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[-] BertramDitore@lemm.ee 153 points 1 week ago

I was actually wondering about this, since a close relative of mine probably won’t make it to election day: if you legally cast your ballot (mail in or absentee), but die before Election Day, does your vote still count?

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 235 points 1 week ago

Yea. Not only that, when you hear about "dead people voting", this is often the explanation.

[-] neoman4426@fedia.io 54 points 1 week ago

The other big chunk is people who have the same or a similar name. Like "It says here David Jones died five years ago, but David Jones voted today. Suspicious?" "Dude, I'm David Jones Jr. The David Jones who died was my dad, David Jones Sr. Dick." Or whatever.

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I am a IIIrd, the third person down my male line with the same first, middle, and last name

I'm the 5th with our exact initials, too

One time, while applying for college, I was told I'd already used my GI bill allotment back in '55. Uh..... That was grandpa, and he died over 30 years before I was born, how did you mix us up?!?!

(Also, I was never in the military and this was entirely irrelevant to me they just brought it up as something I couldn't do)

[-] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 25 points 1 week ago
[-] Souroak@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 week ago

This guy, what a Lerd.

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago

From ermikron-perseii 8?

[-] espentan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Same, "I am a Lerd - fear me"

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Did you have the same address or something?

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