Peter, I appreciate where you're coming from. I personally hate signing, but do you think not signing anything could lead us to be even more vulnerable to fraud in some way? I don't know but am asking the question. -- Carol carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Beasley" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 3:17 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: COUNCIL POLICY TO WAIVE SIGNATURE WHEN VOTING BY POST >I can sign my name, although I am sure that my signiture is different each > time I sign. I have therefore opted therefore for the waver. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Access UK Mailing List" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:23 PM > Subject: [access-uk] COUNCIL POLICY TO WAIVE SIGNATURE WHEN VOTING BY POST > > > 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 > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq