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Flags decorate the satellite voting station outside of the Hy-Vee location on 1st Ave NE on Thursday, October 4, 2012. (Kyle Grillot/The Gazette-KCRG)
The Gazette’s editorial board is in favor of signature verification for absentee voting in Iowa.
“Iowans set a record for voter turnout in the Nov. 6 election,” said an editorial published Friday. “The percentage of registered voters casting ballots — 72 percent — was the highest in 20 years, though just above the 71 percent of 2004 and 2008.
“More noteworthy was the 46 percent of ballots cast early or by absentee. That figure is a record and reflects a growing trend in our state and many others. If more early and absentee voting leads to higher voter participation, that’s good.
“Iowa’s Secretary of State Matt Schultz also wants to head off potential problems with absentee ballots by proposing a signature verification system. We think that’s worth exploring.
“We doubt whether most Iowans want an all-mail voting system yet. But tightening our absentee ballot process to prevent future problems makes sense, as long as it doesn’t discourage voter turnout or greatly increase costs.”
Do you agree? Do you think there’s a substantial potential for voter fraud with absentee balloting? Is signature verification the best solution?
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We should all be worried about voting security. Nothing is more sacred in an American democracy is voting security.
- Early voting before the debates has one purpose – ensure people don’t pay attention to the issues and understand what each candidate thinks about the issues and will do when in office.
- When people round up groups of people, load them onto buses we understand their motivation – get votes – don’t care if the votes are based on sound reasoning.
- Those who are against voter ID laws support voting fraud.
No. One thing we should learn from all the attention that is being given to voter fraud, is that it it not a problem. What we need to be concerned about is the partisian officials who control the voting process arming themselves with another tool to disqualify votes.
I think Matt Schultz needs to get a life.
The reason Oregon and Washington use signature verification is because all ballots are mailed in. Iowa’s early voting using absentee ballots is mostly in-person voting. Just like on Election Day. In person voting fraud is virtually non-existent.
Schultz’s on-going efforts to find the massive fraud he just knows is out there is a massive waste of tax-payer money and public employee time. I thought Republicans were opposed to that sort of nonsense