Absentee poll signature match research shifting ahead | Nationwide/World
ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia’s Foreign Minister continues a study of the effectiveness of the signature verification process the state has been using for postal votes until it is replaced by new identification requirements this year.
In the weeks following the November election, then-President Donald Trump and his allies claimed without evidence that the election had been stolen from him. He fixated on several states including Georgia, where he lost by less than 12,000 votes. Among other things, he called for a check of the signature matches, which are used to confirm the identity of a person entitled to vote.
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