Alfred Brewer of Wichita, Kansas had no right to show up and vote in the primary in August. At least not according to the GOP nominee for Secretary of State, Kris Kobach. That's because, Kobach has said, records in the state are showing Brewer died in 1996. So Kobach fears the voter rolls are rife with mistakes that will encourage voter fraud.
Reached Thursday at his home where he was raking leaves, Brewer, 78, was surprised some people thought he was dead.
"I don't think this is heaven, not when I'm raking leaves," he said.
The accused voter is a zombie victim of 2 mixups. The first is a birthdate issue when Brewer originally registered, decades ago, with just "age" (in years) instead of DOB. Those legacy registrations produce a placeholder birth date of 1/1/1900 in the records.
Second, Brewer has the same first and last name as his Dad, who died in 1996.
Question: if Republicans are expecting such a wave, why are GOP candidates trying to purge rightful voters from the rolls? It's a hint they're far less confident of the raw numbers than they're claiming.
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