One in 8 voter records are flawed, Pew estimates
(NEWSER) - The Walking Dead is more than a hit TV show, it might just be a successful get-out-the-vote strategy. Thanks to 24 million out-of-date and inaccurate voter registration records, the United States has up to 1.8 million dead people registered to vote, reports USA Today . "We have a ramshackle registration system in the US. It's a mess. It's expensive. There isn't central control over the process," said one expert. Despite 2.75 million duplicate registrations and other problems, the Pew Center for States , which published the study, says there are still 51 million eligible citizens not registered to vote. More»
