[EL] validating signatures in Indiana presidential primaries

[Richard Winger]

This Indiana example is not relevant to Doe v Reed.  Indiana is a state in which primary petitions are not checked by the government.  Election administrators simply count the signatures, without actually seeing if the petitions are signed by registered voters.  So, in Indiana, there are provisions for individuals to challenge petitions.

But in Washington state, election officials check the validity of signatures on petitions.

Richard Winger

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--- On Wed, 10/19/11, Bev Harris <bev at blackboxvoting.org> wrote:

From: Bev Harris <bev at blackboxvoting.org>
Subject: Re: [EL] Secret signatures and secret ballots
To: "law-election at uci.edu" <law-election at uci.edu>
Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 7:13 AM

Woops left off the source of that story. The point I made regarding public right
to authenticate the accounting is illustrated by this story, though we can't
assess the accuracy of the story without seeing the underlying evidence upon
which he bases his conclusions.

College Student Credited With Uncovering Possible Election Fraud in Indiana's
2008 Primary
 By Eric Shawn
 Published October 18, 2011 | FoxNews.com

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