"Because that’s what would count and would prove that “fraud” definitively: signatures on the envelopes submitted by voters who did mail-in votes needed to be inspected to see if those signatures matched those voters’ actual signatures on file with the state or not. "

In my opinion comparing the signatures on the envelopes to those on the current driver's license on file is an inefficient, inexact and unnecessary process. Most driver's licenses are good for 5 or more years. In that length of time a person's signature can change significantly due to illness, injury or age. Special training is required to accurately compare signatures and the comparison is a time consuming subjective process that has yet to be automated. The Help America Vote Act passed by Congress in 2002 allows a valid driver's number as adequate identification for an application for voter registration for an election for federal office. If the individual has no license the last 4 digits of the applicant's social security number is adequate. If the preceding are adequate for voter registration they should be adequate for mail-in ballot voting identification. The requirement to sign the ballot envelope should continue to allow prosecution of forgery and/or voting fraud where applicable.