Thousands of dead happily voting in NJ
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 10:33 pm
Turns out 4,755 dead people voted in New Jersey's last election. The state registrar of vital statistics is required to provide counties with an annual list of all people over age 18 who have died, so the counties can remove those names from voter registration lists.
State officials say the annual lists of deaths from 1985 to 2003 are available, but last year's list remains incomplete and unverified. Deputy Attorney General Melissa Racsa said Joseph Komosinski, the registrar since 2003, "was unaware that this was one of his obligations."
Who knew, the dead shouldn't vote, and election officials aren't responsible to scrub the dead from voter lists.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/200 ... htm?csp=34
State officials say the annual lists of deaths from 1985 to 2003 are available, but last year's list remains incomplete and unverified. Deputy Attorney General Melissa Racsa said Joseph Komosinski, the registrar since 2003, "was unaware that this was one of his obligations."
Who knew, the dead shouldn't vote, and election officials aren't responsible to scrub the dead from voter lists.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/200 ... htm?csp=34