New York City has 850 voters registered as 164 years old

The New York City Board of Elections has uncovered 850 registered voters that are listed as 164 years old, the New York Post reports.

While the numbers look to be record setting — it would mean all of these voters had been alive during Abe Lincoln’s presidency — the board has found that this glitch is the result of a “leftover vestige from a bygone age.”

New York City residents weren’t always required to provide their exact birthdays when registering to vote, according to the Post. They were allowed to simply state, “21+.”

But state laws have changed and the birthdate is now required.

When the system switched over to a computerized database in 1999 and 2006, these “21+” voters were identified. Officials twice sent out notices to these voters, asking them to provide their real birth dates. But after most ignored the requests, the board decided to grandfather them into the new electronic system with the birth date of Jan. 1, 1850.

Officials told the Post that it is just “a little quirk in the system,” and that out of more than 4 million registered voters, 850 with an inexact age means the problem “is not widespread.”

NYC residents who registered after 2006 are required to provide their actual birth dates. Failure to do so would result in removal from the voter rolls.

But these “164-year-olds” are not affected.

The board of elections told the Post they would revisit the issue after the Nov. 4 election.