If someone votes early, and later dies, and someone makes an a claim that "dead" people

[still_one]

have been found voting because of that, that is NOT fraud

"Seventeen states prohibit counting ballots cast by someone who subsequently dies before the election, but 10 states specifically allow it. The law is silent in the rest of the country, according to research by the National Conference of State Legislatures."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/some-states-count-ballots-if-voter-dies-election-day-n1243975

[Rorey]

1. Exactly

And the same holds true for the claim that "dead people are sent ballots". Names don't fall off the rolls immediately, but the losers are grasping at straws.

[still_one]

2. I think a good number of right wingers are pushing this misrepresentation

[frazzled]

3. Presumably, Alex Trebek cast a vote weeks ago

before he died.

[zipplewrath]

4. You can't vote if you're dead

Dead people can't fill out a ballot, so if you are filling out a ballot, you're not dead. We're all gonna die. But once you fill out a ballot, it will be counted. You can die on the drive back home, that ballot will still be counted.

[still_one]

5. It depends on the state

"Seventeen states prohibit counting ballots cast by someone who subsequently dies before the election, but 10 states specifically allow it. The law is silent in the rest of the country, according to research by the National Conference of State Legislatures."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/some-states-count-ballots-if-voter-dies-election-day-n1243975

[zipplewrath]

6. That's absurd

For one thing, how do they know? Do they do some sort of check prior to counting the ballots? There are cases where the SS administration didn't know for months after someone died and they kept sending out checks.

[still_one]

7. I would not put it past republicans to actually check that.

Here is an example where someone's vote was thrown out because of that:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/politics/voter-death-election-count-invs/index.html

I don't think it is absurd, I think it is a disgrace that they should do that