Of course, we all know that just because there is a law doesn't mean that it's actually obeyed. I found no evidence to back up that claim, however, there is evidence for the claim that only 0.6% of mail-in ballots were rejected based on incorrect or missing signatures, which is certainly a bit strange, because the primary in the same year had a rejection rate of 1.5%, with less than half as many ballots cast.
So at the very least, this should cast some doubt on how thorough this signature verification was performed during the election.
As for the petition having a much higher rate, that's certainly to be expected, since anyone can go on the website and "sign", California voter or not. Very possible that some leftist groups told people to submit fake signatures to fool the organizers into thinking that they've met their quota, so this alone is not proof that there is fuckery afoot.
What we'd really need is some evidence that completely fake signatures made it through the election check, while almost identical signatures were rejected for the petition.
I'm trying to verify this claim and I found multiple fact checks claiming that this is false:
HOWEVER, all of these fact checks base their ruling on a single source, a tweet made by Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber’s office, stating that election officials are required by law to verify signatures on mail-in ballots.
Of course, we all know that just because there is a law doesn't mean that it's actually obeyed. I found no evidence to back up that claim, however, there is evidence for the claim that only 0.6% of mail-in ballots were rejected based on incorrect or missing signatures, which is certainly a bit strange, because the primary in the same year had a rejection rate of 1.5%, with less than half as many ballots cast.
So at the very least, this should cast some doubt on how thorough this signature verification was performed during the election.
As for the petition having a much higher rate, that's certainly to be expected, since anyone can go on the website and "sign", California voter or not. Very possible that some leftist groups told people to submit fake signatures to fool the organizers into thinking that they've met their quota, so this alone is not proof that there is fuckery afoot.
What we'd really need is some evidence that completely fake signatures made it through the election check, while almost identical signatures were rejected for the petition.