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Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
26. Good point. Although, some states by law allow the votes to count.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 01:52 PM
Nov 2020

"What happens when an eligible voter casts an absentee ballot and then passes away before Election Day? This question comes up more and more, as absentee/mail voting, and even early in-person voting, gain in popularity.

"Do these pre-Election Day votes count? Like everything else related to elections, the answer varies from state to state. By our count, statutes in at least 13 states (Arkansas, Connecticut, Idaho, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Tennessee and Virginia) direct election officials to count these ballots.

"Massachusetts has done so most recently, with the enactment of HB 4820 in July: “The absentee or early ballot of any voter who was eligible to vote at the time the ballot was cast shall not be deemed invalid solely because the voter became ineligible to vote by reason by death after casting the ballot.”

"Again by our count, 13 states go the other way and are clear that these ballots are not to be counted: Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky (by an AG’s opinion, 77-667), Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia and Wisconsin.

"Regardless of the law, it is hard to retrieve a ballot from someone who has died between casting it and Election Day. Once the absentee ballot has been verified and the ballot is removed from the envelope for counting, the ballot can’t be retraced to the voter—it’s a secret."

https://www.ncsl.org/blog/2020/10/20/what-if-an-absentee-voter-dies-before-election-day-.aspx

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Lady G says what? trying to stay in the limelight demtenjeep Nov 2020 #1
He still wants to be welcome at Mar-A- Lago. iemitsu Nov 2020 #3
Just bdamomma Nov 2020 #11
A parasite looking for a new host. iemitsu Nov 2020 #16
Linseed has really turned into a consummate ass kisser nt COLGATE4 Nov 2020 #2
Great, only 41,000 more votes in PA to challenge Alhena Nov 2020 #4
Fuck Lindsey Graham BlueJac Nov 2020 #5
They all probably voted for Trump, though. MineralMan Nov 2020 #6
Let me guess they didn't vote for you, BECAUSE EVERYONE HATES YOUR GUTS MagickMuffin Nov 2020 #7
Are they like the other ones I've heard about - OhZone Nov 2020 #8
I think it's like the ones where... 2naSalit Nov 2020 #34
So you mail your ballot in early, then die from the Trump virus C_U_L8R Nov 2020 #9
No and Yes. No they don't think and yes it is "just free association asshattery." A good name for yellowcanine Nov 2020 #24
Lindsey bdamomma Nov 2020 #10
I know Biden won't want to politicise his DOJ to look into Eid Ma Clack Shaw Nov 2020 #12
Pretty high odds of that happening in a pandemic. tanyev Nov 2020 #13
Depends on state law, i would assume Raven123 Nov 2020 #18
Yeah, kind of hard to charge someone for election fraud if they mail in a ballot and then die. yellowcanine Nov 2020 #25
I'm sure there were some people who cast their ballots in early October, but later died. Now, if Hoyt Nov 2020 #14
And actually most of those votes were probably caught and disqualified, particularly in PA. yellowcanine Nov 2020 #23
Good point. Although, some states by law allow the votes to count. Hoyt Nov 2020 #26
Yeah I think they should count. In any event it is such a small number that Lindsey should be yellowcanine Nov 2020 #30
Did they contact him thru a Ouija board? grumpyduck Nov 2020 #15
Lindsey Graham is a jackass, and a disgrace. He has already demonstrated he is a hypocrite and still_one Nov 2020 #17
Let ole Lindsey keep his horse attached to Trump's wagon Chainfire Nov 2020 #19
I would put good money on it that he got that "evidence from Ghouliani. yellowcanine Nov 2020 #20
But oddly enough, we will never see his evidence Generic Brad Nov 2020 #21
We don't have "an election system." We have many state run systems. Raven123 Nov 2020 #22
I thought he'd be on a "I had Trump pegged from the beginning" footing by now nt Shermann Nov 2020 #27
Lindsey and many other republicans Andy823 Nov 2020 #28
I think Lindsey has a brain tumor Greybnk48 Nov 2020 #29
You can not produce the evidence now, and look like an idiot. Aristus Nov 2020 #31
Instances not systemic, they got anything else? uponit7771 Nov 2020 #32
I read a story one young woman voted by mail, then died and they were not counting her vote. Seems LizBeth Nov 2020 #33
Dude just got a six year reprieve... Iggo Nov 2020 #35
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