To hear some People tell it, including a Handful of Prominent Republicans, such as Members of Trump's Family and Supporters like Former House Speaker, Newt Gingrich, and Former Acting Director of National Intelligence, Richard Grenell, you might think that Democrats were using Dead People to Steal Michigan's Electoral College Votes from Trump.
But, like much of the Misinformation Circulated Online this week by some Trump Supporters, the Claim falls Apart under Scrutiny. An Analysis of the Claim did Not Find a Single Instance of that Happening.
One of the Supposed pieces of Evidence, was a List that Circulated on Twitter Thursday Evening, allegedly Containing Names, Birth Eates, and Zip Codes for Registered Voters in Michigan. The Origin of the List and the Identity of the Person who made it Public are Not Known.
The List was Examined 50: of the more than 14,000 Names on the List by taking the First 25 Names on the List and then 25 More Picked at Random. That list was run through Michigan's Voter Information Database to see if they Requested or Returned a Ballot. Then the names were Checked against Publicly Available Records to see if they were indeed Dead.
- 37 were indeed Ddead and had nNt Voted.
- Five People had Voted and they are all Still Alive.
- The Remaining Eight are also Alive but Didn't Vote.
The Sample Reviewed is not Representative, but the Trend was Clear, not a Single One of the Names Examined was of a Dead Person Voting.
The Version of the List Found has Since been Removed from the Site Hosting it.
From a Video, a Typical Clip showed a Person entering a Name, Birth Date, and Zip Code, into Michigan's State-Run Voter Lookup Website. The Video showed a Voter who, despite being over 110 years old, had Supposedly Requested and Successfully Returned a Ballot. The Voter was William Bradley who was born in March 1902. Turns out 118-year-old 'William Bradley' voted via Absentee Ballot in Wayne County, Michigan.
But a Search of Public Records Revealed a Man named William Bradley was Born in March 1902 and Died in I984 in Michigan's Wayne County. But also Public Records also show that his Son, also named William Bradley and Living at the Same Address, is very much Alive, and the Voter.
Lawrence Garcia, the Principal Attorney for the City of Detroit, confirmed "a man with a nearly identical name [to the deceased Bradley] requested a ballot and voted properly in both the primary and general elections." "When his ballot was initially logged, however, it was incorrectly attributed to the William Bradley born 118 years ago through a clerical error," Garcia added.
The Younger Bradley told PolitFact that he Reached Out to the City after the Video was Oosted but was told Not to Worry since Officials Check for a Matching Signature and Date of Birth.
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