Does early voting count if you die?

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Serious question.....

With all the "early voting" etc...

What happens if someone send in their ballot and dies BEFORE election day?

Is there a requirement for them to actually be alive ON election day?

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You are required to sign an affidavit in that case stating that you were alive and of sound mind at the time you voted.

LOL! Just kidding... I would imagine the same as if you voted, then got run over by a bus as you left the polling place. You are supposed to be alive when you vote, not necessarily at the time they count the vote. Interesting question, and I'm speculating... but I don't see any difference except the time lapse between the time you voted and the time it was counted.
 

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The Republican Party of Texas sent my late father a mail-in ballot application. They didn't send him a ballot, just a ballot application. I tore it up and threw it away. Republicans shouldn't be encouraging dead people to vote.
 

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With all the "early voting" etc...

What happens if someone send in their ballot and dies BEFORE election day?

Is there a requirement for them to actually be alive ON election day?
I don't think so; you just have to be eligible to vote when you cast your vote.

It does bring up another question--let's say you go to the polls and vote on Election Day. You stand in line, you show your ID, and you mark your ballot, but before you can feed it into the machine, you keel over from a heart attack. Can someone else now feed your completed ballot into the machine, or were you not alive long enough to complete the casting of your vote?
 

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It should count, but maybe not being a Republican. I was told these did. 20201025_090945.jpg
 

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I don't think so; you just have to be eligible to vote when you cast your vote.

It does bring up another question--let's say you go to the polls and vote on Election Day. You stand in line, you show your ID, and you mark your ballot, but before you can feed it into the machine, you keel over from a heart attack. Can someone else now feed your completed ballot into the machine, or were you not alive long enough to complete the casting of your vote? My step sister helped my step mom fill out her ballot. mom is legally blind, mostly deaf, and doesn't pay attention to anything, but she can sign her name.
Step sis says "you always voted Republican, right?
I just stood back and let it happen.
 

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