Hi:  I voted by mail in this year's primary and then, using an
absentee ballot, voted at the town office in this general election as
well.  Here, (Windsor) we're a small town and when I asked the clerk
if she needed verification of my signature she said "I know who you
are; I've seen you around for years." Now, that was her answer;
however, I have often wondered how much my signature looks like
compared to other versions of my signature.  I can understand that
there could certainly be a significant difference depending on the
day, time and mood when I'm signing.  I often try to make it look the
same but---70 years of signatures probably differ and, as I understood
a few years ago, here in Maine towns are not supposed to accept a
signature stamp.  Once again, for yet another reason, I Guess I'm glad
I live where I do.

On 10/26/20, Ana G <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
> Apologies if you receive this more than once.
>
>
> I'm posting this because I suspect others here will encounter the same
> issue.
>
>
> In this year's presidential election, I voted by mail. I did it the same
> way I've done it since the mid nineties. My mom read me the ballot and
> filled out my choices. She showed me where to sign. Then a day or two
> later, she slipped the ballot into an official dropbox while she was
> running errands. I've never had a problem ... until now.
>
>
> With the extra vigilance brought on by the current political climate,
> someone at the elections office noticed the signature on my ballot
> doesn't match the signature on my voter registration form, so last week,
> I received a letter that gave me several options. They all amounted to
> my providing a new signature.  I didn't think that would help. Since I'm
> unable to actually see what I'm writing, I felt pretty certain the third
> signature wouldn't match the other two.
>
>
> I decided to go to the elections office with my letter. The person who
> waited on me was very nice. I had to explain three or four times before
> she understood that my signature is never the same, but once she did,
> she told me to have a seat while she spoke to her supervisor. Here's
> what they came up with:
>
>
> 1. I signed the letter, and she witnessed the signature.
>
>
> And
>
>
> 2. I need to send in a new voter registration form with my signature.
>
>
> The point of doing both of these things is to put several versions of my
> signature on file so that anyone checking in future can have an idea of
> what makes sense for my writing.
>
>
> I suspect that there will be a lot of variation in how the mismatched
> signatures of blind people is handled. I'm getting the word out to the
> community to lessen the unpleasant surprise and to give people a sense
> of what to do. I'm also curious to know what experiences others have had.
>
>
> Ciao
>
>
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