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Dead Man Reelected
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From your link.
A Pennsylvania man who died earlier this year was reelected to his position as a state representative.
Democrat Tony DeLuca, the longest-running Pennsylvania state representative, at 39 years, died last month at 85 of lymphoma, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Because of his recent death, election authorities were unable to change the ballots, and many voters chose him over Green Party challenger Queonia "Zarah" Livingston, marked by a sizable lead. A special election will be held to choose a proper candidate to take his seat.
If the dead man had been in the other party, I'll bet they would have moved heaven and earth to get his name off the ballot.Democrat Tony DeLuca, the longest-running Pennsylvania state representative, at 39 years, died last month at 85 of lymphoma, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Because of his recent death, election authorities were unable to change the ballots, and many voters chose him over Green Party challenger Queonia "Zarah" Livingston, marked by a sizable lead. A special election will be held to choose a proper candidate to take his seat.
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Well, it's not entirely to be surprised at, considering how many dead people voted for him!
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Heck, it's not the only time it happened this election!
Full list of dead people who won their elections on Tuesday
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Then you'd bet wrong - legally, they couldn't remove him. The deadline to pull a name from the ballot was August 8 for people nominated by filing nomination papers or August 15 for those nominated in the primary. DeLuca died in October.
Election Calendar (pa.gov)
From a practical perspective, they have to lock in the ballot by a certain date so that ballots can be printed and mailed (for mail-in ballots). I live in PA and received my mail-in ballot around October 1 - before DeLuca died.
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