Three states require the absentee/mail ballot envelope to be notarized:Īrkansas requires a copy of the voter’s ID to be returned with the absentee/mail ballot. Alabama (two witnesses or a notary), Alaska (witness or notary), Louisiana, Minnesota (witness or notary), North Carolina (two witnesses or a notary), Rhode Island (two witnesses or a notary), South Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin.These states may conduct signature verification as well: Nine states require the signature of a witness in addition to the voter’s signature. Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Wyoming.Nine states, the Virgin Islands and Washington, D.C., verify that an absentee/mail ballot envelope has been signed but do not conduct signature verification:
Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington and West Virginia.Twenty-seven states conduct signature verification on returned absentee/mail ballots: Some states have other methods for verifying absentee/mail ballots, such as requiring voters to provide a copy of an identification document or to have the absentee/mail ballot witnessed or notarized. See Table 15: States with Signature Cure Processes for more details. The election official will contact the voter explaining the problem and asking them to verify their information and that that they did in fact cast the ballot. If a ballot is missing a signature or the signature does not match the one on file, some states offer voters the opportunity to “cure” their ballots. When the ballot is returned to the election office, election officials have a process for examining each and every signature and comparing it to other documents in their files that contain the voter signature-usually the voter registration record. When voters return an absentee/mail ballot, they must sign an affidavit on the ballot envelope. The most common method to verify that absentee/mail ballots come from the intended voter is to conduct signature verification.
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