Over 1,400 dead people voted in Michigan elections during a recent 30-month period, according to Governing magazine and the secretary of state’s office. Nearly all of those “voters” used an absentee ballot.
Thankfully, 1,400 is a very small number compared to 7.3 million registered voters. But when an election for U.S. Senate can be decided by a mere 312 votes, people can have an impact on the politics of the nation long after their death.