Obama's Grandmother's Absentee Ballot will be Counted by State of Hawaii

[jefferson_dem]

Obama's Grandmother's Absentee Ballot will be Counted by State of Hawaii
November 03, 2008 8:21 PM

ABC News' Tahman Bradley, Rigel Anderson and Arnab Datta Report: While Sen. Barack Obama's late grandmother Madelyn Dunham will not live to see the outcome of this historic election, her 2008 vote will count.

Hawaii Chief Elections Officer Kevin Cronin told ABC News this evening that the absentee ballot cast by Dunham before she passed away will count.Cronin said Dunham's absentee ballot was received on October 27 and found to meet the requirements of a valid absentee ballot and will therefore be counted with the rest of the state's ballots tomorrow.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/11/obamas-grandm-1.html

[JuniperLea]

1. Beautiful!

She will see his inauguration... without pain... I may not believe in God... but I do believe the spirit lives on... energy is always energy...

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. good......

I hope nobody tries to challenge it.

[stellanoir]

3. Bless her soul and RIP

She fell on her sword. May her spirit guide and protect him.

[elocs]

4. Here in WI if you pass away before election day your early vote or absentee ballot

does not count.

[pnwmom]

10. How do they know? Do they really run all deaths through the elections office? n/t

[nichomachus]

12. That's bizarre

WHat happens if someone votes on election day, comes out of the booth and has a heart attack? Do they scrub their vote too? To be consistent, they'd have to.

[elocs]

18. No, because they cast their vote on election day before they died.

Even given that, I'll take Wisconsin's voting process over nearly any other. We have early voting, you can register at the polls, and in 2004 with 3 million ballots cast there were only 300 provisional ballots. Now that's good.

[Cha]

17. Wow, no wonder this is a

big deal that her vote counts in Hawai'i.

[elocs]

19. Different states have different rules.

Here in Wisconsin convicted felons may vote if they have served their time and probation. In other states they are banned for life.

[Cha]

21. Yeah, Aloha,

Hawai'i~

[Retrograde]

27. how do they tell

which early vote is yours? Absentee ballot maybe (although you could vote absentee, die out of state and not have the state notified until way after the election, if at all), but if you cast a valid early vote how can they tell what you voted for?

If the vote was valid when cast it should be counted.

[tblue]

5. Okay, now I'm gonna cry. Bless her heart.

[MassLiberal]

6. Yes!

It should count.

[kayakjohnny]

7. Oh my. That's very good. Poetic, even.

[Patsy Stone]

8. Wonderful.

RIP.

[unblock]

9. to absent friends, indeed....

[BlooInBloo]

11. :))))))

[jillan]

13. Aww - that's beautiful.

[leftist.]

14. That's just a sweet story that makes you feel good.

Thanks for posting it! :hi:

[fadedrose]

15. It should be preserved for Obama's library.... nt

[Cha]

16. Now that's lovely that

she got that in there in time..bless her heart.

[avaistheone1]

20. Bless the woman's heart.

[Metric System]

22. Aw, that's great news.

[ms liberty]

23. Very glad to hear that...my sister's MIL died last week...

and she had cast an absentee ballot too - knowing that she would be gone before election day. (She had stopped having her kidney dialysis, saying she was tired and ready to go.)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

24. oh that makes me cry

[AtomicKitten]

25. You just made me cry. Some more.

[TexasLady]

26. That is SO wonderful

may she smile upon her wonderful talented grandson from wherever she may be.