Regarding the internet connectivity, Windows can think its connected to the internet when it isnt. Someone with the exact knowledge of how network topology is polled by the OS can provide more info, but the claim is next to meaningless. Someone's misunderstanding about how an OS functions is not evidence. Pretty terrifying to think these things were running Windows though...so many possible exploits.
> “Some states have a default ‘year of birth’ that they entered for registrations that lacked a year of birth on the old paper forms when voter registration was moved from paper to computer,” Roberts, the political science professor, explained in an email. “Those never get updated and as time goes on the voters with this issue look ‘older’ whether they are or not.”
Is this what happened in MI?
My guess - probably. Look at the "30 other ones you can manually check yourself" -- all of the ones in 1900 are in January!
Now, that might be because the author simply put the first 30 of thousands of such records, all of which are January ... except for the odd-ball June 1911 entry(?).
But if the author were aware that a default coding might be the issue, and wants to be convincing, then the right approach is to list examples throughout the year. More likely, the author doesn't understand the data set and inferring that the confusion is due to fraud, rather than ignorance.
It doesn't help that the "Search voter records in .. " link finds lots of people born in 1850.
Looking at of the entries, https://voterrecords.com/voter/19880777/richard-fletcher says Robert O Fletcher "(born 1891) is listed at 3657 Arndt St Detroit, Mi 48207 and has no known political party affiliation. He is a male registered to vote in Wayne County."
> Consider the case of Brydges: She is 75 years old, but the Qualified Voter File listed her birthdate as Jan. 1, 1901, which would have made her 119 years old, an unlikely age that fueled the pro-Trump claim that dead voters had cast ballots here.
> In reality, 1/1/1901 was a default date likely used when the township first transferred paper registration records into the computer system years ago, Hamlin Township Clerk Catherine Lewis told Bridge Michigan.
> Placeholder dates are "occasionally used if a registration exists but the exact birthday of the voter is not known by the local clerk," added Tracy Wimmer, a spokesperson for Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
