Dead Voters May Sway Election

[125gJoe]

Who'd a thought of this??


"Summary: Dead Voters May Sway Election

Sun Oct 31, 1:53 PM ET Elections - AP


By The Associated Press

GHOST VOTERS: An untold number of absentee and early ballots cast before Election Day by people who later die will be counted. States differ on whether they count such votes and what they do to weed them out.



GETTING WORSE: New in-person early voting used by millions in at least 30 states makes it harder to retrieve ballots after a voter's death.


SO WHAT? An average of 455 voting-age people die in Florida every day — nearly as many as the 537 who decided the presidential election in Florida in 2000.


RATTLING CHAINS: Thousands of lawyers from both parties could find the phenomenon of dead voters more than just an Election Day curiosity and challenge the ballots. " :D



..actual link:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041031/ap_on_el_ge/dead_voters_summary_box&e=4

[Lauren]

we need to have a way to link up the death certificates with the registered voters, it won't cost THAT much money and the long run benifits are great.

[FL Knifemaker]

There was a few that I thought might expire in the voting line yesterday!!! :eek: :rolleyes:

My feeling on this is that if you live long enough to fill out the absentee ballot then your vote should count. I mean no one really knows when they are going to go :) I'm doing my best to be objective here. My chances are very good that just such a person will KILL me on my motorcycle!! :mad: :mad2

[125gJoe]

Yesterday there was no line at all over here in central Florida. But the early voting sites all had huge lines several days ago.. There was one rude lady holding a sign outside asking people if they need help with the "issues"...

[adblair]

I agree, dead or alive at the time of the actual counting, if you were alive when you voted, count 'em up. There is not a "substantial" difference in time allowed by early voting, and death strikes democrats and republicans without favoritism. This is just one more ridiculous thing for people to argue about. :rolleyes:

[greeneyedlady]

Well this is a dead issue since Kerry just conceded the election to GW, so it is 4 more years of Texas in the White House ;)

[adblair]

Well this is a dead issue....

ba-dum-pa!
;)
I can't believe no one commented on that....