In at least two elections Tuesday, the dead guy won

CENTREVILLE, Ala. Even a dead Republican beat a Democrat in the GOP's sweep of Alabama.

A Republican nominee who died almost month before Election Day beat the Democratic incumbent for a seat on the Bibb County Commission on Tuesday.

Probate Judge Jerry Pow says Republican nominee Charles Beasley defeated Democrat Walter Sansing despite having died on Oct. 12. Beasley carried about 52 percent of the votes.

Beasley wasn't the only dearly departed to win his election this year. In Florida, Democrat Earl K. Wood died on October 15 from natural causes at age 96, during his campaign for a 12th term as Orange County Tax Collector in Orlando, Reuters reports. Criticized for rarely coming into the office while collecting a $150,000 salary and $90,000 pension, Wood initially announced he would step down, only to change his mind when a longtime political foe made plans to seek the seat.

Wood's wide name recognition after almost half a century in office scared off several serious contenders, Reuters reports, adding he took 56 percent of the votes to 44 percent for a Republican who promised to eliminate the office altogether if elected.

In Georgia, officials say some voters probably didn't know Beasley died before the election, but others did.

The 77-year-old Beasley previously served one term, but the Democratic Sansing won four years ago.

The ballots were printed before Beasley's death and couldn't be changed before the vote.

Probate Judge Pow says the Bibb County GOP will recommend a successor to Gov. Robert Bentley, who will appoint a new commissioner.

[tapittwice]

who takes the seat of a dead man if he's elected?

[tiredofliberals]

It just goes to show that most af Americans are not up to date with candidates and issues. They vote the way the media tells them

[buckn]

I was surprised just how true your statement is. I took notice this electin year and I was appalled by the leftist-slanted media. A more sickening display of mass-media brainwashing cannot be imagined.

[tsigili]

There's little way to avoid that, as it takes so much time to replace a candidate, on the ballot.

[mjvwsr]

Pales in comparison to the number of dead people that voted in Chicago

[lifeduringwartime]

Now if only half of congress would drop dead we might get somewhere.

[UHChris77]

In the Texas Senate, District 6, Democratic senator Mario Gallegos passed away in October. He was on the ballot on Tuesday and won his election against the usual Republican sacrificial lamb in this Democratic-leaning urban distrct. Governor Rick Perry now must call a special election to fill the seat.

[MauriaBea]

http://www.startribune.com/177793611.html

[Forty-Four]

Almost had the same sort of issue here. There was someone running for a position and she passed away from cancer. However, the difference here is that they managed to get her removed from the ballot before the election. I do not remember how long ago she passed away, but it was not too long ago.