Voting problems?

[aephi alum]

People's signatures can and do change. Mine changed drastically when I got married. Actually, for the first few months after I was married, my signature with my new last name did evolve... it changed from being legible to being my first name, last initial, and something that looks like an ECG of a patient with a serious arrhythmia.

If you sign your name in one place using your initials and in another place spelling out your full name, you're still the same person and you still signed both documents.

I'm glad you were able to vote in the end.

[barbino]

Tippie, your post was scary. I have worked as an election judge in almost every election for the past 7 years-local/primary/or presidential. I am now an equipment manager.

This type of challenge regarding a signiture can occur, but I think that it requires a consensus of several election judges and in Chicago it could require a call down to the central elections office to make the final decision. This decision would be made by them (not an individual judge) and then related to the potential voter. I don't believe any single election judge has the right or the power to deny a voter the right to vote based solely on a signiture. There are other ways to verify if a voter is really who they say that they are. Asking for picture id's are important at times like this.

Sorry that this happened to you. I know that I would probably have been outraged if it was me. I have seen alot of strange irregularities occur, and this falls into this category. I am so glad that you insisted and were able to vote.

[AKA_Monet]

Tippie,

What makes this dumbass a writing expert? Not 4.2 hours of a writing forensics class for voting... And I would be the one to tell her that to her face and act all kinds of crazy...