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Old 11-21-2020, 04:35 PM
KinAlberta KinAlberta is offline
 
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The NPR quote provided above comes from this old 2012 NPR item (see below). It’s important not to treat that as directly pertaining to Trump’s current election as that situation may have changed in the last eight years.


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Study: 1.8 Million Dead People Still Registered To Vote

February 14, 2012


“Democrats and Republicans don't agree on much. But they do agree that voter registration lists across the country are a mess.

A new report by the Pew Center on the States finds that more than 1.8 million dead people are currently registered to vote. And 24 million registrations are either invalid or inaccurate.

There's little evidence that this has led to widespread voter fraud, but it has raised concerns that the system is vulnerable.

...”

Still, election officials say it's important that the public have confidence in the system.

So Washington and seven other states — Oregon, Colorado, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Utah and Nevada — are joining a pilot program to share more voter information and other databases, to try to make their lists more accurate.

David Becker, director of election initiatives at Pew, which organized the project, said he hopes to have the program implemented in time for November's general election.

"What this system will do is ...



https://www.npr.org/2012/02/14/14682...stered-to-vote





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