More Politifact: Thousands of dead people are not registered to vote in North Carolina

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RALEIGH -- An email circulating in North Carolina claims there are thousands of registered voters in the state who are more than 110 years old.

"PROOF!! North Carolina has the world's oldest voters!" reads the subject line.

The implication is it is voter fraud.

Politifact did some digging and found the claim is false.

http://abc11.com/2013206/



From Politifact:



A chain email has begun circulating in North Carolina that claims widespread irregularities in the state’s voter rolls.

The email caught our attention with its subject line, "PROOF !! North Carolina has the world's oldest voters !"

It says there are thousands of registered voters in North Carolina who are 110 or more years old, including one person who is a whopping 219 years old.

Though tongue-in-cheek, the implication is clear – that many dead people are still actively registered, perhaps allowing others to commit voter fraud by casting ballots in their names.

"Perhaps it is something in the (North) Carolina water," the email begins. "I doubt there is another state in the Union who could claim, as NC does, to have 5,376 voters 110 years old, or older. One current voter was born in 1798, making him a rather hefty 219 years old, thereby nearly doubling the age of the oldest person on earth."

Read more:

http://www.politifact.com/north-carolina/statements/2017/may/18/chain-email/no-thousands-dead-people-are-not-registered-vote-n/