Attn: Florida Voters..Pay attention ..URGENT INFO on absentee voting

[mfcorey1]

Today my absentee ballot arrived. I filled it out and after I carefully voted. I put the ballot in the secret sleeve and signed the enveloped. The signature line had an arrow pointed where I was to put my signature and the next line said DATE.

After I signed it and dated it. My thoughts ran back to Pat Buchannan and Gore. I remember the confustion of the pointing on where to vote. I picked up my ballot and carried it down to the board of elections. I said, "OK, I am no dummy"..Where does the correct signture go? She looked at my signature and said. ....Here it comes.
YOU SIGNED THE WRONG LINE. That is right. That ballot would have been tossed ..maybe....I asked for another and signed the FIRST LINE. Do not pay attention to the little hand that says, " sign here".

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/09/1142320/-Attn-Florida-Voters-Pay-attention-Got-info-for-you

[Fla_Democrat]

1. What county?

Cause mine does not show that.

Big black arrow pointing down at a red outlined box. In the arrow are the words VOTER MUST SIGN AND DATE

Inside the box are..






An individual with "power of attorney" cannot sign for a voter.




_______________________________________________________________________
VOTER'S SIGNATURE




______________________________________________________________________
DATE




Oh, and for the record, my ballot is only 2 pages, front and back, not the 8-10 I have been hearing about. With 12 party's candidates for President listed, plus a space for a write-in. Would be interesting to see what county that was, and who is the supervisor of elections there.

[Sancho]

2. It's worse than that...

In one previous election, I voted by mail (in Pinellas, FL). I checked the website and my vote was not counted. It turns out that a "volunteer" didn't think my signature "matched" my official signature. BTW, "volunteers" have access to which party you list...

I'm convinced the GOP (with the help of GOP election supervisors), enlist volunteers (like poll workers) who have the ability to reject Democratic mail in ballots. When discussing this with the election supervisor, I was advised to re-register and "renew" my original signature to confirm it!!

No matter what, it's a "judgment call" to match the signature - by a "volunteer" who has no particular expert background!