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Why are young voters' ballots being rejected?

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    Startling discovery made in California before Election Day

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-- complain about it early today because he's leaving the country for ten months.

And recently -- and I mean if you if you care about the country like this is the one thing you can do as a person but as it turns out young voters like him.

Are nearly four times more likely to have their ballots thrown out because apparently just.

In the chair but does concern or is I think that the -- -- is important Contra Costa county elections chief Steve -- that.

He noticed that icann rejected signatures and 2005.

Reviews -- population.

We ran a study it wasn't -- older population it was twenty to 39 -- It represented 15%.

Of our voters and 50% of our signature rejection.

When you -- by mail your signature is matched against your voter registration card if you registered online it needs to matching DMV signature.

Signatures that cannot be validated by computer I then checked manually so how do you sign your name on the back of the envelope in the box.

Is key they don't have to match perfectly but we've got to be able to say yes that's the same person.

One theory is that young people used to passwords -- security measures may not pay close attention when signing their name.

But every vote should matter especially in a close race.

That could mean that elections being lost because of that and it breaks my heart to see the younger people that you're you're getting typically engage.

You can't count their ballot in Martinez Caroline KTV channel two news.

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