I was real short of breath at that time when they come. Only later, when Collins went to his regular polling place for early voting in person, did he find out that the rolls showed him as having already voted. Because he filed an affidavit saying his absentee ballot had been stolen from him and forged, he was able to vote in person, and his absentee ballot was thrown out. He told me he had voted since he was a young man in Freestone County. There were other terribly sad stories along the streets of Precinct 3128, and a lot of pain.
Old people are embarrassed to admit their vulnerability.
I also had a wonderful week. I leaned on fences and listened while beautiful old ladies told me about scrubbing floors in Chicago and dancing to big bands on Galveston Island, mumbled tales that wandered and warped like dreams in the warm breeze. Only a political gangster. That's who the Morning News is afraid of. But that's also who the local officials stood up to on Saturday night.