> Perhaps you just mean that those envelopes should be pulled aside, and the state should go and track down the person and ask them if its really their signatur

> Perhaps you just mean that those envelopes should be pulled aside, and the state should go and track down the person and ask them if its really their signature? Yes, in Georgia at least, that's the process that's supposed to be followed -- if the signature doesn't match, you mail the person, and then they have a chance to mail it back corrected. This actually happened to me the first time I voted, in Oregon. Sort of stupidly, I signed my ballot with a nicer signature than my usual scribble. The sent the ballot back saying the signatures didn't match; I sent it back w/ my scribble. I'm not sure if the vote ended up counted or not...