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Report: 'Dead people' may voted for new 49ers stadium
August 31, 1997
Web posted at: 12:50 p.m. EDT (1650 GMT)SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) -- California's secretary of state and the San Francisco city attorney's office are trying to determine whether votes were cast by "dead people" in last June's San Francisco 49ers stadium election, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Voters were asked to decide whether the city should finance a new stadium for the National Football League team. The $535 million project passed by fewer than 1,500 votes.
The city attorney's office began investigating the matter, after finding evidence of signature fraud in at least one voting precinct, the paper said. City officials have denied there is any evidence of widespread fraud.
The Chronicle examined records for 65,000 county deaths over the past decade. The result: 744 names matched those voting in the election. Only 43 of those had matching zip codes.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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