In Baltimore, the dead get annoying political phone calls, too

Regarding your article "Mayoral candidates try to get out vote" (Sept. 13), I was one of many thousands of Baltimoreans who received what seemed like endless robo-calls from the candidates. But my household also received several unique calls — people asking to speak to my mother, who died in 2010.

Despite many letters to the Board of Elections asking that she be removed from the rolls, she is still listed as a registered voter, which I confirmed when I voted this morning.

It took the Department of Motor Vehicles less than a month to send me a letter instructing me to return her disabled parking tags.

In addition to the inconvenience the robo-calls caused me personally (I took the land line off the hook), the inclusion of deceased persons on the rolls skews the percentage of actual voter turnout that policy wonks love to recite after an election.

This is a poor state of affairs in an election where competent governance is such an important factor in determining the next mayor of Baltimore.

Michele LeFaivre, Baltimore