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Dead people will vote in every election that allows absentee ballots, because people die after they mail their ballot but before election day. Atomicity. It's a bitch.

Every state has an electronic pollbook that tracks voter eligibility. Votes for dead people will arrive, but they should not as a rule be counted.

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There are definitely a few dead people who register to vote after dying, and successfully vote, in every election too.

How many on average?

Not many, surely. Perhaps even single digits.

Then you can definitely name one.

The funniest one I’ve heard so far is Joe Frazier. The birthday apparently matches, but this may have to wait to be confirmed in court: https://www.bigtrial.net/2020/11/smokin-joe-frazier-among-22...

Never heard of this source - I hope it’s okay in this time of misinformation to ask for a recognizable source?

Edit: I mean I am okay with leaving it as “somebody on the internet says”, but wondered if the evidence was more clear than that.

Not much else for that one online, Giuliani cited it and it’s funny. The other one he cited was a woman who registered to vote the day after she died:

https://www.swgfuneralhome.com/obituary/Denise-Ondick

https://twitter.com/clewandowski_/status/1325256319176224770...

The tweet has a screenshot, and unless they’ve already corrected it, you can probably find it on the PA website yourself.

Okay, so your source is Giuliani. Well that is an answer, I guess. Sorry I was looking for a news source and not a political one. This is not nearly as credible - until evidence reaches a courtroom - as “somebody on the internet”.

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