Rinke falsely claims 'dead people always vote Democrat'

Fresno CA

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Michigan's Republican primary for governor has been marred by a scandal over fake signatures on five candidates' nomination petitions. Now a new campaign ad from Kevin Rinke, a businessman who is not among the five candidates facing disqualification, begins with a false claim about voter fraud and Democrats. "Why is it that dead people always vote Democrat?" Rinke asks to start the ad. Voter fraud is exceedingly rare in Michigan and every other state. And Rinke's claim about dead people and Democrats is flat-out false. Facts First: It's just not true that votes cast in the names of dead people are always cast for Democrats. Though the number of voter fraud cases involving the ballots of deceased people is tiny, there are recent cases in which such ballots were fraudulently cast either for Republican candidates -- including Trump -- or by registered Republicans.