>In the mid-19th century an illiterate person signed their name by printing an "X" and having it witnessed.  I suppose we will be back to that soon and will again find >that a personal signature IS needed to uniquely verify someone's agreement to the terms of a loan, a contract, a passport, a check, and so on.  For many, many >years if someone could not sign their name they were considered illiterate and/or very poor (the 2 often went together in those days).  Relying on electronic means >to "sign" your name on financial and legal documents can lead to difficulties.  If I am in the grocery store and the store does not take credit cards (some are starting >to NOT accept credit cards due to cost and exposure issues), I am not going to try to find an electronic method to print out a check.  I am going to write the check >there and sign it - my signature serving as approval to withdraw those funds from my account. 

>Ginny Jones

And you would sign it Mickey Mouse?  The banks do not check signatures.

Charlie

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CEO eOrganizedWorld
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