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CLEARWATER - Votes cast by dozens of dead Floridians are expected to be tabulated on Election Day, when all non-absentee ballots are counted. And ``the votes of those dead people will count,'' said Alia Faraj, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of State. It's not the result of malfeasance but the byproduct of more than 800,000 residents voting early on touch-screen machines since Oct. 18. Based on state mortality rates, a small percentage of those early voters have died, said Steve Whitakre, a research analyst with the state's office of vital statistics. ``On any day, if you took a...

An untold number of ballots from people who have died since casting them will be counted this year because of the haphazard and cumbersome process of enforcing laws in many states to weed out these votes. With millions of voters taking advantage of new, in-person early voting in at least 30 states this year, it's even more likely that such "ghost" votes will be counted because, in most cases, those ballots are impossible to retrieve. Besides, it could be days or weeks after the election before local officials get word someone has died. Earlier this month, in what would be...

DEMOCRAT RECIPE FOR VICTORY: FOLLOW THE PLAYBOOKDem Playbook Includes Forming Shadow Ground Organizations, Committing Fraud, And Filing Lawsuits To Ensure Lawyers Will Decide Election, Not VotersSTEP 1: FORM SHADOW ORGANIZATIONS TO DO THE DIRTY WORKNM Governor Bill Richardson On 527s: "Now That Campaign Finance Reform Is Law … Organizations Like These Have Become The Replacement For The National Democratic Party."  (Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, "The New Soft Money," Fortune, 11/10/03)ACT Led By Top Democrat Operatives, Spending Millions On Turnout. "Led by top democratic operatives, including former AFL-CIO political director Steve Rosenthal and Emily's list president Ellen Malcolm, ACT aims to raise...

ERIE - People who died years ago are being threatened with arrest if they fail to show up for jury duty in Erie County, apparently because of a computer glitch. Jane Bagnoni, who died nearly seven years ago, got a jury summons threatening arrest if she didn't respond. Even to be eligible for the jury pool, she would have had to have voted in the past two years. "What is she doing getting summoned?" asked her jusband, Mario Bagnoni. County officials realize that the problem is causing grief, but haven't been able to figure out the source. Jury coordinator Gladys...

41 ballot requests were dead on arrival Web Posted: 03/18/2004 12:26 AM CST Ihosvani Rodriguez San Antonio Express-News Angelita Aguero was among an estimated 4,000 Bexar County voters who asked for a mail-in ballot in last week's primary election, Bexar County election records show. The problem is, Aguero has been dead since August 2003. And she isn't the only one who appears to have wanted to vote from beyond. A computer at the Bexar County election office recently flagged the names of 41 deceased people who somehow sent applications to vote by mail. The applications are being forwarded to the...

Angelita Aguero was among an estimated 4,000 Bexar County voters who asked for a mail-in ballot in last week's primary election, Bexar County election records show. The problem is, Aguero has been dead since August 2003. And she isn't the only one who appears to have wanted to vote from beyond. A computer at the Bexar County election office recently flagged the names of 41 deceased people who somehow sent applications to vote by mail. The applications are being forwarded to the Bexar County district attorney, officials confirmed Wednesday. But officials there said they aren't optimistic about finding a culprit....

<p>Anna Greggains said she remembers filling out an absentee ballot in last year's mayoral election, and records from the San Francisco Department of Elections show that her husband, Arthur, did the same -- which would be unremarkable, except that Mr. Greggains died in May at the age of 83.</p>

<p>DETROIT -- Despite having died eight years ago, Kathe Beddow still retains one mortal privilege: The right to vote.</p> <p>The city Elections Department in July sent Beddow a voter registration card, even though she hasn't voted in more than a decade. She is also still listed as a registered voter with the Secretary of State's Office.</p>