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Re:I Lived Through a Stupid Coup. America Is Having One Now by mcphage on Sunday November 22, 2020 @09:21AM (#25177639)
Yes, but how did they know that it wasn’t just a living person casting a ballot normally?
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Re:I Lived Through a Stupid Coup. America Is Having One Now by chordalkeyboard on Sunday November 22, 2020 @02:20PM (#25180182)
Presumably they matched the name, location, and DOB with a person who had a public obituary. I'm not the op so I don't know.
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Re:I Lived Through a Stupid Coup. America Is Having One Now by mcphage on Sunday November 22, 2020 @07:40PM (#25182453)
That isn’t an accurate system—so if that’s all they were doing, they really shouldn’t be making claims they can’t support.
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Re:I Lived Through a Stupid Coup. America Is Having One Now by chordalkeyboard on Sunday November 22, 2020 @08:06PM (#25182592)
I'm sure its not foolproof but it clearly raises suspicion. How many people are born on the same date with the same name?
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