I've always wondered how dead people can vote. I live in Texas, so we still remember how LBJ won his offices. My father who was an election judge discovered how.
In Texas, the deceased are not automatically removed from the voter list. In order to get a name removed, the next-of-kin need to mail in the voter registration card with "DECEASED" written accross it to the county clerk. If this doesn't happen, you can take your dead relative's card in and vote for them too (assuming that the judge doesn't remember your face). Amazing! We would have never known had my grandfather not died, and my father worked the polls. When he looked up his name (same as grandpa) he found both their names. He questioned that to his supervisor, and found out the down and dirty. Interesting huh? I'll have to remember this on the next election.
In Texas, the deceased are not automatically removed from the voter list. In order to get a name removed, the next-of-kin need to mail in the voter registration card with "DECEASED" written accross it to the county clerk. If this doesn't happen, you can take your dead relative's card in and vote for them too (assuming that the judge doesn't remember your face). Amazing! We would have never known had my grandfather not died, and my father worked the polls. When he looked up his name (same as grandpa) he found both their names. He questioned that to his supervisor, and found out the down and dirty. Interesting huh? I'll have to remember this on the next election.