Doesn't say which party...

[Jenny_Jackson]

This has got to say something about the electorate or South Dakota or...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15622299/?GT1=8717

Dead woman wins county commissioner's race
S.D. candidate gets 100 votes; official says voters knew she was deceased


Updated: 8:41 a.m. PT Nov 8, 2006
PIERRE, S.D. - A woman who died two months ago won a county commissioner's race in Jerauld County on Tuesday.

Democrat Marie Steichen, of Woonsocket, got 100 votes, defeating incumbent Republican Merlin Feistner, of Woonsocket, who had 64 votes.

Jerauld County Auditor Cindy Peterson said she believes the county board will have to meet to appoint a replacement for Steichen. Peterson said she'll check with the state's attorney to be sure that's the process.

Peterson said voters knew Steichen had died.

"They just had a chance to make a change, and we respect their opinion."

 

[Zeb_Carter]

She was a Democrat. There are several dead ones in the House and Senate.

 

[rgraham666]

Probably it's because the voters knew she couldn't do much damage.

 

[3113]

She was a Democrat. There are several dead ones in the House and Senate.

And they're all much safer than live republicans.

 

[SweetPrettyAss]

This has got to say something about the electorate or South Dakota or...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15622299/?GT1=8717

Dead woman wins county commissioner's race
S.D. candidate gets 100 votes; official says voters knew she was deceased


Updated: 8:41 a.m. PT Nov 8, 2006
PIERRE, S.D. - A woman who died two months ago won a county commissioner's race in Jerauld County on Tuesday.

Democrat Marie Steichen, of Woonsocket, got 100 votes, defeating incumbent Republican Merlin Feistner, of Woonsocket, who had 64 votes.

Jerauld County Auditor Cindy Peterson said she believes the county board will have to meet to appoint a replacement for Steichen. Peterson said she'll check with the state's attorney to be sure that's the process.

Peterson said voters knew Steichen had died.

"They just had a chance to make a change, and we respect their opinion."

Remember John Ashcroft? He ran for senator from Missouri in 2000 and lost to a dead man.

 

[Tuomas]

Now, if only the rest of the country would take on South Dakota's example, the world would be such a better place

 

[Zeb_Carter]

And they're all much safer than live republicans.

Well being dead they can't do much damage, they can't vote for higher taxes, they can't vote for bigger government. So I guess you're right.

 

[SweetPrettyAss]

Well being dead they can't do much damage, they can't vote for higher taxes, they can't vote for bigger government. So I guess you're right.

What are you saying? In Chicago, dead people vote all the time. Sometimes many times.

 

[TheEarl]

http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20061106.html
http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20061107.html

The Earl

 

[Zeb_Carter]

What are you saying? In Chicago, dead people vote all the time. Sometimes many times.

Yes, in Chicago, dead people vote. Yes and sometimes in many different precinct. Yet I have never heard of a dead politician voting on anything in the US Congress. I believe until the seat is filled with a live body their vote is automatically "Abstained" as it can't be "Present" unless the dead body is sitting there.