Paul Reynolds
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In debate over 1,000 alleged votes by deceased in S.C., election chief cites clerical errors
Update January 25: The South Carolina Election Commission (SEC) released a statement today with regards with Attorney General Wilson's alleged deceased voters.
The Attorney General still hasn't released a full data set from their study. However he did give a partial list to the SEC that turns out to be less sensational than the original story. Only one of the votes in the sample set was truly a deceased vote that had died between filing an absentee ballot and election day. The rest were common clerical errors by poll workers.
The full text of the SEC Executive Director Marci Andino testimony is below. If nothing else, this is all an interesting peek in how politicians strategically use the media to push their causes around.
Update January 23: …
