One aspect of the “Voter Fraud” debate really irks me. Why do dead voters get ballots or mail urging them to vote? Why do we hear some politicians blame the families for attempted fraud? And when called, upset relatives naturally ask voting rights organizations to remove people who have died or moved away, from their mailing lists.

Who maintains these lists? Certainly not the volunteer organizations sending out letters and postcards – they don’t have the time or funds. They get voter lists from the State or County responsible for maintaining the database of voters.

Is it reasonable to ask grieving relatives to notify the County Registrar of Voters or Board of Elections of a death? No! Counties know who has died – they themselves issue the death certificates. Shame on the County that can’t use their own death certificates to maintain their the voter database.

P.S. And perhaps some day more Counties will learn to exchange address change data from motor and voter registration departments, nationally and within the State.