Dallas County's elections chief was quoted Thursday by the Dallas Morning News, criticizing our recent investigation that found more than 6,000 voters on the county rolls who may be dead.

One of elections administrator Bruce Sherbet's points was that many of those voters wouldn't be able to show up and vote because they had been flagged in the system as having outdated address information.

Other names are more difficult to confirm and in many cases are placed "in suspense," leaving them technically on the voter rolls but without permission to vote, Mr. Sherbet said.

The problem is, we just talked again to his deputy -- who says that's not correct: Those people can vote.

"They're in suspense. They're eligible to vote," said Danny Clayton, Dallas County's supervisor of voter registration. He's right, according to Chapter 15.112 of the Texas Election Code.

We blogged about such "suspended" voters here on Thursday morning.