Judge blocks part of Texas effort to purge dead from voter roll
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - A Texas judge on Thursday temporarily blocked part of a state effort to remove dead people from the voter rolls after the purge led to thousands of people receiving letters asking them to prove they are alive.
The ruling by State District Judge Tim Sulak in Austin came after four Texas voters filed suit on Wednesday on the grounds that the voter roll purge violated state and federal election law and could interfere with people who were very much alive being able to vote in November.
Election officials sent about 80,000 notices to voters who were dead or "potentially deceased." The voters were told they needed to provide evidence that they were alive within 30 days or they would be removed from the rolls, the lawsuit said.
"The secretary of state's office is trying their best to force local registrars to purge people off the rolls who are alive and well," said Buck Wood, a lawyer for the plaintiffs.
Rich Parsons, a spokesman for Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade, said: "Our policy is we do not comment on pending litigation."
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/21/us-usa-texas-elections-idUSBRE88K01N20120921
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Partially deceased
Minimally deceased
Negligibly deceased
Nominally deceased
If we were really tired or deeply engaged in something, we could be dead to the world. 
What evidence would be needed to prove you are alive, if the state wants to consider you dead?
