Votes of the Recently Deceased: Should a Dead Person's Vote Count?
The article states that based on where you live will determine whether or not the mailed in ballot will be counted when the time comes to tally the votes on Election Day. The Dominion Post states that there are over a dozen states in this country that throw away the ballots of those that have passed away prior to the count. One of the states that participate in this practice is North Dakota, which is where the focus of the story takes place. There was a woman that lived in North Dakota who was 82 years old was currently living in a hospital in South Dakota battling cancer. This woman was so proud of herself when she realized that she could live to see the first woman President of the United States.
This woman was so proud when she thought about how she could be a part of history when she voted for Hillary at the Primary Election, thinking about how she could become the first woman President. The ballot was signed and handed to her daughter to make sure that it was delivered on Election Day. In a tragic turn of events, this woman passed away a week before the Primary Election. When the daughter of this woman attempted to hand in her mother's vote for the election, she was denied and he ballot was thrown away because North Dakota's law state that you have to be alive on Election Day for your vote to count.
It turns out, however, that this is happening all over this "free" country of ours and has been for a very long time. It is no wonder that there is so much confusion when it comes to voter fraud and statewide recounts. I believe that people that are alive to cast a vote should have their voice heard even if they have passed on before the votes are counted. If a serviceman is in active duty in Iraq and mails the voters ballot into their home state and is killed in action the next day, he still voted and died for our right to vote in this country, therefore, all of these votes should be counted in all government related elections.
Published by Christopher Blydenburgh
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3 Comments
Post a CommentLyndon Johnson would have never been elected to his first term in the Senate were it not for the votes of the deceased. John F. Kennedy would not have carried Cook County, IL and possibly would have lost Illinois and the election to Richard Nixon were it not for those votes. Counting headstones has a long and storied tradition in American politics. I'm very much against early voting, "motor voting" and "don't have to prove your identity voting". It's all an invitation to fraud and election rigging. BTW in most states if the election isn't close enough for them to matter, the absentee votes end up in the trash anyway.
I admire your passion, but find your logic amusing. Election day is the day that votes are counted. Absentee ballots are cast before hand if you know that you can not physically get to the appointed polling place on election day. While admittedly being dead is a fairly substantial physical limitation to getting to a polling station, where to you draw the line. If it is no longer a requirement to be alive on election day for your vote to count, where is the "new" line to be drawn? Can I, knowing that Hillary Clinton will run in the future for office, cast a few ballots now? If the answer is no, why not? It would cause tremendous despair for me to find out that my imminent death would negate my vote on such a historic event.
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