Gandalf
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L.A. Claims 27% Error Rate in Recall Signatures; < 1% Error Rate in Mail-in Ballots in 2020
Los Angeles County reported Monday that over 27% of the signatures submitted on petitions to recall District Attorney George Gascón were invalid — after reporting that less than 1% of mail-in ballots were invalid in the 2020 election.
The county reported that it rejected 195,783 of the 715,833 signatures submitted, roughly 27.3%. The reasons given included that some voters were found to be unregistered; incorrect addresses were given; or signatures did not match those on file.
However, in January 2021, the county reported that less than 1% of the 3,422,585 vote-by-mail ballots submitted were rejected. The test for the validity of ballots is similar to that of petitions, involving checking signatures and addresses.
L.A. Claims 27% Error Rate in Recall Signatures; < 1% Error Rate in Mail-in Ballots in 2020
People signing petitions outside of PetSmart are probably not going to be anywhere near as eligible as those actually placing a vote. I don't see how this is surprising
Much as I would like to make something of this, the petmart/bus station signatures tend to have a lot of errors. The mail in ballots would not be likely to have many errors. Because all they have to do is mail them in with the signature. Envelope signatures are not generally checked unless in an audit (though useless by then). The main way people are invalidated in a signature drive is having the wrong address or being out of district, etc. That doesnt happen on a ballot beceause its pre-printed. Problem is that while there are not many errors - its still quite easy to commit FRAUD with mail in ballots.