Ballot from Barack Obama's late grandmother to be counted

[RFKHumphreyObama]

http://www.smh.com.au/news/us-election/obamas-grandmothers-vote-to-count/2008/11/05/1225560908464.html



The absentee ballot from Barack Obama's late grandmother will be counted, election officials in Hawaii said.

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State elections chief Kevin Cronin said state law typically would require an absentee ballot cast by someone who dies before Election Day to be discarded. But that would only be if certification of death is received from the state Department of Health before the election.

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Tragically she didn't live to see her grandson become President but she at least she did get to vote for him and to have her vote count in a state which he won

[trayfoot]

1. They damn well BETTER count it!