Nicole Marrone at Pajamas Media: A Philadelphia Story – Dead Voters Pollute Philly Voter Rolls

Former DOJ Voting Section lawyer and Election Law Center contributer Nicole Marrone has an exclusive article at Pajamas Media about the mess in Philadephia with voter rolls.  Full story here.

“The city of Philadelphia is known for many things: The Liberty Bell, cheesesteaks, water ice, and Santa Claus-booing Eagles fans. But if research that I conducted in 2006 is still accurate today, Philadelphia should also be known for all-inclusive voting — that is, voting regardless of whether one has a pulse or is otherwise eligible to cast a vote.

In the spring of 2006, I reviewed portions of the city of Philadelphia’s 2005 voting list. I found that underaged voters, deceased voters, and incarcerated felons were registered to vote and had remained on the voting list, despite the fact that none of them were eligible to vote in Pennsylvania (or, in most cases, anywhere else).”