Mich. Admin. Code R. 168.24 - Explanations for differences in signatures
Rule 4.
(1)
Elections officials shall consider the following as possible explanations for
the discrepancies in signatures:
(a) Evidence
of trembling or shaking in a signature could be health-related or the result of
aging.
(b) The voter may have used
a diminutive of their full legal name, including, but not limited to, the use
of initials, or the rearrangement of components of their full legal name, such
as a reversal of first and last names, use of a middle name in place of a first
name, or omitting a second last name.
(c) The voter's signature style may have
changed slightly over time.
(d) The
signature may have been written in haste.
(e) The surface of the location where the
signature was made may have been rough, soft, uneven, or unstable.
(2) In addition to the
characteristics listed in
R 168.23(2)(f) and
(g), the elections official may also consider
factors applicable to a particular voter, such as the age of the voter, the age
of the signature or signatures contained in the voter's record, the possibility
that the voter is disabled, the voter's primary language, and the quality of
any digitized signature or signatures contained in the voter's record, and any
other plausible reason given by the voter that satisfies the clerk when
following up on a questionable signature.
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