Facepalm: Voter Registration Edition

Stop me if you're heard the one about the 91-year-old woman who couldn't stand in line long enough to register to vote.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Ninety-one-year-old Virginia Lasater says she was unable to obtain a voter ID because she was physically unable to stand in a long line at a driver testing center.

Lasater told The Daily News Journal that she has voted and worked in campaigns for 70 years (http://bit.ly/pQiphH). She recently moved to Murfreesboro and on Wednesday registered to vote at the local election commission.

This is someone who takes her responsibility seriously, someone who knows the value of her actions.  But really, nobody let her go to the front of the line?  Couldn't someone have brought her the paperwork to fill out or given her a hand?  That's low.  I can't imagine anyone begrudging a woman that age some special attention from workers, but it looks like "tough luck baby" was the overall response.

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