Why would they want to ban requirements for signature verification in federal elections? Who would want a bill banning signature verification? What’s that all about? You know what it’s about? Fraud. That’s what they want: fraud. They want to try and steal this election because, frankly, that’s the only way they can win the election”“
— President Trump, at a coronavirus briefing in Bedminster, N.J., Aug. 8, 2020
This is false. Democrats are not trying to ban signature verification requirements for mail-in ballots.
What Democrats have introduced is a bill that says U.S. election officials must notify any voter whose signature was deemed deficient and give them an opportunity to fix it. That’s not a ban on signature verification, not by any stretch.
Democrats also have sued individual states and, in some cases, have won a court-ordered remedy process for voters to clear up any signature mismatches. That’s not a ban, either. Continue reading