By love-89.com As the countdown to the November 5th election enters its final three weeks, voters in California have begun receiving their ballots. Surprisingly, some families of deceased individuals, foreign citizens, and international students from China have also reported receiving ballots or voter registration notifications, leaving many in disbelief and confusion.
Linda Li, a resident of Azusa, shared that her family received a ballot from the Los Angeles County election office last week, addressed to her late husband. The shocking part? He passed away two and a half years ago. “How is it possible that a ballot would be mailed to someone who has already passed away?” she exclaimed.
Linda recounted that her husband was a Vietnam War veteran, and all of his posthumous affairs, including his death certificate and Social Security number cancellation, have been handled by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. She believes that the process for issuing ballots must undergo rigorous verification procedures, insisting that the election office should not be sending ballots to deceased individuals. “How could such a mistake happen?” she questioned.
In a similar situation, Mr. Mu, who resides in Laguna Hills, Orange County, indicated that his household has recently received numerous ballots. In addition to the ballots for him and his wife in Chinese, they also received two English ballots addressed to the names of his previous homeowners. Mr. Mu noted that he and his wife bought their home in 1999 and maintained a friendly relationship with the previous white couple, who passed away six or seven years ago. “It seems there are significant loopholes in the verification of voter identities here in California,” he remarked.
Furthermore, a number of non-U.S. citizens, including Chinese international students, have been receiving prompts to register to vote. Miss Ping, who lives in Los Angeles, reported receiving texts urging her to register at vote.gov to participate in this election. “The message claimed it would only take 30 seconds to register as a voter,” she stated. “But I’m not even a U.S. citizen.” She has been living in Los Angeles as a citizen of Singapore for many years.
Local USC international student Liu expressed confusion after experiencing a recent event in Hollywood where several people were being encouraged to register to vote. Despite informing the staff that they were international students and not U.S. citizens, the workers reassured them, “It’s okay, we encourage everyone to vote.” Liu questioned, “Is this really how elections work in the United States?”