California GOP official apologizes for saying dead people voted. But he hasn't stopped sleuthing

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Set us as preferred A Bay Area Republican Party leader who earlier this year claimed dead people cast votes in Marin County in the Proposition 50 special election has backtracked on that comment.But don’t expect him to stop digging.In an interview with The Times, John Turnacliff, chairman of the Marin County Republicans, said he still thinks more should to be done to ensure voter rolls are accurate, and indicated that he and his group would continue their probe.At a Marin County Board of Supervisors meeting last week, Turnacliff apologized for his dead-voter claims.

SFGATE was first to report on his apology.“I’m here today to retract that statement I made a few months ago as far as those voters being on the roll,” he said at the meeting.“I did not find them.

I apologize to the Board of Supervisors and to the registrar’s office and to the registrar for any angst and consternation that could have put on you since then.” California Californians are more concerned about the Trump administration interfering in the state’s midterm elections than they are about voter fraud, noncitizens voting illegally or foreign interference, according to a new poll.When the county supervisors met on Feb.10, he claimed that Marin Republicans found that 73 dead people voted in the Nov.

4 Proposition 50 special election following a ballot analysis.The proposition, which passed by a wide margin, takes effect in January and redraws California’s congressional districts to favor Democrats.Turnacliff then called on Natalie Adona, the county’s registrar of voters, to investigate.“In summary, dead people are voting in Marin County, and we would like to know why,” he said at the meeting.The county voluntarily reviewed the list of names provided to them by the Marin Republicans, according to reporting by SFGATE; the registrar found ...