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Election investigators in Georgia looking into claims that thousands of dead voters cast ballots in the 2020 presidential election were able to find only four instances of this happening, according to a report.
In the aftermath of the contested 2020 presidential election, former President Donald Trump alleged that as many as 5,000 dead voters cast absentee ballots in Georgia's election, which he claimed was part of a larger effort by Democrats and Joe Biden to steal the election. But state election officials conducting audits and investigating allegations of voting irregularities have repeatedly failed to find evidence that substantiated Trump's claims.
The Georgia State Election Board conducted exhaustive reviews of dozens of allegations that dead voters cast ballots in the 2020 election. After the conclusion of the board's investigations this month, almost all voters were found to be alive. The board referred just four cases to the state attorney general's office, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Each of the four absentee ballots cast by dead voters was returned by relatives.
Once case involved a 74-year-old woman named Sharon Nelson, who submitted an absentee ballot on behalf of her late husband, William Nelson, after he died in September 2020.
“He was going to vote Republican, and she said, ‘Well, I’m going to cancel your ballot because I’m voting Democrat.’ It was kind of a joke between then,” Nelson's attorney, Barry Bishop, told the State Election Board. "She received the absentee ballot and carried out his wishes. ... She now realizes that was not the thing to do.”
Georgia election officials said there must be consequences for breaking the law, even if there was no malicious intent.
“Remorse is something we hear a lot, and it’s something I appreciate because sometimes we do make these mistakes unknowingly,” election board member Anh Le said during a Dec. 14 meeting. "However, the law is what it is."
Other cases involved two women who illegitimately submitted ballots on behalf of their recently deceased husbands. In the fourth case, a ballot was submitted for deceased Augusta voter Leon Rowe. Investigators found that the signature on his absentee ballot matched the handwriting of his mother, Alline Rowe, who herself died in October 2020.
At a recent telephone town hall, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said that allegations that large numbers of dead people voted in the 2020 election were untrue.
“What I tell people is what really happened in Georgia, because we proved that none of that was what happened,” Raffensperger said.
Improper handling of absentee ballots can result in fines between $100 and $5,000 per violation, AJC reports.
The attorney general's office said it will continue to investigate the cases referred to it by the State Election Board.
After social media posts appear to show deceased individuals voting in Michigan, the Michigan secretary of state responds
The Michigan secretary of state's office on Thursday responded to a viral social media post showing what appears to be a deceased man who would be 118 years old voting absentee in Michigan.
YouTube personality Fleccas on Thursday posted screenshots taken from the Michigan Voter Information Center website appearing to show a man named William Bradley, born in 1902, having applied for and cast an absentee ballot in the 2020 election. An additional screenshot of what appears to be U.S. Social Security records show that Bradley died in 1984.
Fleccas posted a link to the Michigan voter index and invited his followers to try to look up Bradley's voter registration information themselves.
Turns out 118 year old “William Bradley” voted via absentee ballot in Wayne County, Michigan. William Bradley died… https://t.co/twChaCBqdO— Essential Fleccas 🇺🇸 (@Essential Fleccas 🇺🇸)1604552811.0
TheBlaze searched for "William Bradley" using Michigan's voter registration index and successfully found his registration information.
Bradley is registered to vote in Detroit, Michigan, at Precinct 141. His polling location is Plymouth United Church of Christ at 600 E. Warren Ave, Detroit, Michigan, 48201. His election clerk is Janice WInfrey.
According to the secretary of state's website, Bradley requested an absentee ballot on September 11, 2020. The ballot was received by election officials on October 2, 2020.
TheBlaze contacted the Michigan secretary of state's office, which gave the following statement:
Ballots of voters who have died are rejected in Michigan, even if the voter cast an absentee ballot and then died before Election Day. On rare occasions, a ballot received for a living voter may be recorded in a way that makes it appear as if the voter is dead.
This can be because of voters with similar names, where the ballot is accidentally recorded as voted by John Smith Sr when it was actually voted by John Smith Jr; or because of inaccurately recorded birth dates in the qualified voter file; for example, someone born in 1990 accidentally recorded as born in 1890. In such scenarios, no one ineligible has actually voted, and there is no impact on the outcome of the election.
Local clerks can correct the issue when it is brought to their attention.
TheBlaze also reached out to the local clerk, Janice Winfrey, for comment, but she did not immediately respond.
Fleccas posted several more videos of incredibly aged individuals who are still registered to vote and have apparently cast absentee ballots.
ANOTHER ANOTHER ONE: Apparently Donna Brydges (born in 1901) voted via absentee ballot in Mason County, Michigan. T… https://t.co/o6bz8qwbW9— Essential Fleccas 🇺🇸 (@Essential Fleccas 🇺🇸)1604559130.0
Democratic candidate for president Joe Biden was declared the winner of the Michigan presidential election by multiple media outlets Wednesday.
Biden held a reported 70,000 vote lead over President Donald Trump when the election was called. The Trump campaign has filed a lawsuit in Michigan challenging the results, seeking to halt ballot-counting until the campaign is given "meaningful access to numerous counting locations to observe the opening of ballots and the counting process."
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