SC election panel: No evidence of voting by dead

Credit: WCBD

A South Carolina Election Commission review of allegations that dead people have been voting has found no evidence that any such ballots were cast.

By: Associated Press | WCBD News 2
Published: February 23, 2012

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COLUMBIA, S.C. --

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A South Carolina Election Commission review of allegations that dead people have been voting has found no evidence that any such ballots were cast.

Executive Director Marci Andino said Thursday a partial review of 207 out of 953 suspect cases found a number of clerical errors and other problems, but no indication votes had been cast fraudulently in the name of deceased voters.

Andino says a review of information provided by the S.C. Department of Motor Vehicles found clerical errors, poor data matching, errors in assigning voter participation and voters dying after being issued an absentee ballot as reasons for the confusion.

Last month, DMV Executive Director Kevin Schwedo told House members an analysis of voter ID data found 953 people who appeared to have voted after their death.