The Dead Vote in Michigan

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The dead may not be dropped from the voter rolls. List hygiene is a problem not just with governments: a professional association still sends its journal to the former owner of my house, dead more than a dozen years. I tried letting them know once, but now just recycle the journal. On the other hand, the District of Columbia, never really a byword for efficiency, hasn't sent election information to the late owner at this address.

> a professional association still sends its journal to the former owner of my house, dead more than a dozen years

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM death_certificates WHERE ssn = 'the_dead_persons_ssn';

if count is greater than 0, strip from list...?

I could be wrong, but I don't think that a professional association / publication would have access to social security numbers.

Great fun to hack such a db and everyone off.

And in North Dakota, dead people get elected to office [1].

[1] https://www.valleynewslive.com/2020/11/04/deceased-candidate...

This blog post is absolute rubbish. Wild speculation based on a misunderstanding of how voter registrations work.

There's also the important topic of counties and states having more than 100% registration of eligible voters.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/new-jw-study-vo...

Uhh, what the hell...? Why does there exists a website that lets you see personal information like this?

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