[Vision2020] North Charleston Woman Uses Last Moments In Life to Vote

[Tom Hansen]

>From News 4 (Charleston, South Carolina) -

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South Carolina Woman Votes For Obama In Final Moments 
(Update w/Video) 

This is going to be a short diary, and I know there have been several 
stories like this over the last few days, including aaraujo's powerful 
diary yesterday of the 109-year old daughter of a slave voting for Obama, 
but this was another one that brought tears to my eyes.  At the rate I'm 
going, I won't have any more tears to cry on Election Night!

Dora Fitzgerald was a 93-year old woman living in North Charleston, South 
Carolina.  She was born in a time before women could vote, and certainly a 
long time before it even looked possible for an African-American to ever 
become President.

She wasn't passionate about politics, but she was about Barack Obama.

"She was very moved for Barack Obama’s passion for fixing things, and his 
articulate way of delivering his message and she just decided she was 
going to vote for him," said her daughter, M. Fitzgerald. 

But she was 93 years old, and her health was declining.  But she wouldn't 
go without completing some unfinished business:

"She said I don’t know if I’m going to live that long, but I plan on 
sticking around to vote for him," said M. Fitzgerald.

Fearful that November was too long to wait, her daughter sent for an 
absentee ballot. It arrived last week.

News video
http://tinyurl.com/6qsbrr

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Seeya at the polls, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college 
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)


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