http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15622299/?GT1=8717

PIERRE, S.D. - A woman who died two months ago won a county commissioner's race in Jerauld County on Tuesday.

Democrat Marie Steichen, of Woonsocket, got 100 votes, defeating incumbent Republican Merlin Feistner, of Woonsocket, who had 64 votes.

Jerauld County Auditor Cindy Peterson said she believes the county board will have to meet to appoint a replacement for Steichen. Peterson said she'll check with the state's attorney to be sure that's the process.

I think a corpse has better political views than any live ones anyway.

this happens every year

it's not the dead people getting eleccted that we should be worried about, it's the dead people voting.

I would vote more if I new corpses would be on the ballot

FuckIsMySignature said:


Damn straight. At least they shut the fuck up.

SacreligionNLI said:

I lived, until recently, in Woonsocket, and i am not surprised by this one fucking bit. The town is full of mostly young and kid-having poor people, but no one votes, so the three or four nursing homes and a couple of churches basically run the town because they can get out the vote. It's the old and clueless leading the apathetic. Hooray, democracy!

That was me, also.