Last week, the North Carolina Republican Party made one of the most massive public records requests in the state’s history.
The GOP sent a records request to all 100 county Register of Deeds offices asking for every death certificate of anyone who had died from early September until 10 days after the Tuesday, Nov. 8 election.
The state Republican party – via its legal counsel – also requested records of any communications regarding the deceased that were sent to, or came from, any election board in North Carolina – either from the NC Board of Elections or a county board of elections.
That move is being made to help prepare the party to challenge votes from races where there are concerns about dead voters and possibly concerns about election fraud.
Not every case of a deceased voter is a case of election fraud, of course. The situation also arises when someone casts a vote by mail – or voted in person during the Early Voting process – and then dies before Election Day.
Guilford County Board of Elections Director Charlie Collicutt said votes from people who don’t live until election day may be challenged and those votes may then be removed from the count.
In response to questions, Collicutt wrote in an email to the Rhino Times, “If there is evidence that a voter died after casting an Early Vote or an Absentee-By-Mail vote, but before election day, then that ballot is challengeable and can be removed.”
Collicutt also said that, in the weeks leading up to the election, his office is constantly receiving updated information in this regard.
“There is a way for voters of the deceased voters’ precinct or the Board of Election to enter these challenges,” he wrote. “We will be receiving data on deaths through this process.”
Thank you Republican party. Maybe now we can have a fair election since the dead democrats can’t vote!
Last i heard, it was a Republican that voted on behalf of his dead father. But I understand republicans don’t care about facts, just their hate of democrats regardless of what is real versus lies from right wing leaders like Trump.
Did not like deceased voting, did you? So now then, you must be all in for this little security measure. Good for you. Why is it Democrats trust and don’t want to verify at the voting polls, but Left leaning neighborhoods have bars on the windows and many items locked up in the stores with cashiers behind bullet proof glass? Honest and pure in the voting booths, but thieves to their neighbors? Quite the enigma.
“Last you heard”, was that from one of your anonymous sources?
Give us a name, easily verifiable…
Hope most of us make it until tomorrow’s closing. Would like for my vote to count and be counted.
Vote early, vote often. No ID required. People can be trusted (sure-baby).
I have a question. Is there a reason funeral homes and crematoriums are not required to report the names of the deceased to the Board of Elections in a timely manner? Or is this a law, and I am not aware of it? It just seems like it could be a simple process. I am not trying to burden down this business with extra work, but let’s face it, we’re all going to end up at one of these places someday.
I recall having to get several certificates of death to settle the affairs of a decease relative. I believe this was through the clerk of courts office. It might not be a bad idea for the clerk’s office to be required to forward a copy ot the elections office if the decedent is local and to the home county if not. Perhaps our newly elected representatives might consider a bill at the state level.