Edited by Gillian Palmer
953 Zombies Voted in the South Carolina Primary
Because there's no registry requirement and no valid national identification card in the United States, zombie voters always turn up to vote in elections. That's now an explosive issue.
The story is as strange as it is commonplace in the United States: 953 dead people were apparently alive enough to take part in the just-completed Republican primary election. In any case, that was the report from the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles that issues drivers’ licenses.
Now the U.S. Justice Department will check into the case. Such instances of zombie voting are routine in the United States due to the lack of registration requirements and the fact that there are no valid national identity documents. The vehicle operator's license has been the traditional substitute for such documents, but it is increasingly rare among the very young, the very old and the uneducated.
There are also living persons among the reported deceased in America because governmental agencies are somewhat careless. The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, by the way, is unable to say how many elections the 953 deceased voters have participated in. In any case, they make up a mere fraction of the 2,295,000 registered voters in the state.
Nevertheless, the report contains political dynamite because in South Carolina — as well as in many other states — Republican legislators have introduced voter ID laws intended to prevent election fraud.
Democrats are doing their best to prevent the enactment of such laws because they find them to be discriminatory. It's an open secret in American demographics that a majority of young people and minorities vote predominantly for Democrats.
The truth of the matter, according to Democrats, is that Republicans are less interested in preventing election fraud — all available data points to the fact that it occurs only in a tiny number of local or regional elections and not on a national scale — than they are in discouraging (potential) Democratic voters. The battle has just begun, but the public will no doubt hear more and more about the topic during this election year.
The story is as strange as it is commonplace in the United States: 953 dead people were apparently alive enough to take part in the just-completed Republican primary election. In any case, that was the report from the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles that issues drivers’ licenses.
Now the U.S. Justice Department will check into the case. Such instances of zombie voting are routine in the United States due to the lack of registration requirements and the fact that there are no valid national identity documents. The vehicle operator's license has been the traditional substitute for such documents, but it is increasingly rare among the very young, the very old and the uneducated.
There are also living persons among the reported deceased in America because governmental agencies are somewhat careless. The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, by the way, is unable to say how many elections the 953 deceased voters have participated in. In any case, they make up a mere fraction of the 2,295,000 registered voters in the state.
Nevertheless, the report contains political dynamite because in South Carolina — as well as in many other states — Republican legislators have introduced voter ID laws intended to prevent election fraud.
Democrats are doing their best to prevent the enactment of such laws because they find them to be discriminatory. It's an open secret in American demographics that a majority of young people and minorities vote predominantly for Democrats.
The truth of the matter, according to Democrats, is that Republicans are less interested in preventing election fraud — all available data points to the fact that it occurs only in a tiny number of local or regional elections and not on a national scale — than they are in discouraging (potential) Democratic voters. The battle has just begun, but the public will no doubt hear more and more about the topic during this election year.
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