That's really weird. In my state, the only signature that matters is the voter's, and the voter can track their ballot though every stage of the vote counting process. I forget what it looks like exactly, but I think there's an option for someone to sign if they're helping the person fill it out.

I personally drop mine off at the ballot box because I feel like it's safer (and I don't want to pay for a stamp).

Requiring a notary to sign would probably be considered illegal voter suppression and potentially considered a "poll tax" (because you'd essentially need a bank account to get access to a notary).

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Guessing they would state that if you had no access to a notary, voting in person is still allowed (with a valid state issued photo id)

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Then the counter is that some people can't reasonably get to a polling station, either due to work schedules, disability, etc, except at significant cost.