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 A Texas delegate at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, on August 30, 2012 on the final day of the Republican National Convention. The RNC will culminate later today with the formal nomination of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan as the GOP presidential and vice-presidential candidates in the US presidential election. (AFP/Robyn BECK) |
Before Texans head for the polls in November, the state wants to know one thing: Are you dead?
Election officials are sending letters to thousands of voters asking them to verify they are alive, in compliance with a 2011 law requiring officials to cross-reference the voter list with the social security death list, the Austin Statesman reported Thursday.
So-called notices of examination are going out to 77,000 of the state's approximately 13 million registered voters.
Because of the size of the "master death file" — with 89 million entries — the Social Security Administration "does not guarantee its accuracy," the newspaper said, as one Michael Moore, very much alive, found out when he received a notice.
Voters who are still alive have 30 days to return the form or call their county and confirm they are breathing.
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