She was too weak from a stroke to vote in last month's primary city election, he said. Mrs. Bitare immigrated from the Philippines in 1982 and became a citizen four years later. De Jesus and his wife, Estela, wanted her to be closer to family. Mrs. Bitare, who read without eyeglasses and played handheld computer games to keep her mind sharp, was a registered nurse and an administrator at a Manila hospital before she moved to the United States. Family members said she voted in every presidential election since she became a citizen.
Women are more sincere as far as making a decision.
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