[access-uk] Re: COUNCIL POLICY TO WAIVE SIGNATURE WHEN VOTING BY POST

  • From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:26:07 -0000

Hi Emma,

I think my basic question is, "Does this in fact make us more vulnerable?"

--
Carol
carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Emma Wright" <emmajane9@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:41 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: COUNCIL POLICY TO WAIVE SIGNATURE WHEN VOTING BY 
POST


>I agree with that, I Have to sign my back card so why not a form for
> the council? However, I do worry as I know my signature varies a lot
> and its never been queried, even though I can't use chip and pin.  I
> guess they see the white stick and realise I might have trouble - I
> just hope that if my card gets stolen it isn't by someone else who
> looks similarly vulnerable!
>
> Emma
>
> On 14/02/07, Carol Pearson <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We've recently completed forms, together with our signatures, as our 
>> Council
>> wished to introduce new regulations regarding postal voting.  They state
>> that they wished to know if our signature differed each time and that, if
>> so, an exemption from signing may be in order.
>>
>> After somewhat of an uphill route (with all the running on our part), we
>> have established that they have looked at our signatures and decided to 
>> send
>> us Waiver Forms.
>>
>> I am really just seeking views of others on list as to whether you feel 
>> it's
>> best to have your own signature (which friends are sure cannot be
>> reproduced) or to have such a "waiver" so that no signature is required.
>>
>> I rather feel, after all, that if banks accept our signatures and don't 
>> make
>> a fuss, the Council should do likewise.
>>
>> Any comments are welcome - on or off list.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> Carol
>> carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
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> Emma Jane Wright
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> University of Nottingham
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