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Panel endorses changes to signature verification and narrows acceptable IDs for mail ballots
Summary
HB311 allows poll workers to compare signatures on return envelopes when last-four ID digits match but signatures appear suspect, and removes utility bills and bank statements from the list of acceptable identification; the committee voted unanimously to advance the bill after testimony and questions about training and cure procedures.
Representative Burton outlined HB311 as a targeted improvement to election security after pilot tests showed cases in which a mailed ballot bore correct last-four ID numbers but a signature appeared forged.
The bill clarifies that poll workers who have reason to doubt a return-envelope affidavit may compare the signature on the envelope to…
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