Oh, my, that's lovely.

[apocalypsos]

From here:

For me the most moving moment came when the family in front of me, comprising probably 4 generations of voters (including an 18 year old girl voting for her first time and a 90-something hunched-over grandmother), got their turn to vote. When the old woman left the voting booth she made it about halfway to the door before collapsing in a nearby chair, where she began weeping uncontrollably. When we rushed over to help we realized that she wasn't in trouble at all but she had not truly believed, until she left the booth, that she would ever live long enough to cast a vote for an African-American for president.

Also, there's this:

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[purple-smurf.livejournal.com]

The story makes me remember/think of a South African friend. He left South Africa with his wife and children because they couldn't handle the Apartheid any longer (they are white). When the Apartheid ended and the ANC was running Nelson Mandela for president, he said that he never thought this moment would come in his lifetime, and now that it was finally here he couldn't even vote in it (having not long become Australian citizens).

edited because I have grammar fail at the moment. Not that the editing made it any better. Dammit.

[wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com]

(in tears)

[marag.livejournal.com]

I didn't think that *I* would live long enough, so I can certainly see why the 90-year-old would be a tad emotional.

I'm going to cry like a baby when I finish voting this year. And I plan to take Yael with me so that she can help me vote.

[newredshoes]

It's this kind of thing that makes me a bit sad that I'm voting absentee.

[ficangel.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's so lovely.

[mylenn.livejournal.com]

That's brilliant - both the story and the video.