[access-uk] Re: COUNCIL POLICY TO WAIVE SIGNATURE WHEN VOTING BY POST
- From: "Emma Wright" <emmajane9@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:32:09 +0000
I have a friend who has no arms due to the thalidomide drug and he
signs his name with a pen held between his toes. He can even use chip
and pin using his toes. It did make me laugh though when he went to
reading festival one year as there was nowhere to put his wrist band
and it was too small to go around his ankle! The woman didn't know
what to do, or say, to him.
On 14/02/07, Graham Page <gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am not so worried about postal voting though the chance for froard of
> course is highly possible if signatures are not used. I am not happy about
> using cards and signatures in shops as we are vulnerable then.
>
> I do not know of a better solution however than chip and pin. could finger
> print technology be used? what do people with no hands do about buying
> things in shops with cards? even if they have a carer with them what
> happens?
> what do they do to prove the card being used is theirs? I am sure anyone
> on this or other lists unable to use their hands will have thought about
> this one. Obviously, the massive majority of people have one hand they can
> control enough to put in a fingerprint reader but not everyone.
>
> Regards
>
> Graham
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 3:26 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: COUNCIL POLICY TO WAIVE SIGNATURE WHEN VOTING BY
> POST
>
>
> 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
> > School of Sociology and Social Policy
> > University of Nottingham
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University of Nottingham
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