BertramDitore 153 points 2 years ago

I was actually wondering about this, since a close relative of mine probably won’t make it to election day: if you legally cast your ballot (mail in or absentee), but die before Election Day, does your vote still count?

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yesman 235 points 2 years ago

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

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spankmonkey 115 points 2 years ago

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

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neoman4426 54 points 2 years 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.

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cabbage 7 points 2 years 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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neoman4426 74 points 2 years ago

Depends on the state. Looks like Carter is registered in Georgia. According to an article from 2020 when Republicans were bald face lying that long dead people were voting a lot, someone from the Georgia Secretary of State's office is quoted as saying secrecy rules don't allow rejecting a ballot when a voter dies before Election Day.

“You can’t go back and get that ballot back out. It’s just physically impossible, given the privacy rules in our state,”. May or may not still be accurate, or may have never been accurate, but that's what the first article I found when searching says.

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BertramDitore 19 points 2 years ago

That makes a lot of sense, thanks!

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Fump 34 points 2 years ago

Depends on the state. Georgia, where Carter lives, is silent on the issue so it should count. Some state explicitly allow counting them, some states explicitly forbid counting. Some states are silent on the issue.

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themeatbridge 35 points 2 years ago

Once the ballot is cast, there's no way to pull it out. If you could, that would violate the secrecy of the ballot. They would be able to know who anyone voted for.

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mcherm 6 points 2 years ago

The answer is different in different states. https://www.ncsl.org/...

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NOT_RICK 6 points 2 years ago

I believe that depends on the state the vote was cast in

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eldavi 1 point 2 years ago

in the battleground states: likely not because you need sufficient justification for going absentee/mail; something that isn't common to the other states.

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