absentee ballot

Madelyn Dunham was able to vote for her beloved grandson:

Barack Obama’s late grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, voted by absentee ballot for her grandson before she passed away this week, reports NBC/NJ’s Athena Jones.

Obama's Grandmother's Absentee Ballot will be Counted by State of Hawaii

But I don't care. Let them smirk over how we tear up or get emotional over voting for our candidate, because they'll never know what it's like to have a candidate who's worth pouring so much effort into. Maybe Reagan was worth that for them, I was born in 1986 so I wouldn't really know.

All eyes are on my hometown and my alma mater tonight as the second U.S. Presidential debate is being held at Belmont University in

I just made my first-ever donation to a politician.

I've helped on campaigns before, mainly at the local level. I've donated time, insight and expertise. But I never wrote a check before.

Since my mother died five years ago, I have discovered that I miss her the most in the autumn and during election years. Her birthday is today, and she died on October 10, 2003.

Some states will throw out your ballot if you die before the votes are counted:

It occurs to me that this year, I’ll be out of the country on election day. The last time that happened was in 2000, when I lived in Ohio, and I had to go to the county board of elections and do an “absentee ballot.” I know that Tennessee does early voting in most elections, but I can’t remember if the presidential election is one of them.

Sen. Hillary Clinton: Thank you very, very much. Well, this isn’t exactly the party I’d planned, but I sure like the company.