[Blindtlk] Signing Your Name.

Sun Apr 17 21:34:49 UTC 2011

to my understanding, signatures are not generally things people can
read. I remember seeing sighted people sign things, and you can't
really tell what they are writing.  So withoutmore information, I
can't say who's "right" or "wrong" here

On 4/17/11, Mary Mc Gee <mmcatitude at gmail.com> wrote:
> The weird thing about this signature is that I know the importance of
> signatures.  On the other hand, my writing is illegible, so much so that
> people have asked me to type social letters, yet the IRS accepts my
> signature.  And I've asked other people I know, who have handwriting that's
> just as bad as mine, whether they've every had the IRS make an issue of it
> and they've said no.  So, it's a very strange situation.
> Mary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Steven Johnson
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 5:03 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Signing Your Name.
>
> Ron, the great thing about our signatures not being legible is that they
> cannot be duplicated!  At least this is what I say every time I sign
> something.
>
> Steve
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Ron Poire
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 3:47 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Signing Your Name.
>
> Hi all,
>
> I couldn't imagine living in today's world, without knowing how to sign my
> name. As bline people, we live in a sighted world, which means we must
> figure out how to deal with situations as they arise. As a result of living
> alone for the first thirty years of my adult life,I've signed hundreds of
> checks to make them legal, and everything else that goes with buying and
> selling property, and all the other necessary things like insurance and
> medical stuff. Don't forget the credit applications as well. I wish my hand
> writing was more legible, as that would make me free to jot a short note for
>
> someone like my wife, or a customer or faculty member whenever I work in a
> school situation.  I think that covers everything.
>
> Ron
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary Mc Gee" <mmcatitude at gmail.com>
> To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 11:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Signing Your Name.
>
>
>> Dear Fellow Federationists;
>>
>>            I need some original thinking here, I believe.  It's tax time
>> and, as you know, when you're married, sometimes you choose to file a
>> joint
>> return, which both you and your spouse must sign.  I have no problem doing
>> this; I'm the one who prepares the thing with the Schedules, etc.  My
>> husband, who is totally blind, can't sign his name legibly.  (It's
>> debatable
>> whether my signature is legible.)  Anyway, last year the IRS sent the
>> return
>> back saying the "spouse's signature is not authentic".  The IRS accepted
>> mine but not his.  He refuses to use one of those signature guides or
>> anything else like that.  He writes at an angle and the letters overlap.
>> He
>> says he shouldn't have to know how to sign his name.  I disagree.  Every
>> year at tax time we argue about this because he feels, being blind, he
>> shouldn't be expected to know how to make a legible signature.  I argue
>> that, since the majority of people working for the government are sighted
>> and the signature is your verification, you need to sign government
>> documents.
>>
>>            I guess my question is two-fold:
>>
>> 1.  Does anyone have any suggestions with respect to convincing him that
>> he
>> needs to make a signature?
>>
>> 2.  Has anyone else had a document returned, when a blind person signed it
>> and the government refused to accept the signature?
>>
>>            Last near, I took the think to Sen. Harkin's office and
>> explained the problem.  I signed release, they took over and sent the
>> return
>> to the IRS, and I never heard another word till our refund check came.
>>
>>            Thanks for your input.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Mary L. McGee
>>
>>
>>
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