TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A judge concerned about the potential
for voter fraud in Tuesday's election has ordered the state
to compile the names of all adult New Jersey residents who
have died since 1985.
State Superior Court Judge Linda R. Feinberg made the ruling
Friday after learning that the official responsible for
tracking deaths had failed to do so because he didn't know
it was his responsibility.
The case stemmed from Republican complaints that an estimated
13,000 people who apparently have died remain on voter registration lists,
including 4,755 people who reportedly voted in last November's election.
The state registrar of vital statistics is required to provide
counties with an annual list of all people over age 18 who have died,
so the counties can remove those names from voter registration lists.
State officials say the annual lists of deaths from 1985 to 2003
are available, but last year's list remains incomplete and unverified.
Deputy Attorney General Melissa Racsa said Joseph Komosinski,
the registrar since 2003, "was unaware that this was one of his obligations."
Feinberg ordered the office to turn over whatever information
it had from 2004.
She said the lists must be distributed by Monday to all of the
state's 21 counties and both major political parties. She also
ordered election workers to check the names of those who cast
absentee and provisional ballots against the names of deceased
residents.
"It is truly alarming," Feinberg said of concerns that people
might have used dead people's names to illegally vote.
_____________________________________________________________________
Doug Forrester really must be desperate.
That expalins why Nuu Joysey always goes to Demonrats . The dead keep voting
Democrat .