Comments on: Should Votes Of Dead People Be Counted?

State Laws Split Between Tallying And Dumping Ballots Of Those Who Die Before Election Day

[notbuynit]

If it was legal to vote when they mailed it, it should count!

[babooph]

So that is how Bush got elected twice- I knew no one with a functioning brain could be reponsible.

[territc2000]

The dead are just that,dead. You can''t count their vote. Are people insance - so now the dead enjoy the priviledges of the living. If you count my vote when I''m dead I expect to continue getting the benefits I got when I was alive - Give them to my family. What a load of hogwash. You''re dead for god''s sake.

[barbaram99]

Sorry dear,ye die and so does yer vote,and no the dead can''t vote. I vote by mail and I sign a place that ask for it. I mail it. The dead are DEAD and therefore can not vote..They are dead.

[ragnar30066]

Of course the votes of dead people should be counted. It is a time honored tradition of the democratic party going back generations. Especially in Chicago, where Obama hails from. Haven''t you pilgrims every heard of Mayor Daley of Chicago?

[grammawhamma]

Since they legally voted when they were still alive their vote should count.

[slim1h2o]

What a dumb question. If the person was alive when they voted, yes! It should count, if they were dead when they voted, i.e. fraud,,then no,,it shouldn''t be counted.

Very simple people!

[payasyougo]

And another thing. I''ve read recently that even though people have a will drawn up, some Judge can override what a will specifies and that Judge can redistribute at the Judge''s discretion.

Seems logical to me then that after a person dies a Judge should be able to change that dead person''s vote to what the Judge feels is appropriate.

[payasyougo]

From what I read of several recent elections, people who were dead for many years still voted. Senators and Congressment who were not even present during a vote voted. Given these standards, I don''t understand what the issue is.