‘The same granny who died 2 days before the election?”
You mean the one who was “recovering and doing very well”?
[per MO’s announcement]
*I* made a comment similar to yours right after she “suddenly died” and got torched for my troubles by a lot of people.
Elderly people have such vast reservoirs of knowledge...but they’re so ‘frail and helpless’.
Does anyone recall if she died at home or in a hospital?
Was *that* even ever mentioned?
I always had the suspicion she actually died when he went to visit, but they saved the announcement for the night before the election.
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/05/nation/na-grandma5
Her vote, cast before death, will count
ELECTION 2008: SCHOOL BOND MEASURES
November 05, 2008|Associated Press
HONOLULU — Even though Barack Obama's grandmother died two days before election day, Hawaii election officials say they will count her absentee ballot.
Kevin Cronin, the state's chief elections officer, said Tuesday that state law requires absentee ballots cast by someone who dies before an election to be discarded only if a state death notice arrives before election day.
By election day, Madelyn Dunham had not yet appeared on the state health department's list of deceased residents, Cronin said. The 86-year-old, who helped raise Obama, died at home late Sunday.
The elections office received her ballot Oct. 27, Cronin said. . . .
(Since it’s from AP and LAT, you know it must be true.)