Dale Hopfinger heads to the polls every year, excited to exercise his First Amendment rights as a proud patriot. But he ran into a peculiar problem this year: polling volunteers told him he died on Sept. 25, CBS Local reported.
"They said, no he's deceased, so he can't vote," Hopfinger said.
Despite having a valid state identification with him, a poll worker told the 48-year old that town government records said he died on Sept. 25. He was able to convince the workers of his status as a living, breathing person, and was finally allowed to vote.
Hopfinger said he was confused when he walked into the Lee Township Hall and was told he was no longer alive. He reached out to social security to find out what happened, but it was a clerical issue.
"The way she was saying was it was probably just a typing error on the Social Security Number is all it was, she's thinking, but like I say, I don't know, I don't know how to find out," Hopfinger told WNEM.
Hopfinger is planning to meet with Bay City Social Security representatives at the end of the week. He had issues co-signing on a new car for his daughter, which he now thinks is due to his "death." He's also concerned it will lower his credit score.
