If someone voted via absentee ballot, and then died before Election Day, would their vote count?
It looks like it depends on what state they are/were in, and how hard the county clerk or other election official works to make sure their records are accurate! Yours would count in California, apparently–but don’t go and die to test this out, please! Some election officials actually scan the obits daily and make sure no one is listed that is on their records as having recieved an absentee ballot. Others probably don’t take the time/are too busy. 31 states allow voters to vote early, and in the time that those are sent out and the actual election date there is plenty of time for numerous deaths! So I’m sure it happens all the time. There is also the question regarding military deaths and voting…. I found this: “According to a media report before the 2004 election, California, West Virginia, Texas, Tennessee, Ohio and Florida allow the ballots of deceased voters to be counted. Early votes, which are tabulated on-the-spot in Florida and elsewhere, cannot be re-connected with their vot
