Forward Kentucky: If you mess up your absentee ballot, here’s the “cure process”
Berry Craig
There have been a number of questions about absentee ballots, especially about what happens if you make a mistake. So, we contacted the Board of Elections, and they laid it out for us. And, as the old saying goes, there’s good news and there’s bad news.
If there’s a problem with your signature
Under Kentucky law, if you vote absentee, your signature on the absentee ballot envelope has to match another copy of your signature (your “signature of record”) available to the election officials in your county.