Should ballots of dead voters count?
Some states will accept election choices of deceased.

 
By The Associated Press
Published: July 25, 2008

If you vote by mail, but die before Election Day , does your vote count? It depends on where you lived.

Oregon counts ballots no matter what happens to the voter. So does Florida . But in South Dakota , if you die before the election, so does your vote.

Increasingly popular mail-in ballots mean voters can now choose candidates up to 60 days before an election, raising new questions about an age-old phenomeno...


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