83-Year-Old Wisconsin Man Walks to Vote in Midterms After Deer Totals Car

An 83-year-old Wisconsin man walked over a mile to vote after he slammed into a deer and totaled his car on Nov. 6.

“I get three miles from Cedarburg and I totaled the car, I hit a deer. I live by myself, I have no relatives here, so what are you going to do? So I decided that I was going to vote but I had to walk down here,” John Pinter told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

He said he walked a mile and a half, and it took him 45 minutes to get to the polling station using his cane. The Journal-Sentinel later reported that it was a round trip of a mile and a half.

“I'd never miss an election,” Pinter said after voting at the Community Center Gym, noting he’s voted in every election since age 21.

“I’ve got emphysema, so I take about 20 steps and I’ve gotta stop. I learned in the service that when the going gets tough, the tough get going,” the veteran said. “You don’t feel sorry for yourself, you do what you have to do.”

Pinter is a small businessman who makes a living driving around the state selling merchandise to hardware stores.

He said the deer was the third he’s hit this year.

He said he’s a supporter of President Donald Trump.

Texas Woman Votes Before She Dies

In Texas, an 82-year-old woman voted for the first time before dying.

Gracie Lou Phillips voted in early voting on Nov. 1 and died on Nov. 5 after her condition drastically worsened in just a few days.

She said in a Facebook post that she thought the midterms elections were important, saying: “One vote can make a difference.

“82 yrs and FIRST time to vote. So this Grannie is voting in the most important race there is!! MY PRESIDENT...STAY STRONG SIR, I AM FOR YOU!!”

She said that she and her husband didn’t vote because they thought it would open them up to jury duty and affect their living, adding that they were busy raising seven children. The woman was inspired to vote this year.

“To have someone literally need oxygen to breathe, pure tank of oxygen to breathe, put it in her car and ask to go on what may very well be the last week of her life, that shows the dedication and priority that people need to look at,” granddaughter Leslie Rene Moore told NBC 5, calling her grandmother a “proud American” and a “proud woman.”

From NTD News