What ’curing’ a vote-by-mail ballot means and how to check if yours needs to be done

More than 2 million Floridians voted by mail in the election Tuesday, and if you’re one of the voters whose ballot needed to be fixed, you have until the end of today to do it. It’s called curing your ballot.Florida requires everyone who votes by mail to sign the envelope the ballot used to return it to the county elections office. That signature is matched to whatever signature the office has on file as a form of verifying the authenticity of the voter.Signatures change over time as voters age. They may have health issues that can change signatures too. Plus, there is the issue of cursive vs. printing, especially with younger voters, election officials say. These things are taken into account when looking at a signature.If the signature is missing or does not match the one on record, the elections office mails the voter a cure affidavit and also contacts them using whatever information is on file, including a phone call or an email.Voters can also get vote-by-mail updates through thei