash and therefore did not require credit or anything, at one of the main TCOM providers because my signature did not EXACTLY match the signature on my passport and other IDs. In reality, they did not want to give me the phone because I was a woman and my husband was not with me when I attempted to make the purchase.
What are you going to do when they deny your voter registration because your signature does not exactly match?
Matching signatures becomes are real issue especially as people age.
It's also an issue when using electronic signature pads vs pen and paper. We used to live and vote in Florida. Registration was done on a paper form and we presented ID.
A few months later there was an election. I presented my FL driver's license then they required me to give a signature on an electronic pad, something VA does not do. My first attempt was rejected. I took a deep breath, thought about my name and realized I'd signed with middle initial and my guess was my registration had full name signed. So I very carefully spelled out my full name and it was accepted.
For some other elections I voted by mail and the signature line on the envelope was across the seal, causing the pen to skip as it hit that spot. Always made me concerned my ballot would be rejected for my signature.
There are plenty of ways to reject legimate ballots from legitimately registered US citizen voters.