People need to know that when a family member passes away it’s up to them to remove that person from the voter rolls. At least that’s the way it is right now in our state. When my dad passed away, my mom went to the election board in our town and had them take him off.
It’s not that easy. When I told the local county elections office where we used to live in Florida that our father had died, and I called in for 6 years in a row, they kept insisting that they were not allowed to just take someone’s word for it, but needed an actual death certificate mailed in. The only provision they have is to make someone “inactive status” after not voting for at least two general elections (i.e. a 6-year cycle). I refrained from mailing in such a certificate since I wanted to track how many years it would take. And since it was a Republican heading the office, I had no fear of someone voting in his name.