If they don’t compare signatures on mail in ballots to the state’s driver’s license on file, they are not “auditing” anything.
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I thought the signature was only on the outer envelop (not on the ballot itself). One the envelope is discarded, there is no verifying signatures. At least that is how I understand it. It’s that way to maintain anonymity on the ballot.
Kemp also asked Raffensperger to do a sample audit to compare voters’ signatures on mail-in ballots but the secretary of state has said that’s impossible at this point because the ballots are separated from the outer security envelope during the counting process, according to CBS News.
Both officials have suggested adding a voter ID requirement for mail-in ballots in the future.