Dead voters cast ballots in Texas - #voterfraud

A story from our southern neighbors - H/T to Texas Watchdog: DALLAS — Widow Erma Porter sought help from Dallas County elections officials after she learned someone may have used her late husband Melvin’s name to vote — more than a year after his death. Melin Porter suffered a stroke and died in January 2007, but voting records indicate he cast a ballot in the March 4 Democratic primary held this year.

An elections official removed Melvin Porter’s name from the rolls Monday, the same day Erma Porter came to the elections office, and said workers would be alerted by the county’s computer system if anyone tried to use Melvin Porter’s name to vote early or on Election Day. But questions remain about more than 6,000 other registered voters whose personal information — names and dates of birth — matches that found in federal listings of deceased people. Texas Watchdog identified the records by reviewing the Social Security Administration’s death records alongside the Dallas County voter rolls.

Erma Porter worries that such flaws in the system make it easier for someone to commit voter fraud. “I just can’t believe it. It’s just unreal,” Erma Porter said. “Why would someone do a dead person like this?” Texas Watchdog found similar problems in Harris County’s voting records earlier this month. Since then, a number of states have been dealing with accusations of voter registration fraud against the community group ACORN, whose workers’ alleged missteps included submitting registrations — in Nevada — for players for the Dallas Cowboys . . . . [Dead voters cast ballots in Dallas County]

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