Dead Man Wins Election In North Carolina....

Editor & Publisher November 10, 2006 10:53 AM

A candidate for a county board in North Carolina, who was still appearing in newspaper ads the weekend before the Nov. 7 election, earned an easy victory, gaining 12,000 votes -- despite being dead for a month. Union County elections officials knew about his death, but did not inform voters, even though the newspaper ads -- and editorial endorsements -- continued.

"We are instructed that it's not our job to do that," said Shirley Secrest, elections director.

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