A women in Bryan, Texas, wouldn't let a health scare stop her from casting a ballot.
"The greatest and most important duty as an American in this great country is to vote," Janelle Crenshaw told KAGS.
The 74-year-old tried to vote on October 13 at Brazos County Administration Building, but she started feeling lightheaded after standing in line for nearly 45 minutes. She left before casting a ballot but was set on voting the following day.
She went back to the polling place on October 14 and when she got to the front of the line to show a poll worker her ID, Crenshaw passed out.
An ambulance was called for Crenshaw to make sure she was OK, but she regained consciousness before the EMTs were able to take her to a nearby hospital.
“(The EMTs) hooked me up with an IV. They said we can’t tell you what to do, but you really need to go to the hospital. I said ‘I just want to vote,'" Crenshaw told Brazos County commissioners at a meeting on Tuesday.
"Finally, after several moments of persuasion, one of the EMTs said ‘they are going to give you the chance to vote. Do you still want to vote?’ I said yes. ”
A poll worker brought a portable voting machine to the parking lot so Crenshaw could vote while EMTs were checking her over.
“Probably everyone in there knows who I voted for, but I didn’t care. I got to vote," Crenshaw said before thanking poll workers and EMTs for taking care of her. Crenshaw says she now feels fine.
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