Voter residency fraud is a complicated and often confusing issue. This is because each state, county and municipality nationwide may have different laws and regulations regarding voter residency requirements. Oftentimes, the voter rolls are poorly maintained due to a lack of workers or time needed to keep the rolls up to date. This lack of maintenance can lead to various instances of voter registration fraud.
The instance of “dead voters” can occur when the death records recorded do not accurately match up to the voter rolls, they are checked against. Often these rolls are checked against each other manually which leaves the process open to clerical errors or underlying systemic fraud.