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AUSTIN — Alegria Arce Hibbetts of Austin got a letter in late March saying that she might be dead. Or more specifically, the Texas secretary of state’s Texas Election Administration Management system indicated she was a “possible deceased voter.” She had 30 days to prove otherwise, and she wasn’t sure how to do that — the response form allowed only for a family member to sign off on her death. There was nowhere to check “I’m alive,” said Hibbetts, 74, who lives just north of the University of Texas. “I don’t know where they got that information.”

A lawyer playing a major part in a California lawsuit urging officials to prevent the state's 55 Electoral College votes from being recorded for Barack Obama until questions about his citizenship are resolved has written to county clerks around the state, seeking an investigation into a process that has allowed a dead woman to be listed as an official elector. According to Gary Kreep, executive director of the United States Justice Foundation, the clerks have been advised about the "irregularity" in the list of electors provided by the Democratic Party in California. "In the 28th Congressional District (Congressman Howard Berman),...

CT officials admitting they know of at least 8,500 dead people who are registered to vote next month. Say they can't get to it until after November 4. Anyone smell an ACORN here? People, this election is being stolen.

ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Election Board discovered that a woman dead since October cast an absentee ballot in the city presidential primary, an official said. The case is being turned over today to the Department of Justice, said Scott Leiendecker, the Republican director for the St. Louis Election Board. Leiendecker said officials at the election board believe that the woman's son cast the ballot by purporting that his mother signed with an "X" and then he signed as a witness. Leiendecker would not divulge the name of the woman or her son.

CHICAGO - If you're a cell phone-using, goose liver-eating, cigarette-smoking, fast food-loving person, Chicago might not be your kind of town. In this city that once winked at Prohibition, members of the City Council are trying to crack down on things they deem unhealthy, immoral or just plain annoying. A proposal that would restrict fast-food chains from cooking with artery-clogging trans fat oils got a public airing last week, and in the past year alone aldermen have banned smoking in nearly all public places and the use of cell phones while driving. In April, Chicago became the first U.S. city...

DA says office has received 'a lot of complaints'; at least one race will have a recount. ROBSTOWN - Allegations that the names of dead people have shown up on ballots cast in Saturday's school board election have led to a recount in at least one race and could lead to an investigation into voter fraud. "Everybody's saying the same thing, 'I see dead people,' " said District Attorney Carlos Valdez. The district attorney's office has received "a lot of complaints" of fraudulent voting - people filing mail-in ballots sent to homes of people who have died, Valdez said. He...