Prior to last week Florida law allowed the county board of elections to reject your mail in ballot if they felt your signature on the outside of the envelope did not match your on record signature. And the law did not require that you be told they were throwing out your ballot nor give you an opportunity to appeal or vote in person instead if they were rejecting the mail in ballot.
And amazingly, the same rule did not apply if you left the signature blank. In that case they notified you so you could come and sign your envelope.
Federal judge blasts Florida secretary of state in voting case - CNNPolitics.com
A federal judge has ruled that this system was wrong.
Quote:
"It is illogical, irrational, and patently bizarre for the State of Florida to withhold the opportunity to cure from mismatched-signature voters while providing that same opportunity to no-signature voters."
"This court knows disenfranchisement when it sees it," Walker added, "and it is obscene."
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Now if your signature is felt not to match, perhaps you have aged, or your hand was shaking, or you forgot whether you used your middle name or not... you WILL be notified and given a chance to appeal the rejection or vote in person.