October 30, 2006
Democrats Dig Deep to Mobilize Voter Base
Approximately six feet deep. Democrats always manage to turn out the vote in this base given up for dead.
A new statewide database of registered voters contains as many as 77,000 dead people on its rolls, and as many as 2,600 of them have cast votes from the grave....Posted by Woody M. at October 30, 2006 10:20 PM | TrackBack
You seemed to conveniently overlook this quote from the article.
"Typically, records of votes by the dead are the result of bookkeeping errors and do not mean any extra ballots were actually cast."
But wait, there's more!
"In most cases, instances of dead voters can be attributed to database mismatches and clerical errors. For instance, the Social Security Administration admits there are people in its master death index who are not dead.
They include Wappingers Falls resident Hilde Stafford, an 85-year-old native of Germany. The master index lists her date of death as June 15, 1997.
"I'm still alive," she said. "I still vote."
Sounds to me like this is much ado about nothing.
Posted by e. nonee moose at October 31, 2006 01:42 PM
I think e. nonee has a point: we really shouldn't worry about a few dead voters when the much greater danger is from the hordes of zombies who will be voting this November.
Posted by civil truth at October 31, 2006 02:03 PM
Hey, let as many dead people vote as you want, in Ohio at least. Here our clever, covert, double secret Republican operatives have rigged the election any way. I'm voting (primarily Republican) just to assure that a few real votes are cast. :-)
Posted by DADvocate at October 31, 2006 03:31 PM
Moose, you live in Alabama. You should have heard enough stories from that state about vote counters running down to the cemeteries to enlist aid from the dead. I certainly have. And, it's not like this is the only study on this issue.
If there are only 2,600 dead voters going to the polls, then that should still be a concern, as that is enough to swing an election--especially since 4/5 of them are in Democratic districts.
P.S. This entry is tagged "humor" and "elections."
Posted by Woody at October 31, 2006 05:08 PM
P.S. This entry is tagged "humor" and "elections."
I don't see any "tags" or "categories" listed in the post. I just checked twice to make sure. Had I seen something that said "humor" on it then I probably would have just ignored it and moved on.
Posted by e. nonee moose at November 2, 2006 08:01 AM
Moose, that is an excellent point, I'll have to look into how to get the tags on the post... but you still shouldn't "move on" you should read everything we post. :-)
Posted by GM at November 2, 2006 09:45 AM
Despite my suspicions being aroused by such knowledge, it is true that moose has a point. No blood, no foul.
Posted by Assistant Village Idiot at November 3, 2006 07:29 AM
