With Forced In-Person Voting, If You Early Vote and Die Before Election Day, Does Your Vote Count?

[TheBlackAdder]

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Oh, and what about mail-in ballots?

Just curious if that might be one of their game plans.

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[napi21]

1. Yes, of course. Why wouldn't it?

[LisaL]

2. Yes, if you vote in person and die before election day, you vote counts.

How would they figure out which one is your vote to remove it?

[MustLoveBeagles]

3. I'd put nothing past him

[DonaldsRump]

4. Yes

[Sneederbunk]

5. Yes, but you won't care.

[rsdsharp]

6. How are they going to know who died? No one ever

contacted me after early voting to check to see if I was still alive on Election Day. 128 million voted in 2016; that a lot of phone calls to make.

[LisaL]

8. And how would they know which one is your vote?

NT

[TheBlackAdder]

10. My NJ county records your signature, which machine used and the vote number for each voter.

[LisaL]

15. I've never heard of anybody trying to figure out how the

voter voted to remove their vote. I suppose it's theoretically possible depending on equipment used.
But I have never heard of it being done.

[Eliot Rosewater]

9. Won't affect votes but yes they are trying to kill us

When I suggested they wanted to kill us four years ago I had to run for cover each time.

Hell just two months ago I had to take forced cover when I suggested barr would arrest Democrats

[leftieNanner]

11. It does

Because once you cast your secret ballot, there's no way to take it back

That's my thinking anyway.

[TheBlackAdder]

12. My county records the voter, the machine and the vote# on that machine.

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Also, on paper ballots, there might be micro dots that show up under black light.

The same method they use to track people's printer ids on things from home/office and mailing them in.

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[leftieNanner]

18. Interesting nt

[LeftInTX]

25. Once a vote is cast, it is not thrown out....

The only way it would be thrown out is if there is some kind of voter fraud. (Someone voting twice etc). Even then it will be a legal battle between candidates to see who gets the actual vote.

If someone is still registered and they voted before they died, then it is a legitimate vote.

[texasfiddler]

13. Yes.

[Dem2theMax]

14. I've found dead people on the Census records, when doing genealogy research.

They got counted. Yes, if you voted and then you die, your vote is still counted.

[ARPad95]

16. The date a census enumerator made it to a household could have been after the official census date.

Anyone alive as of the official census date (e.g., April 1st) was counted even if they had died by the time the census taker came (e.g., April 15th). Babies born after the official census date were not counted.

[Dem2theMax]

20. This one particular time really surprised me.

I really wondered how far in advance, or how far after the actual date of the census, they were still walking around door to door, compiling information.

I was looking at one specific family, and I had already found the mom and two of her children in a graveyard.
One was an infant, but I can't remember how old the baby was.

But there they were on the census. I just assumed that they must have died shortly after the enumerator had been to their house. It was so sad to see. 😟

[Lefta Dissenter]

17. In Wisconsin, NO.

Your ballot stays in the return envelope that has the certification signed by you and witnessed. If you drop dead before Election Day, your ballot is supposed to be pulled and not counted.

That’s why I’ve told my family that if I’m hit by a truck between now and Election Day, I expect to be kept on life support until November 4th.

[BainsBane]

24. How do they know if someone dies? nt

[Lefta Dissenter]

27. I was the deputy clerk and chief election inspector

for a small municipality in Wisconsin. The clerk would peruse the obituaries in the weeks prior to any election, and if there were any Town residents listed, he’d check to see if they had already turned in an absentee ballot. Of course, far fewer people were voting absentee at that time, so I don’t remember any ballot actually being pulled for that reason.

The ballots stayed in their certificate envelopes until Election Day, so we could easily find someone’s ballot for any reason, even if the voter decided he’d prefer to vote in person or thought he might have made an error.

[BainsBane]

29. That seems like a lot of work

especially with all the absentee ballots that will be submitted this year.

[Lefta Dissenter]

30. I can't say I envy the Clerk this year. (N/t)

[Lefta Dissenter]

31. Wisconsin election law

https://elections.wi.gov/node/94

“ If a voter casts an absentee ballot, but dies before election day, can the ballot be counted?
No. Absentee voting procedures allow an elector to complete a ballot before election day. However, absentee ballots are not considered cast until election day. If the voter is deceased at the time the absentee ballot is being processed at the polling place, the ballot cannot be counted. S. 6.21, Wis. Stats.”

I don’t know how other states do it, of course.

[Joinfortmill]

19. Yes as long as you were alive when you voted.

[GulfCoast66]

21. I really don't understand the fear around in person voting.

I did it here in Florida during the primary. Everyone was distant in line. Everyone wore masks. Hand sanitizer everywhere. No one came within 6 feet of me even the poll workers.

It was safer than Publix which here is pretty safe.

[LeftInTX]

23. The poll workers are at risk.

The voters really aren't.

[LeftInTX]

22. Yes

[Awsi Dooger]

26. Yes...my father's vote counted in 2012

One of the last things he did was fill out an absentee vote for Obama from the intensive care unit. I mailed it for him. Dad died two weeks before election day.

Marc Caputo of the Miami Herald was very thoughtful a few weeks later. The Herald ran a story on several votes that did not count due to death of the voter. I was upset and assumed my dad's vote was one of them. I contacted Caputo and he looked into it for me. He said my dad's vote did count. Then he complimented us on the obituary and said it sounded like my dad had an interesting life. After that I always read his articles and columns with greater interest level.

I wish Caputo were still doing the Politico Florida Playbook every day. Interesting feature that I get via email. Worthwhile if you want to keep up with political doings in Florida, in blurb form. Generally one or two paragraphs per topic. The writer is now Gary Fineout.

[ecstatic]

28. If you're a repub, yes

Democrat? No.