Portage County veteran, 86, doesn't vote after VA identification card rejected at polls
Published: Tuesday, March 06, 2012
By Michael Scott, The Plain Dealer
AURORA, Ohio – A Portage County World War II veteran was turned away from a polling place this morning because his driver’s license had expired in January and his new Veterans Affairs ID did not include his home address.
“My beef is that I had to pay a driver to take me up there because I don’t walk so well and have to use this cane and now I can’t even vote,” said Paul Carroll, 86, who has lived in Aurora nearly 40 years, running his own business, Carroll Tire, until 1975.
“I had to stop driving, but I got the photo ID from the Veterans Affairs instead, just a month or so ago. You would think that would count for something. I went to war for this country, but now I can’t vote in this country.”
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The headline is WRONG and inflammatory. He was not turned away. READ THE STORY. He was given the opportunity to vote, and HE decided not to.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous,,,,I did read the story. If it makes you feel better to think the headline is more wrong than what happened, that's your problem.
ReplyDeleteNow, he gave his VA card but that wasn't good enough for him to be able to vote. That means he was turned away no matter how you want to phrase it.