Nearly 2 million dead people listed on US electoral rolls

“These problems waste taxpayer dollars, undermine voter confidence and fuel
partisan disputes over the integrity of our elections.”

Of the approximately 24 million incorrect voter registrations across the
country, or 13 percent of the national total, more than 1.8 million of those
are for people who are deceased, the study found.

Another 2.75 million people are registered in more than one state. About 12
million records contain incorrect addresses, meaning either the voters have
moved or the Postal Service would have trouble finding them, it said.

Some of the errors can be explained by the fact that one in eight Americans
moved during the 2008 and 2010 election years, mainly young people and
members of the US military.

A case study carried out in the northwestern US state of Oregon showed that
every new voter registration cost $7.67 (£4.88), as compared with just 35
cents per voter spent in Canada, which uses better technology to maintain
voter lists.

The 51 million eligible voters who are not registered represents nearly a
quarter of all eligible citizens. In Canada, 93 percent of the eligible
population is registered, according to Pew.

The centre said it was working with state election officials on ways to ensure
greater accuracy including the cross-checking of voter lists with other data
sources such as motor vehicle records and allowing voters to register online
to minimise human error.

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