Cast my vote the other day by absentee ballot. There are several important issues I want to vote on. Reeled in a letter from my voter's office. They tell me my vote won't be allowed because my signature doesn't match what they have on file. I have been voting by absentee ballot for a decade, at least.
So, I had to check their boxes, return their request, sign my name again, and I wrote on the side margin that I have multiple sclerosis, my fingers are not working normally, my signature varies from year to year, day to day, hour to hour.
This used to worry me when cashiers used to actually care to check my credit card signature, but no one ever said a word---it rarely looked a thing like my driver's license signature. I first noticed my signature was changing about eight years before my MS diagnosis. Funny, all my life my signature had looked exactly like my mother's! Strange, huh?
Do you think this might be an issue due to how I voted? Raising car tabs to cover bus service is a hot issue around here...should I start using an X? But then I will need two "witnesses." Grrr
Today, MS: 1 Diane: 0
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Stealth MS Symptom Can Prevent Voting
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Cast my vote the other day by absentee ballot. There are several important issues I want to vote on. Reeled in a letter from my voter's office. They tell me my vote won't be allowed because my signature doesn't match what they have on file. I have been voting by absentee ballot for a decade, at least.
So, I had to check their boxes, return their request, sign my name again, and I wrote on the side margin that I have multiple sclerosis, my fingers are not working normally, my signature varies from year to year, day to day, hour to hour.
This used to worry me when cashiers used to actually care to check my credit card signature, but no one ever said a word---it rarely looked a thing like my driver's license signature. I first noticed my signature was changing about eight years before my MS diagnosis. Funny, all my life my signature had looked exactly like my mother's! Strange, huh?
Do you think this might be an issue due to how I voted? Raising car tabs to cover bus service is a hot issue around here...should I start using an X? But then I will need two "witnesses." Grrr
Today, MS: 1 Diane: 0
Cast my vote the other day by absentee ballot. There are several important issues I want to vote on. Reeled in a letter from my voter's office. They tell me my vote won't be allowed because my signature doesn't match what they have on file. I have been voting by absentee ballot for a decade, at least.
So, I had to check their boxes, return their request, sign my name again, and I wrote on the side margin that I have multiple sclerosis, my fingers are not working normally, my signature varies from year to year, day to day, hour to hour.
This used to worry me when cashiers used to actually care to check my credit card signature, but no one ever said a word---it rarely looked a thing like my driver's license signature. I first noticed my signature was changing about eight years before my MS diagnosis. Funny, all my life my signature had looked exactly like my mother's! Strange, huh?
Do you think this might be an issue due to how I voted? Raising car tabs to cover bus service is a hot issue around here...should I start using an X? But then I will need two "witnesses." Grrr
Today, MS: 1 Diane: 0
Cast my vote the other day by absentee ballot. There are several important issues I want to vote on. Reeled in a letter from my voter's office. They tell me my vote won't be allowed because my signature doesn't match what they have on file. I have been voting by absentee ballot for a decade, at least.
So, I had to check their boxes, return their request, sign my name again, and I wrote on the side margin that I have multiple sclerosis, my fingers are not working normally, my signature varies from year to year, day to day, hour to hour.
This used to worry me when cashiers used to actually care to check my credit card signature, but no one ever said a word---it rarely looked a thing like my driver's license signature. I first noticed my signature was changing about eight years before my MS diagnosis. Funny, all my life my signature had looked exactly like my mother's! Strange, huh?
Do you think this might be an issue due to how I voted? Raising car tabs to cover bus service is a hot issue around here...should I start using an X? But then I will need two "witnesses." Grrr
Today, MS: 1 Diane: 0
Cast my vote the other day by absentee ballot. There are several important issues I want to vote on. Reeled in a letter from my voter's office. They tell me my vote won't be allowed because my signature doesn't match what they have on file. I have been voting by absentee ballot for a decade, at least.
So, I had to check their boxes, return their request, sign my name again, and I wrote on the side margin that I have multiple sclerosis, my fingers are not working normally, my signature varies from year to year, day to day, hour to hour.
This used to worry me when cashiers used to actually care to check my credit card signature, but no one ever said a word---it rarely looked a thing like my driver's license signature. I first noticed my signature was changing about eight years before my MS diagnosis. Funny, all my life my signature had looked exactly like my mother's! Strange, huh?
Do you think this might be an issue due to how I voted? Raising car tabs to cover bus service is a hot issue around here...should I start using an X? But then I will need two "witnesses." Grrr
Today, MS: 1 Diane: 0
Cast my vote the other day by absentee ballot. There are several important issues I want to vote on. Reeled in a letter from my voter's office. They tell me my vote won't be allowed because my signature doesn't match what they have on file. I have been voting by absentee ballot for a decade, at least.
So, I had to check their boxes, return their request, sign my name again, and I wrote on the side margin that I have multiple sclerosis, my fingers are not working normally, my signature varies from year to year, day to day, hour to hour.
This used to worry me when cashiers used to actually care to check my credit card signature, but no one ever said a word---it rarely looked a thing like my driver's license signature. I first noticed my signature was changing about eight years before my MS diagnosis. Funny, all my life my signature had looked exactly like my mother's! Strange, huh?
Do you think this might be an issue due to how I voted? Raising car tabs to cover bus service is a hot issue around here...should I start using an X? But then I will need two "witnesses." Grrr
Today, MS: 1 Diane: 0
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