This made the rounds a while back. Voters who registered prior to 1960 didn’t have to provide a proof of age, only swear that they were of legal age, and when an actual birthdate became required, the computer system automatically put everyone who didn’t have a date as being born on January 1, 1900.
OK, that would translate out to a minimum of 21yo as of 12/31/1959 and assuming all of these 583 Democrats were just exactly 21 on that date, we would be looking at 21+53 or minimum ages for these undocumented voters of 74, not an unusual age in today's USofA. I'd love to ask any of these people as they came up to vote, how old they really were just to see if this was a proxy vote, but of course since Democrats never cheat, what would be the point?
On the other hand, are there any Republicans that fall into this undocumented category? If I recall correctly, unlike many other parts of the "yellow dog" South, Republicans could register relatively normally in many places in NC during those years. So are there any Republican 110-112 year olds?
Thank you for the clarification.