A 101-year-old African-American, Mrs. Thelma
Feastra, said she would pack her bags and leave the
U.S. should Republican nominee Donald Trump be
elected president on Tuesday.
“I want to get the best people out there to take
care of the citizens; so I voted Hillary. I am
hoping the election will be alright.
“However, if Trump wins, I guess I will just
pack my bags and leave the U.S.,” the
centenarian told a correspondent of the News
Agency of Nigeria at the Hampton Voter
Registrar, the State of Virginia, after casting
her vote.
Feastra, a curbside voter, said she was
motivated to vote so as to be a part of those
who decided who becomes the president of the
U.S.
A curbside voter is any qualified voter who is
able to travel to the voting place, but because of
age, or physical disability is unable to enter the
voting place in person without physical
assistance.
A curbside voter may vote either in the vehicle
or in the immediate proximity of the voting
place.
According to her, not being involved could have
a consequence on who emerges the president.
“If you don’t vote, you just can’t complain,
you just take what you get,” the physically-
challenged Clinton supporter, Feastra said.
Also speaking, Feaster’s daughter, Cassandra
Williams, who drove her mother to the voting
centre, said she had heard complaints about
both presidential candidates.
She, however, said that the grievances should
not keep people from voting.
“There’s no good choice between Clinton and
Trump but there’s a worse choice. This year,
you just have bad candidates but one of them
will still become the president even if you
don’t vote.
“Still, you have a responsibility to come out
and vote and get someone who will make our
country greater because the country is already
great.”
Williams said she was motivated to vote because
she marched for the right to vote in the 1960s
adding, she was arrested but did not regret the
experience.
“It was just something I had to do,” she said.
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