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Travis County apologies to ‘dead voters’
Houston Chronicle ^ | 04/09/09 | DANNY YADRON

Posted on 04/10/2009 8:58:50 AM PDT by DFG

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.”

(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: austin; corruptelections; deadpeoplevoting; texas; votefraud; voterfraud

1 posted on 04/10/2009 8:58:50 AM PDT by DFG
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To: MeekOneGOP; ValerieTexas; txhurl; basil; SwinneySwitch; austinaero; lormand; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; ..

Dead voter ping.


2 posted on 04/10/2009 9:01:10 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (It took almost 250 years to make the USA great and 30 days for "The Failure" BO to tear it down.)
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To: DFG
“I don’t know where they got that information.” Probably ACORN, mam. My advice is to go down to the Registrar's office. Reregister to vote is the simple road, but not nearly as much fun. Then get a investigation going on their dime. They have to prove you are no longer among the living.
3 posted on 04/10/2009 9:02:47 AM PDT by oneamericanvoice (Support freedom! Support the troops! Surrender is not an option!)
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To: DFG

Just to let the gov. know if you are deceased so your local ACORN can vote for you. They don’t want to disenfranchise the dead from voting.


4 posted on 04/10/2009 9:07:06 AM PDT by luv2ndamend (May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. — Samue)
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To: DFG

If Austin is trying to keep her from voting, she probably voted Republican


5 posted on 04/10/2009 9:11:53 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: DFG

The entire article is interesting. The secretary of state’s office runs a program that matches the voter rolls with every county’s death records dating back to 1964. If the last four digits of your SSN and your name match somebody listed as dead, the computer registers a match. If the “match” isn’t an exact match, they refer it to the various counties to check.

Apparently Travis County (Austin) simply took their list and sent out “Sooooo, we’re sorry you’re dead...” letters with no method on how to indicate you were still alive.

Other counties took the job more seriously.

So, the purging was initiated by the state, not the counties, and produced lists for the counties to double-check. Apparently, 47 of the 140 names on the were, indeed, deceased so the state was doing a worthwhile thing. The comedy comes from the county bungling the means of verifying the list’s results.


6 posted on 04/10/2009 11:10:13 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (YES WE CAN have a Depression.)
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