Before the November General Election, States Must Clean their Voter Rolls.
The latest Reminder comes from Montana, which found 493 Voters that has died, but none of them Voted.
The GOP took Alarmed Notice recently when an Audit of Voter Registration Lists found dead People still on the Voter Rolls. But, on Closer Inspection, Investigators for the Republican-Majority Legislature found No Sign that any of them have Voted from the Grave, a Practice the Trump Falsely asserts is rampant and could undermine his shot at a Second Term.
The Myth of Party Operatives using Names and Birthdates on Headstones to prop up their Election Day Vote Totals is part of American Lore, and may have been Easier in Decades before Registration Lists got Digitized and Federal Law required they be kept Up-to-Date. But in recent years, while a Tiny Fraction of the Deceased get Overlooked during such Cleanup Efforts, Evidence their Identities have been Claimed by Live Voters has been Non-Existent.
After it became Clear the Russian Government interfered with the 2016 Presidential Election, Congress Approved a Set of Grants to States to Bolster their Safeguards against Hacking. Montana spent $2 Million to Update its Voter Registration System, and the Recent Audit was Commissioned to see if the Changes Worked.
Comparing the Rolls against State Death Records, Investigators found the 493 People in both Databases, One out of every 1,400 Registered Voters.
But after Looking at 4.6 Million Ballots Cast in various Elections since 2010, the Auditors found just Two instances where it Appeared a Ballot had been Accepted after a Voter's Death. In One Case, the Namesake Son had Turned-In his Late Father's Absentee Ballot instead of his Own. The other was a Clerical Error at a County Courthouse.
This is why States should Send Absentee Ballot Requests to All their Registered Voters. Then use the Undeliverable Requests to Clean their Roles before an Election. This does Not Apply to All-Mail Voting States. For those States, the Undeliverable Ballots should be used to Clean their Voter Rolls.
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