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A candidate for local office in New York disappeared months ago. He could still win (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] frunch@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

A reminder that these are the kinds of tactics to expect from a typical Republican running for election:

(From the article)

The Republican voters argued in their lawsuit that Democrats couldn’t claim Krommidas was dead because authorities still considered him a missing person. They pointed to a New York state law that someone is presumed dead after being “absent for a continuous period of three years”.