Some states allow ballots if voters die before Election Day Hannah Carson reads from the third chapter of Ecclesiastes inside her Charlotte, N.C., apartment on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. At 90-year-old, Carson reads her Bible daily, particularly her favorite verse detailing the different seasons of life. As soon as she received her absentee ballot in the mail six weeks ago, she filled it out and sent it back to her local election office. (AP Photo/Sarah Blake Morgan)
90-year-old Hannah Carson speaks about the importance of voting from her Charlotte, N.C., apartment on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Carson, who says she's voted in nearly every election since she was 18, mailed in her ballot weeks before the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Sarah Blake Morgan)
FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, file photo, a ballot drop box is shown where voters can drop off absentee ballots instead of using the mail in Detroit. Seventeen states prohibit counting ballots cast by someone who subsequently died before the election, but 10 states specifically allow it. The law is silent in the rest of the country, according to research by the National Conference of State Legislatures. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, file photo are Absentee Ballots at the Albany County Board of Elections building in Albany, N.Y. Seventeen states prohibit counting ballots cast by someone who subsequently died before the election, but 10 states specifically allow it. The law is silent in the rest of the country, according to research by the National Conference of State Legislatures. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
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Hannah Carson reads from the third chapter of Ecclesiastes inside her Charlotte, N.C., apartment on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. At 90-year-old, Carson reads her Bible daily, particularly her favorite verse detailing the different seasons of life. As soon as she received her absentee ballot in the mail six weeks ago, she filled it out and sent it back to her local election office. (AP Photo/Sarah Blake Morgan)