93 year old Frank Tanabe was terminally ill after being in the final stages of inoperable liver cancer and was still able to cast an absentee ballot. He was unable to personally fill it out, but he had his daughter Irene say the candidates' names and he would respond with a nod or a shake of the head. Irene took pictures of her father voting and posted them on Facebook. Her son took those pictures and posted them on Reddit where it exploded and went viral. Throughout his life, Frank never missed a single presidential election. A few days after filling out the ballot, he passed away.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/24/politics/dying-man-votes/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
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