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Baitball Blogger

(46,765 posts) Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:53 AM Oct 2012

Is this normal procedure for absentee ballots?

About a week ago I called the Supervisor of Elections for my county to ask for their procedure. I don't know who I spoke to but they said that when the ballot comes in, they match up the signatures and if they pass, they are put in a vault and not scanned in until early voting begins.

If they don't pass, they wait to for a group of election judges to view each one and make a determination.

I asked, would I be notified if they don't match up the signature and it gets rejected? And she said no.

I'm wondering if that's a glitch in the system?

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Is this normal procedure for absentee ballots? (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Oct 2012 OP

Wow. LisaL Oct 2012 #1

Come to think of it, no. Baitball Blogger Oct 2012 #2

Good for you. In OH they are supposed to send you a letter notifying you that your ballot LisaL Oct 2012 #3

Every Federal Election needs to have the same rules and laws applied across every state. RC Oct 2012 #4

LisaL

(44,974 posts)

1. Wow.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:55 AM

Oct 2012

What state is that in? Could they at least tell you if they think your ballot passed the signature test?

Baitball Blogger

(46,765 posts)

2. Come to think of it, no.

Reply to LisaL (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:57 AM

Oct 2012

She alarmed me so much that I decided to walk my ballot in and do an update on my signature.

LisaL

(44,974 posts)

3. Good for you. In OH they are supposed to send you a letter notifying you that your ballot

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:59 AM

Oct 2012

is not going to be accepted, but every state could have different rules.

RC

(25,592 posts)

4. Every Federal Election needs to have the same rules and laws applied across every state.