Absentee Voting

Did you hear on the radio this week how "touched" Hillary was to learn that an elderly woman in West Virginia wanted to vote for her, even though she was terminally ill? And how that woman did vote absentee for Hillary but died before the day of the primary vote?

Does that vote count?

In McHenry County that vote would not count, if the Election Commission knew of the death before election day.

Would it have mattered in West Virginia? Not at all. Everyone knew that Mrs. Clinton would sweep that state. So what?

I still wonder why Senators Clinton, Obama and McCain are sucking up their Senatorial paychecks when they have abandoned their obligations to their constituents. I read nothing in the national press about this. Why is it tolerated?

They should resign their seats and forfeit their pay, when they are spending nearly 100% of their time away from their elected offices.

© 2008 GUS PHILPOTT