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Polling place books may hold clues in mystery of Dallas County's dead voters
Thursday, Oct 30, 2008, 12:11PM CST
By Lee Ann O'Neal

Texas Watchdog plans to examine polling place books in the elections where dead people's names were used to cast ballots. (See our story here about the more than 6,000 Dallas County voters who may be dead and the dozens who appear to have voted after their deaths.)

The books will hopefully hold clues in the mystery of the dead voters.

Take voter Howard Ingram, of Foley Street, for example. He passed away in September 2006, but voting records indicate he cast a ballot in person during this year's March 4 Democratic primary. The polling books at his precinct, 3345, should show a voter signature by his name and a stamp placed there by poll workers.

(Pictured above: Imani Ingram, 11, holds the flag presented to his family at his father's funeral. Howard Ingram, an Army veteran, passed away in 2006.)

If the book doesn't show a signature and stamp, poll workers may have erred in recording that Ingram voted. But if it does, the mystery remains.

Earlier this week, Texas Watchdog e-mailed a Dallas County elections official the full results of its investigation.

Danny Clayton, supervisor of voter registration, said he wanted to take a look at the results, especially for voters who may have already been flagged by the county's system as having outdated information. The county periodically removes voters who don't respond to requests to update their address information, and many dead voters are removed in this way.

Of the more than 6,000 voters, more than 2,000 had been flagged by the county's system. Those voters were still registered and could participate in elections, but their names will eventually be removed from the rolls if the elections department doesn't hear from them. The other 4,000 voters had not been flagged for future removal.

Clayton seemed keen on getting to the bottom of things.

Once Election Day has passed, Clayton said he would gather the polling place books that correspond with the elections where dead people's names were used to vote. Clayton invited Texas Watchdog to view the books, and we'll let you know what we find.

Unfortunately, the mystery of dead voters participating in older elections may remain unsolved. The county keeps polling place books going back 22 months, and Texas Watchdog's investigation of elections since March 2004 showed questionable activity as early as 2004.
Comments
Will
Thursday, 10/30/2008 - 02:07PM

I don't think this is relevant. If they had not died, they obviously would have voted for Obama. I personally voted for him 3 times.

Fake News Monitor
Friday, 10/31/2008 - 12:58AM

According to the DMN, this report is a bunch of bullshit.....

No one attempted to cast a ballot for Melvin Porter in March 2008. That has now been determined to be a false claim by Texas Watchdog.

from the DMN

...Dallas County elections administrator Bruce Sherbet said the notion that thousands of dead people remain active voters is dubious, and he questioned why the report came so close to Election Day.

"The whole thing would have to be looked at very carefully before you take it at face value," he said of the Texas Watchdog report.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/1031dnmetdeadvoters.37af499.html

Fake News Monitor
Friday, 10/31/2008 - 01:01AM

It has now been determined by Dallas County Election officials, that no one attempted to cast a ballot for Howard Ingram, either.

That claim by Texas Watchdog has now also been proven to be false.

According to the DMN, this report is a bunch of bullshit.....

No one attempted to cast a ballot for Melvin Porter in March 2008. That has now been determined to be a false claim by Texas Watchdog.

from the DMN

...Dallas County elections administrator Bruce Sherbet said the notion that thousands of dead people remain active voters is dubious, and he questioned why the report came so close to Election Day.

"The whole thing would have to be looked at very carefully before you take it at face value," he said of the Texas Watchdog report.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/1031dnmetdeadvoters.37af499.html

Fake News Monitor
Friday, 10/31/2008 - 01:05AM

Texas Watchdog is now being investigated by a major North Texas news organization because of their political ties, and the numerous false and debunked stories they have manufactured.

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