The rise in mail voting comes with a price, as mismatched signatures lead to ballot rejections

[Zorro]

As with many voters on Maui, Joshua Kamalo thought the race for president wasn’t the only big contest on the November ballot. He also was focused on a hotly contested seat for the local governing board.

He made sure to return his ballot in the virtually all vote-by-mail state early, doing so two weeks before Election Day. A week later, he received a letter telling him the county couldn’t verify his signature on the return envelope, jeopardizing his vote.

And he wasn’t the only one. Two other people at the biodiesel company where he works also had their ballots rejected, as did his daughter. In each case, the county said their signatures didn’t match the ones on file.

“I don’t know how they fix that, but I don’t think it’s right,” said Kamalo, a truck driver who persevered through traffic congestion and limited parking options to get to the county office so he could sign an affidavit affirming that the signature was indeed his.

https://apnews.com/article/voting-elections-mail-ballots-signature-match-6194c3c76b26b0c2737c899f10f89f0b

This is not totally surprising. I was a poll worker once and found it disturbing that probably half of the voter signatures were illegible scribbles -- and it will only get worse since elementary schools are dropping cursive writing from their curriculum.

[snowybirdie]

1. I can understand

A family member has mild dementia and his signature now is very different than it used to be. Perhaps new security measures are needed. As people age, signatures change

[ificandream]

2. Sounds like a RW excuse to reject ballots.