| Dear Neighbor,
Last December, Mary Consoli knocked on my front door. Mary is a retired nurse who has been a long-time friend, and who has worked with the League of Women Voters' absentee ballot program for many years. She had a tale to tell.
Last year, a man in Danbury fell and broke his foot while handing out candy to trick-or-treaters on Halloween. He went to the emergency room the next morning. The medical staff took care of him. But hospitals (and insurance companies) don't admit patients like this. He was discharged to a nursing home, where he spent the next three weeks on the mend.
He has been a regular voter. So, he applied for an emergency absentee ballot, something in state law for decades. Sadly, he was denied, because the statute applied only to those who were in the hospital, not a nursing home. Shouldn't the law reflect 21st century medical and insurance practices?
I agreed. |
