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MOBILE, Ala. – Reynolds Smith Jr. was a stalwart Democratic voter in Alabama. But the Alabama Democratic Party overlooked another fact when it appointed Smith to an interim party panel: He died in November at age 83. Party executive director Jim Spearman told the Press-Register on Tuesday that the mistake was caused by outdated records. He said the party received Smith's name from a 2006 list of candidates for the Mobile County committee and then used a voter list to verify him as an active voter. The panel was charged with replacing the local party's executive committee.

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),...

EDINBURG — Things just keep getting stranger at the Hidalgo County Elections Department, with someone this week trying to obtain a mail ballot for a dead person. Elections Administrator Teresa Navarro said she received a request Wednesday for a mail ballot for a female voter who hasn’t voted since 2000 and died in 2001. Earlier in the week, five Hidalgo County voters filed complaints with the elections department, saying their mail ballots had been tampered with. All five voters are older than 65 and at least four of them live in the Weslaco area or the North McAllen/South Edinburg area....

New Orleans - Gertrude M. Jones didn't want flowers or cards when she died. She wanted to get rid of President George W. Bush. The 81-year-old woman's obituary asked that memorial donations be given "to any organization that seeks the removal of President Bush from office." And people around the country are following her wishes. In an online memorial book to Jones, dozens of people posted messages of support. Many wrote that they would contribute to the Democratic National Committee or one of the presidential contenders.

Obituary backs 'removal of Bush' Woman 'thought he was a liar' By Lee Sensenbrenner August 21, 2003 When Sally Baron's family wrote her obituary, they described a northern Wisconsin woman who raised six children and took care of her husband after he was crushed in a mining accident. She had moved to Stoughton seven years ago to be closer to her children and was 71 when she died Monday after struggling to recuperate from heart surgery. Her family had come to the question of what might be a fitting tribute to her. "My uncle asked if there was a cause,"...