As the 39th U.S. President’s 100th birthday nears, Jimmy Carter told his family from hospice care that his ultimate goal is to vote for Kamala Harris before he passes.
Looks like Georgia is one of 28 states that don’t really have an opinion on that. 9 states say count it, 12 say don’t count it, 1 says only count it if active military.
But "As a practical matter, it is hard to retrieve ballots from people who have died between casting their votes and Election Day. Once the absentee ballot has been verified and removed from the envelope for counting, the ballot cannot be retraced to the voter.
Catching a ballot, then, is only possible when it is still in its return envelope, and only in cases where election officials have received notice of the death."
The man beat cancer, can’t believe he can’t stick around until October 14th when early voting begins.
Serious question: would the vote not be tossed if he died before the actual election day?
Looks like Georgia is one of 28 states that don’t really have an opinion on that. 9 states say count it, 12 say don’t count it, 1 says only count it if active military.
But "As a practical matter, it is hard to retrieve ballots from people who have died between casting their votes and Election Day. Once the absentee ballot has been verified and removed from the envelope for counting, the ballot cannot be retraced to the voter.
Catching a ballot, then, is only possible when it is still in its return envelope, and only in cases where election officials have received notice of the death."
https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/counting-absentee-ballots-after-a-voter-dies
Is this why some places don’t want to open their ballots until election day? PA is to open on election day, or at least I believe it has been.
I didn’t realize so many states offer early voting, everyone but AL, MS and NH offer some early voting.
https://www.lgbtmap.org/democracy-maps/early_voting_period