[Blindtlk] Signing Your Name.

Mon Apr 18 13:00:34 UTC 2011

The attorney said that signing RJ only wasn't acceptable! RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hyde, David W. (ESC)" <david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us>
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Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Signing Your Name.


> I've never had a document returned, nor have I had a signature questioned. 
> Yes, one should be able to sign one's name, but it not a requirement that 
> it be readily legible. What is important, is that it be consistant. If it 
> is signed the same way, however illegibly, it is your signature.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Darian Smith
> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 4:35 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Signing Your Name.
>
> 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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