Poor George Foreman
I heard one Ohio Republican complain on NPR this morning that "Dick Tracey, Mary Poppins, George Foreman, and other fictional characters are registered to vote in Ohio. There are hundreds of dead people registered to vote." Wait. Isn't George Foreman a real guy? Doesn't he have something like nine children names George Foreman? Isn't the combination of "George" and "Foreman" rather common? Pity the poor person named Richard Tracey or Mary G. Poppins. Not only were they teased as children. Now they will be disenfranchised!
I have been struck by the Republican vote-challenging language. They are saying that there are dead people on the rolls all over the country. And it seems that some counties have more registered voters than eligible voters. Both of these phenomena are common because with the exception of Florida Republicans striking eligible African-American voters from the rolls, counties do not purge their lists very often. So when people die or move they remain on the list. If you moved from one county to another in the past five years, there is a good chance that you are listed as registered in two places. Their audacity and duplicity in the cause of eroding democracy is stunning.
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