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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDead people don't vote, despite what the R's are saying. Here's the evidence.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/08/tech/michigan-dead-voter-fact-debunking/index.htmlOne of the supposed pieces of evidence was a list that circulated on Twitter Thursday evening allegedly containing names, birth dates, and zip codes for registered voters in Michigan. The origin of the list and the identity of the person who first made it public are not known.
CNN 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. We ran the names through Michigan's Voter Information database to see if they requested or returned a ballot. We then checked the names against publicly available records to see if they were indeed dead.
Of the 50, 37 were indeed dead and had not voted, according to the voter information database. Five people out of the 50 had voted -- and they are all still alive, according to public records accessed by CNN. The remaining eight are also alive but didn't vote.
The sample CNN reviewed is not representative, but the trend was clear -- not a single one of the names examined was of a dead person voting.
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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 public records also show that his son, also named William Bradley and living at the same address, is very much alive -- and a voter.
AND THERE'S MUCH MORE AT THE LINK
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Dead people don't vote, despite what the R's are saying. Here's the evidence. (Original Post)
pnwmom
Nov 2020
OP
How many times do they have to be wrong and how many court cases do they have to lose until...
Mr. Sparkle
Nov 2020
#4
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)1. If only facts mattered
to everyone.
Most of what millions of Americans base their votes against Democrats on is simply not true. Imagine what we could do if only they didn't believe RW lies.
Read the link
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)3. Rudy et al are fucking around with people's lives with this shit.
Opening themselves to all kinds of lawsuits. These people aren't public figures. Rudy can't just say all kinds of shit about people he doesn't even know.
Mr. Sparkle
(2,932 posts)4. How many times do they have to be wrong and how many court cases do they have to lose until...
people and the media think they are a bunch of goofballs and not take them seriously. I'm already there.
underpants
(182,773 posts)5. Good research. Biden won Michigan by about 150,000 anyway
Thanks for posting.
LymphocyteLover
(5,643 posts)6. this is such a stupid desperate deeply dishonest ploy
so typical of these assholes
Chainfire
(17,530 posts)7. The right sees facts
as a proof of a coverup.