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Home Front: Politix

Pennsylvania Agrees to Remove Names of Dead Citizens From Voter Rolls: Settlement

2021-04-10

[EpochTimes] The state of Pennsylvania agreed to remove the names of deceased people from voter rolls, an election-integrity watchdog group announced after reaching a settlement with state officials.

The lawsuit, (pdf) which was filed by the Public Interest Legal Foundation in November 2020, alleged that some 21,000 registrants who had died were still on the state’s voter rolls at the time of the 2020 presidential election. Pennsylvania agreed to compare its voter-registration database with the Social Security Death Index, and then direct all county election commissions to remove the names of dead registrants.

"This marks an important victory for the integrity of elections in Pennsylvania," Public Interest Legal Foundation President and General Counsel J. Christian Adams said in a statement in announcing the court’s decision. "The Commonwealth’s failure to remove deceased registrants created a vast opportunity for voter fraud and abuse. It is important to not have dead voters active on the rolls for 5, 10, or even 20 years. This settlement fixes that."

The lawsuit was filed after the Nov. 3 election and when then-candidate Joe The Big Guy Biden
Joe <q>The Big Guy</q> Biden

...46th president of the U.S. The very model of probity....
took a lead over President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons......
in Pennsylvania. Ultimately, the Pennsylvania Secretary of Commonwealth’s office certified the election.

The foundation said it found that 9,212 of the 21,000 voters had been dead for more than five years, and nearly 2,000 voters had been dead for more than 10 years.

The settlement stipulates that the "Department of State shall transmit to each county commission the names of the individuals registered in each respective county identified as deceased as a result of the comparison undertaken" with the "death data set received" from Electronic Registration Information Center that was then "compared to the full voter registration database ... for the purpose of identifying persons who are ineligible to vote by reason of the registrant’s death."

In response, the Pennsylvania Department of State, which didn’t agree in the settlement with the number of dead voters alleged, said the agreement to remove the voters "includes no finding of inadequacy on the part of Pennsylvania and its counties," according to the Washington Times. Officials didn’t immediately respond to a request by The Epoch Times for comment.

"The Department of State is pleased that this agreement will offer Pennsylvania’s county boards of election another valuable tool to maintain the most accurate and up-to-date voter rolls possible," the department added in a statement.

The Department of State also agreed to pay $7,500 to the foundation to partially cover attorneys fees and other related costs.

Posted by:trailing wife

#8 Down another buck.

Posted by: Flomomp Tholuse1253 2021-04-10 21:50

#7 From the PA Dept. of Health Website:

Who can apply for a death certificate?
You must complete the following requirements to receive a death certificate.

You must complete an Application for Death Certificate.
You must show valid identification.
You must sign your application.
You must be an eligible applicant. Eligible applicants must be 18 years of age or older, and include the following:
Spouse
Ex-spouse. An ex-spouse must provide documentation to establish direct interest.
Parent or step-parent. A step-parent must also submit a marriage certificate to support the relationship to the person named on the death certificate.
Brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister
Son or daughter
Step-son or step-daughter (must submit the parent's marriage certificate to support the relationship)
Grandparent or great-grandparent
Grandchild or great-grandchild
Power of Attorney
Attorney or legal representative of the decedent's estate (must provide supporting documentation)
Representative of the decedent's estate (must provide documentation to establish direct interest)
Individual showing a direct financial interest to the decedent (must provide documentation to support direct interest)
Government office that has assumed administration of an estate (must provide a letter signed by an official of the government office indicating the purpose for which the applicant is being retained and identifying the estate involved).
Extended family members who indicate a direct relationship to the decedent (documentation may be required).
You must pay a fee of $20 for each death certificate ordered unless you meet the fee waiver requirements for members of the U.S. Armed Forces. If ordering online, you must also pay a $10 service fee and applicable delivery fees if selecting UPS overnight shipping.

Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-04-10 19:44

#6 tw,thanks for that. Unfortunately I don't have have a copy of his death certificate. My brother was the executor of his estate.
More Unfortunately, my brother is a junior. I would not put past my brother to vote as Dad.

Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2021-04-10 14:36

#5 My dad passed away in Pennsylvania in 2006.

If you know his address and county, Rambler, you should be able to look that up online. Google Pennsylvania [county name] “board of elections”, then follow the instructions. If he is still registered, you’ll have to send a copy of his death certificate to get them to agree that he is dead enough to be removed from the list, though that still might not be enough to get Pennsylvania to act. I’ve done this for both my parents, and for all the addresses where Mr. Wife, the trailing daughters, and I have been registered to vote. There are forms for the living to send in to deregister, as well.

I was very pleased to see that we were all no longer registered to vote in the places we no longer live.

Posted by: trailing wife 2021-04-10 14:23

#4 Of course without voter verification...

Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-04-10 10:22

#3 My dad passed away in Pennsylvania in 2006. I sometimes wondered if he is still registered to vote.

Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2021-04-10 10:07

#2 I was certain.
So, any civil charges of fraud or malfeasance?

Posted by: Skidmark 2021-04-10 10:02

#1 Not the Bee?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-04-10 04:35

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