Author Topic: Deceased candidate qualifies in primary (Read 374 times)

SonnenKinder · « **on:** May 20, 2010, 07:40:43 PM »

GEORGETOWN, Ky., May 20 -- Officials in Georgetown, Ky., said a deceased city council candidate received 1,002 votes in the primary election, despite signs explaining her recent death.

Georgetown officials said Vickie Moore, who died of a heart attack April 4 at the age of 54, received enough votes Tuesday to move on to November's general election for the council despite signs at polling places telling voters that the candidate had passed away and her votes would not be officially counted, the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader reported Thursday.

Election officials said Moore's name is being dropped and will be replaced in the general election by Antonio Barber Sr.

Moore placed 13th out of 29 candidates in the primary.

Locals theorized people may have voted for Moore as a tribute to her memory, to show dissatisfaction with the other candidates or because they did not notice the signs.

"I think people voted to make a statement, or people were doing it in honor of her, to say 'she would have had my vote had she lived,'" said Scott Turner, president of the Georgetown Scott County Community Connections.

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