The ballot board is made up of an equal number of Democrats and Republicans.  We certify signatures on the mail ballots.  Since all my customers here have a vested interest in mail ballots, I work on the board every election.

Yesterday on the ballot board, one of our mail ballots got tagged.  I asked the head election worker to please check why this voter was tagged and therefore we couldn’t approve his ballot signature on the back of his emailing envelope even though it matched his application signature.

She left and returned about 15 minutes later.  The voter had died last week.  The worker called his home and his wife explained that he had filled out his ballot just 4 days before he died.  The worker checked further and discovered that his ballot had been received in the elections office 2 days before he died.  She left it up to the board to decide whether or not to accept the ballot.

“Oh hell yeah,” I shouted in the Republican ear next to me, ” I’m a Democrat.  I’m used to voting dead people!”

They did not laugh and wanted to disallow the ballot.  Not on my watch.  I argue that if he had voted in person, there would be no way to recall his vote.  That settled it.  His ballot by mail vote counted.

Two things:  (1) Democrats do , indeed, vote dead people.  (2) Vote the first day of early voting or the day you get your ballot by mail because then, if you die, your vote still counts.  Do not toy with fate or despicable Republicans.