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[-] yesman@lemmy.world 231 points 9 months ago

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

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 110 points 9 months ago

Also the thousands of people who die on election day, a non-zero number of which voted earlier that day.

[-] neoman4426@fedia.io 54 points 9 months 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.

[-] Kalysta@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

How many people are named John Smith?

[-] cabbage@piefed.social 7 points 9 months ago

I would love to know the winners of past elections counting only the votes of dead people.

Wouldn't be surprised if Harris wins in the demography this time around. The greatest generation knows what it means to defeat fascists. But then again there are probably more boomers and anti vaxers dying these days.

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