Signature checking is WA's safeguard against election fraud

Even with best practices in place, no matter how easy and accessible you make voting, “I think we need to be careful thinking that we are going to get to 100%,” said Snohomish County Auditor Garth Fell. There are always going to be some ballots rejected, and at least in some cases rightfully so, he said.

Reviewing signatures is subject to human error, said Hamilton, the election lawyer. 

“They can train them all day long, they can send them to school for a year, and they’re still going to make a mistake,” he said. “And they’re going to make a lot of mistakes.”
 

Fraud is exceedingly rare

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