It's been quite a number of cycles since I've voted on election day. It's so much simpler to step up the next level above the vault when I'm there and vote early.?ÿ
Since I'm always doing it that way, I started to help my mom by taking her by and having her vote early. She was beginning to suffer from dementia but still able to live on her own and so it became a ritual to take her. Some years ago, I stopped by and got her in line, we told the election worker her name and election worker said she can't vote. I asked why and they told her she already voted.?ÿ
Seems my brother who was visiting took her the week before. That was the last time she voted. We all agreed that she'd done her civic duty enough.?ÿ
Then my wife's father who is even more elderly and can't hear very well (at the time he wouldn't wear a hearing aid) would be driven to the polling place by my wife to vote. The last time she took him he got in the booth and?ÿVERY LOUDLY?ÿasked SWMBO "Who did you tell me to vote for"?
Needless to say, that was the last time he voted. She isn't going to take him anymore and he doesn't want too anyway.?ÿ
We had a facility that provided a home to adults with significant mental issues.?ÿ Most residents were between 25 and 55 years of age.?ÿ The facility director made sure they were all registered to vote.?ÿ Then she would take them on a little walking tour of the town on election day so they could vote.?ÿ Each resident had been provided with a slip of paper showing them what the ballot would look like and showing them precisely where to put all of their check marks or to fill in which little squares.?ÿ The poll workers quickly figured out what was going on as many of the residents no longer needed the little slip of paper so would drop it to the floor before leaving the booth.
