Supporters of GMO labeling contend 4,600 ballots were unfairly invalidated.
Supporters of GMO labeling contend 4,600 ballots were unfairly invalidated.
The lawsuit against Brown and Tim Scott, the Multnomah County elections director, was brought by eight people who say they followed all the instructions, but their signatures do not match those on file with county elections offices because of disabilities or mental conditions. Under Oregon’s mail ballot system, signatures on the backs of return envelopes are compared with file signatures before the ballots are processed.
Christine Seals, one of the plaintiffs, says in a statement that she has been using a stamp as her legal signature — and it was only after this election that officials said there was a problem.
Read more at the Portland Tribune.
