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This does not address any of the issues that people complain about? How do you stop somebody other than the person who is supposed to vote from voting using the
by ImJamal 2y ago
This does not address any of the issues that people complain about? How do you stop somebody other than the person who is supposed to vote from voting using the person's ballot and faking the signature? Or a person could sign the envelope and give their ballot and envelope to somebody else to vote.
The point of voting with an id is to look at the picture and compare with the person to confirm they are the actual person.
edit: before you say they check the signature. It is not reliable. I know people who have had to confirm their signature despite it looking close. I've scribbled my name not even close to what I had recorded and it worked fine.
- MisterBastahrd 2y agoI've lost over 150 pounds from the time I last had a photo id taken, mostly due to illness. I've grown facial hair to hide some of the lines in my face so that I don't look as sickly, and it is incredibly hard for me to get around. Should I be denied the right to vote because I don't look like the fat man in the picture?
- ImJamal 2y agoNo, but that is a different issue... Signatures are not reliably checked so the claim that it prevents voter fraud is incorrect.
- Arainach 2y ago>Signatures are not reliably checked What leads you to believe this?
- davidmurdoch 2y agoI draw smiley faces, little sail boats, and other faces on retail receipts. No one has ever challenged me.
- Arainach 2y agoThe verification on retail transactions and on ballots have nothing in common. Signatures on ballots are validated by humans, usually with multiple observers who can object to any specific signature.
- ImJamal 2y agoBecause I have just scribbled and it was counted.
- MisterBastahrd 2y agoAre we pretending that a society that does everything digitally is going to have consistent signatures worthy of detecting fraudulent activity?