MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Reynolds Smith Jr. was a stalwart Democratic voter in Alabama.
But the Alabama Democratic Party overlooked another fact when it appointed Smith to an interim party panel: He died in November at age 83.
Party executive director Jim Spearman told the Press-Register on Tuesday that the mistake was caused by outdated records.
He said the party received Smith's name from a 2006 list of candidates for the Mobile County committee and then used a voter list to verify him as an active voter.
The panel was charged with replacing the local party's executive committee.
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