@RebEliezer
‘currently we vote through signature recognition’
WHOA…hold your horses. Each state sets their own rules.
We do NOT use signature recognition in CT. Speaking as an asst. Registrar of Voters who works as a supervisor at the polls on Election Day: In CT voters are asked to present a picture ID, but not required, they can refuse and sign an affidavit that they are registered to vote and then vote. Their ballots are held separately and not put through the tabulating machine at the polling location. They are placed in a bag, which is sealed by the moderator and sent to Town Hall. The affidavit is verified and if acceptable the vote tabulated with absentee ballots.
The checkers at the poll look at the picture ID and the person presenting it and see if it looks like the same person. They do NOT look at signatures. The voter does not sign anything at the polls and the signature from the voter registration form is not available to be checked.
At this point we have many senior citizens voting who registered more than 60 years ago. Their signatures may be quite different from when the registered.
I registered 49 years ago and my signature is not even close to what is was when I was 18. The Town Clerk was not required to retain original registrations all these years. The last twenty years’ applications have been digitized in our town.
Please avoid the word WE when you have no idea if what you post is universal,