I’m sharing our experience and alerting people to a new option offered in Pima County. During the primary election, I mailed my ballot, while my husband took his to a voting center. He was offered the option of just dropping it into the box, or showing his driver’s license to the poll worker, verifying his signature right then and saving them a time-consuming step later on. He did so, the worker marked his unopened ballot envelope, and it went into the box. Both our ballots counted just fine, and elections officials said later that they were thrilled with how smoothly on-site signature verification went and how much it sped up the counting.
I’m fine with presenting an ID when I vote, and encourage everyone to do this, if you can. Arizona elections are safe and secure, but we voters can do our part to make them even more safe and secure. Democracy benefits everyone.
Gail Gibbs
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