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This is almost certainly a load of nonsense. From local reporters: https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/meet-michigans-dead-voters-theyre-quite-alive-de
by ForHackernews 6y ago
This is almost certainly a load of nonsense. From local reporters: https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/meet-michigans-dead-voters-theyre-quite-alive-despite-false-fraud-claims https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/meet-michigans-...
> Consider the case of Brydges: She is 75 years old, but the Qualified Voter File listed her birthdate as Jan. 1, 1901, which would have made her 119 years old, an unlikely age that fueled the pro-Trump claim that dead voters had cast ballots here.
> In reality, 1/1/1901 was a default date likely used when the township first transferred paper registration records into the computer system years ago, Hamlin Township Clerk Catherine Lewis told Bridge Michigan.
> Placeholder dates are "occasionally used if a registration exists but the exact birthday of the voter is not known by the local clerk," added Tracy Wimmer, a spokesperson for Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.