Judge Thwarts Kemp Attempt to Throw Out Absentee Ballots With Mismatched Signatures (Ga.)

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The Hill @thehill 6m6 minutes ago

JUST IN: Judge blocks Georgia election officials from rejecting absentee ballots with mismatched signatures http://hill.cm/20UswbE

A federal district court judge issued an order Wednesday to temporarily block election officials in Georgia from tossing out absentee ballots or applications when a voter’s signature does not match the signature on their voter registration card.

Judge Leigh Martin May, on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, said election officials have to notify voters first before they can reject absentee ballots with mismatched signatures.

The order is an early win for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) after the group filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Georgia Muslim Voter Project against Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp and county registrars.

read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/412981-judge-blocks-georgia-election-officials-from-tossing-out-absentee

[Baitball Blogger]

1. This is huge.

[bigtree]

7. it would have cancelled a huge chunk of the vote

...we could use a few more rulings there.

[malaise]

2. Off to the greatest page

Important

[irisblue]

3. This is a big deal.

[Gothmog]

4. Yeah

Link to tweet

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

5. This is a good thing. n/t

[Scurrilous]

6. Good news!

[bigtree]

8. kick

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. Not only do people's signatures change over time,

but even on a day to day basis. Just how tightly they are trying to match signatures is what seems completely not looked at.

[BigmanPigman]

10. YIPPEE! I needed good news today.

That guy is a dick and a half! He told people to visually eyeball signatures for validity...what a joke! He should be thrown into jail.

[lindysalsagal]

11. But, after notifying, they can be thrown out. Too late to vote

After notification.

[hostalover]

12. Thank goodness. Have been hearing a lot about this situation.

[Mr. Ected]

13. I'd love to see a sample of Brian Kemp's signature over the years

Guaranteed it has morphed into its present manifestation without a lot in common with his original signature.

[NastyRiffraff]

14. Nobody's signature is always exactly the same.

Maybe even never. I know mine isn't. (It's always a mess, though!) Glad to hear there's judicial sanity in Georgia.

[Omaha Steve]

15. K&R

[bpj62]

16. Friend in Georgia

I have a friend in Georgia who has lived and voted in that state since she went to UGA back in the early 80s. She posted on Facebook earlier this week that her absentee ballot had been rejected for not having a matching signature. The GOP is using volunteers to review the absentee votes and they are discarding any ballot that isnt a spot on match. Hell I haven't filled a voter registration card out in 20 plus years so I know my current signature is different.

[not fooled]

18. The story needs to mention this

i.e. that the signatures "don't match" per the decision of a biased group of partisans who are not experts in evaluating signatures.

And, why are PUKE volunteers getting such an assignment????? Can kemp just bring in a bunch of pukes to do his bidding???

Geez, what a banana republic we live in.

[Kurt V.]

17. great

[ProudProgressiveNow]

19. KR NT

[defacto7]

20. The whole signature match thing is ridiculous anyway.

How many graphologists are determining the validity of the signatures? I'm sure there are none. It's just by the whim of the person checking. Do they even have the artistc eye to be able to see the basics? No one knows. Do they use the scanning capabilities the banks use? Doubt it. It seems like whimsical endeavor.