Reply #80: Does anyone validate the identity of the person who submitted an absentee ballot? [View All]

[Gormy Cuss]

Yes, by comparing the signature to that on the voter registration card. In every state where I've voted in person I have been required to sign a register asserting that I am the eligible voter on the list. That's the same as the procedure for an absentee ballot. Where I live now (CA) at least 40% of the votes in major elections are cast by absentee ballot. If voter fraud at the polls is such a big deal, wouldn't it be prudent also to stop absentee voting altogether?

Polling place ID schemes are Republican ideas.