, with Democrats seeking to remove mail-in voting restrictions that they say are burdensome and unconstitutional, and Republicans trying to preserve laws they say protect against voter fraud.
Among the main targets are witness and signature requirements for absentee ballots — such as signing the envelope, or getting a witness or notary to sign it or making sure the voter's signature is legible. Such requirements — which differ from state to state — can make all the difference in whether a ballot is counted or tossed aside.
"We know that these signature requirements have already affected thousands of voters during the pandemic and our concern is that they'll affect thousands or even tens of thousands more as the election cycle continues," said Dale Ho, director of the ACLU's Voting Rights Project, who worked on this case and similar ones in Missouri and Virginia.For example, Wisconsin rejected more than 14,000 absentee ballots cast in its April 7 primary because they lacked witness signatures.
Ho said the requirements also don't seem to serve much purpose."They're not relied on by the state in any way to try to verify the authenticity of someone's vote," Ho said of the South Carolina rules. "It just seems like a hoop that they force people to jump through." Even South Carolina election officials have admitted that the witness requirement is more of a burden than a help."That witness signature doesn't do a lot for us, and it does a lot of harm to voters," state election commission spokesman Chris Whitmire told NPR earlier this year.
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After what rioters did. I'm buying more guns and handing out ammo..
Well my husband died. So I guess I cant vote. Unless my dogs can witness.. smh at this craziness we live in
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The witness requirements are moronic and useless.
Those requirements are very discriminatory and undemocratic
Witness and signature requirements for absentee ballots are 'burdensome and constitutional' according to Democrats? Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the party of voter fraud...the Democrats!
Vote by mail will be determined to be unconstitutional when it's challenged.
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Hahahah Absolute stupidity! CommonSense not so common with NPR
God is my witness. Don’t infringe upon my First Amendment right. 😉
democRats are the enemy of the people
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