ELVIS LIVES ON VOTING ROLLS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Elvis may have left the building, but he's still registered to vote in Papua New Guinea.
Electoral officials say they're trying to shake up the list of voters to remove "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" and millions of other "ghost voters" who are thought to account for half of names listed on the South Pacific nation's voter rolls.
"The commission has been trying for a year to update voter registration ahead of June 30 elections, but admits voter rolls in remote, rugged highland electorates remain vastly inaccurate," according to Reuters.
An official tells the wire service that "ghost voters remained a problem with several Elvis Presleys, the U.S. rocker who died in 1977, registering to vote, alongside a handful of Tom Jones, and a couple of kings and queens."
The small country has a history of election-related irregularities. Back in 2002, Reuters reported "Papua New Guinea's national election has been marred by deaths, violence, stolen ballot boxes, multiple voting and incomplete electoral rolls."
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