Federal Judge Extends Florida Election Deadline to Correct Rejected Signatures

[Miles Archer]

Federal Judge Extends Florida Election Deadline to Correct Rejected Signatures

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/11/florida-election-signature-matching-rick-scott/



A federal judge on Thursday ordered Florida election officials to allow voters whose ballots had been rejected because they were deemed to have mismatched signatures two additional days to correct the issue, extending the state’s deadline to validate votes from Thursday to Saturday.

Republican Senate candidate Rick Scott’s campaign said that it would appeal the decision, which affects at least 4,000 voters whose mail-in or provisional ballots had been rejected due to the state’s signature-matching law.

In his ruling, Judge Mark Walker said that Florida’s mismatched signature law did not pass “constitutional muster” because it had been used with “no standards” and without a process for voters to challenge officials’ determination.

“Without this Court’s intervention, these potential voters have no remedy,” Walker wrote in his ruling. “Rather, they are simply out of luck and deprived of the right to vote. What is shocking about Florida law is that even though a voter cannot challenge a vote rejected as illegal, any voter or candidate could challenge a vote accepted as legal.”

[Achilleaze]

1. Heil Ricky Repube !

Like Hell.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

2. LOL! K&R

[Gothmog]

3. This is a good ruling

[Hassin Bin Sober]

5. How are 4,000 voters going to fix their ballot in two days?

I appreciate the ruling but how does it help? 30 days would be more reasonable.

Does the Nelson campaign get to call all the affected voters?

This shit makes my blood boil.

[MichMan]

7. I think it should be at least 90 days

What if some people are out of town?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

4. I know everyone loves mail-in and absentee voting but it sure seems like a bad idea in red states.

They just throw ballots out by the thousands because what? Clerks are now handwriting experts?

I was challenged at check-in once here in Chicago due to my signature. They asked me for ID and I didn’t have it. The woman challenging me was the Democratic judge. She looked over at the “Republican” judge who said just give him the ballot.

[forthemiddle]

6. So these votes still won't be counted

Unless the voter can prove it is their signature?
How is this remedied if the voter can make it down to the counting place?
I assume they would have to go down and show ID proving who they are?
Realistically how many voters will fix their ballots?