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die Karteileiche (-n)
   inactive member, nominal member; inactive registration; inactive file, dead file, invalid entry/file, expired entry/file

Ich bin seit vielen Jahren eine Karteileiche der CDU.
For many years I have been an inactive member of the CDU.
Auch der Begriff der Karteileiche erhält eine völlig neue Bedeutung. "Es gibt Fälle, wo Mitglieder längst verstorben, aber nicht aus den Bestandslisten gestrichen wurden", sagte Voß der SZ.
The concept of the Karteileiche ("file corpse") also takes on an entirely new meaning. "There are cases where members were long deceased, but not deleted from the registration lists," Voss told the SZ [newspaper].
Volkszählung: Experten vermuten in Deutschland mehr als eine Million Karteileichen.
Census: Experts suspect more than a million people in Germany who exist only on paper/in the files.

Related:
die Kartei (-en) index card, card file, file
die Karteikarte (-n) file card, index card
der Karteischrank filing cabinet

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