avlena
11-05-2003, 03:58 PM
I received this email from my dad today about one of my former HS teachers (edited out the personal info):
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At Rotary today, the following report was made concerning the election in B_Town yesterday. Mr. G, just barely back from spending six days on the fire lines got an urgent call from Mr. R's daughter on Tuesday. Her father had passed out and in falling had broken his glasses, and was currently in hospital where they were trying to stabilize him. Mr. R was very concerned in that he had not yet voted, and definitely wanted to.
Mr. G is the local Director of Elections for the B_Town area and made the determination that this was a special circumstance hardship case and managed to bring one of the touchscreen polling booths from the high school to the hospital. Mr. R was still physically able to fill out and sign the special form needed to enable this special procedure for him to vote, and than proceeded to do so before he was evacuated out.
Less than 50% of the people old enough to vote in B_Town are even registered so they can vote. Of those REGISTERED to vote in B_Town, less than 25% of them bothered to vote in yesterday's election.
Thus, setting the example for each one of us, one of the last acts Mr. R performed for B_Town was to insure that as a citizen, his vote was cast and counted.
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Unfortunately, Mr. R did not recover from the fall, and passed away.
I'm amazed and moved by how much the right to vote must have meant to Mr. R, that it was one of his last wishes... May he rest in peace.
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At Rotary today, the following report was made concerning the election in B_Town yesterday. Mr. G, just barely back from spending six days on the fire lines got an urgent call from Mr. R's daughter on Tuesday. Her father had passed out and in falling had broken his glasses, and was currently in hospital where they were trying to stabilize him. Mr. R was very concerned in that he had not yet voted, and definitely wanted to.
Mr. G is the local Director of Elections for the B_Town area and made the determination that this was a special circumstance hardship case and managed to bring one of the touchscreen polling booths from the high school to the hospital. Mr. R was still physically able to fill out and sign the special form needed to enable this special procedure for him to vote, and than proceeded to do so before he was evacuated out.
Less than 50% of the people old enough to vote in B_Town are even registered so they can vote. Of those REGISTERED to vote in B_Town, less than 25% of them bothered to vote in yesterday's election.
Thus, setting the example for each one of us, one of the last acts Mr. R performed for B_Town was to insure that as a citizen, his vote was cast and counted.
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Unfortunately, Mr. R did not recover from the fall, and passed away.
I'm amazed and moved by how much the right to vote must have meant to Mr. R, that it was one of his last wishes... May he rest in peace.