UNDERNEWS: How to keep mail voting honest

April 8, 2020

How to keep mail voting honest

Washington Post - [Wendy Underhill, an elections expert with the nonpartisan National Conference of State Legislatures] said a proven way to fight voter fraud by mail voting is to have the voter sign the back of the ballot envelope, then compare the signature to the one on record with the state.

2 comments:

justsomeguy05 said...: NO !

My signature is crap, and would NEVER match a previous one.; April 8, 2020 at 10:23 AM
Anonymous said...: I don't understand the problem.

I just sent in my Census form... by mail.; April 9, 2020 at 9:30 AM

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