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A worker with the Detroit Department of Elections carries empty boxes used to organize absentee ballots after nearing the end of the absentee ballot count at the Central Counting Board in the TCF Center in Detroit, Mich., on Nov. 4, 2020. (Elaine Cromie\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
BY PETR SVAB
\nTHE EPOCH TIMES<\/p>\n
More than 10,000 people confirmed or suspected dead have returned their mail-in ballots to vote in Michigan<\/a>, according to an analysis of the state\u2019s election data.<\/p>\n About 9,500 voters confirmed dead through the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) are marked in the state\u2019s mail voting database as having returned their ballots. Another nearly 2,000 are 100 years old or more and are not listed as known living centenarians.<\/p>\n The analysis was provided by Richard Baris, director of Big Data Poll.<\/p>\n The data indicates that somebody else was trying to vote on behalf of these people.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s also entirely possible that some of them aren\u2019t even real people,\u201d Baris told The Epoch Times via email. \u201cIf someone is 110 or some ridiculous age, we should have their death record but do not.\u201d<\/p>\n Americans older than 110 are exceedingly rare. Only a handful of such seniors are known<\/a> to live in Michigan.<\/p>\n According to the 2010 Census, there were 1,729 centenarians in Michigan (pdf<\/a>).<\/p>\n Tracy Wimmer, spokeswoman for the Michigan Secretary of State, indicated that even if somebody tried to vote on behalf of a deceased person, the vote would be rejected.<\/p>\n \u201cBallots of voters who have died are rejected in Michigan, even if the voter cast an absentee ballot and then died before Election Day,\u201d she previously told The Epoch Times via email.<\/p>\n However, Baris wasn\u2019t convinced.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile I\u2019m open to the idea some of these have been rejected, I\u2019m not open to any outright dismissal they all were rejected,\u201d he said in a Nov. 8 tweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n The data on how many ballots were rejected isn\u2019t available yet, Wimmer said.<\/p>\n She said that \u201ca ballot received for a living voter may be recorded in a way that makes it appear as if the voter is dead.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis can be because of voters with similar names, where the ballot is accidentally recorded as voted by John Smith Sr when it was actually voted by John Smith Jr; or because of inaccurately recorded birth dates in the qualified voter file.\u201d<\/p>\n This only happens \u201con rare occasions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Democratic nominee Joe Biden leads in Michigan by less than 150,000 votes. The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit in Michigan to halt vote counting until Republican observers are granted adequate access. A GOP-led Michigan legislature is investigating allegations of election irregularities in the state.<\/p>\n