In his State of the Union address, President Obama had invited Desiline Victor to sit with Michelle Obama in the audience, and he focused on her voting experience to illustrate the need for reform of our voting proceedures.
Ms. Victor is 102 years old, and she waited in line to vote in Miami for
hours. She certainly deserved the president's recognition and the prolonged standing ovation she received from the assembled leaders of our government.
Her determination in exercising her right to vote is truly admirable. In Georgia, she wouldn't have had to. It is written into our state laws that anyone over the age of 75 can immediately go to the front of the line to vote.
But it was great political theater to build support for President Obama's plan to appoint a commission to work to change how we run our voting processes.
Ralph
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