The dead could decide whether Britain stays in or quits the EU.
The Electoral Commission has confirmed that all votes cast by post will count, even if the elector dies before the poll on June 23.
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A recent EU referendum poll by YouGov for The Times found that the Remain and Brexit camps are tied at 41 per cent, with 14 per cent saying they are undecided and four per cent declaring they will not vote.
It is therefore conceivable that the referendum on June 23 will go down to the wire, and may be decided by a few thousand votes.
Consider this:
During the 2015 general election 6.2 million postal votes were included in the count across England, Scotland and Wales.
That represents 16.9% of the total votes cast.
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The Office for National Statistics estimates that every day in England and Wales (these figures do not include Scotland), about 1,400 people die.
The first tranche of postal votes was sent out by the Electoral Commission on May 23, leaving postal voters 30 days to vote.
Thirty days multiplied by 1,400 people is 42,000 voters.
And 16.9% of 42,000 voters is 7,098.
UK turnout at the 2015 general election was 66.1% giving a final figure of 4,692 potential deaths among postal voters.
Polling guru Prof John Curtice of Strathclyde University told Heat Street: “You can’t assume how people will vote, and not all of those who vote by post will vote in the same direction, but it is possible that anything and everything will prove to be decisive.”
He added: “Remain are the favourites but there is not that much polling that puts them far ahead.”
This could give a whole new meaning to the idea of a zombie referendum – and I haven’t even touched upon the topic of postal vote fraud.
