re: PA elected a Potato and an actual Dead Man. What is wrong with that state?

or it's called a guy dying a month before an election with election rules preventing any changes to the ballot after a certain date. a special election was going to happen. many people, including I'm sure several on this board, don't know every name on their ballot, so yeah, people probably voted for him without knowing he died. or some people thought voting for a dead guy was better than a candidate they didn't support.