A workers prepares absentee ballots for mailing at the Wake County Board of Elections in Raleigh, N.C., on September 3, 2020./Credit:	Gerry Broome/AP

A workers prepares absentee ballots for mailing at the Wake County Board of Elections in Raleigh, N.C., on September 3, 2020./Credit: Gerry Broome/AP

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Mismatched signatures prompt tossed absentee ballots and legal fights ahead of November election

Remember hanging chads, Florida's 2000 election nightmare? The 2020 equivalent could wind up being mismatched signatures.