By way of HotAir and Free Republic, the Washington Post reports “at least 19 dead Virginians were recently re-registered to vote.”
The 19 were registered as voters in the Shenandoah Valley city of Harrisonburg, that is until a clerk in registrar’s officer who was double-checking the entries recognized the name Allen Claybrook, Sr. who died in 2014 at age 87. Claybrook’s son is a retired local judge, and the clerk knew that the judge’s father had died.
According to Rockingham County Commonwealth’s Attorney Marsha Garst, family members were distraught when a note came congratulating Claybrook for registering to vote.
“[O]ur family is very disgusted that they would pick his name, because he was such a law-abiding citizen devoted to public service.” said Claybrook’s son, retired Harrisonburg General District Court Judge Richard Allen Claybrook Jr.
Claybrook, Sr. had fought in World War II and was a retired Fairfax County elementary school principal.
The voter registration forms were submitted by a private group working to register voters on the campus of James Madison University. The group was not identified, and no charges have been filed.
House Minority Leader David J. Toscano, a Charlottesville Democrat, said that re-registration of dead voters is not voter fraud because no vote was cast.
“First of all, there was no voter fraud … Nobody cast a vote. There’s still no evidence of that [voter fraud] going on in the state. But there is evidence every time you turn around that the Republicans are trying to make it more difficult for citizens to vote in elections.” Toscano said.
Republicans in Virginia’s House of Delegates, who have supported stricter voter ID laws, contacted reporters to call attention to the ongoing investigation.
False affirmation of voter registration information in Virginia is a felony:
AFFIRMATION: I swear/affirm, under felony penalty for making willfully false material statements or entries, that the information provided on this form is true. I authorize the cancellation of my current registration and I have read the Privacy Act Notice.
Election fraud occurs once the polls have closed and the counting begins, and D.C.’s bastard child has become easy pickins for the Democrat Party whose notoriety for stealing elections is legendary.
For additional information, see He Fought In World War II. He Died In 2014. And He Just Registered To Vote In Va.