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Mel and Sue Awes spent the last weeks of their lives in a shared double room in Fairview Southdale Hospital s ICU sedated and on ventilators fighting COVID-19 complications.
The Edina couple began dating when they were students at the University of Minnesota. In six decades of marriage, they had done everything together: moved around the country, raised five children, built careers in sales, amassed a passel of friends.
Breaking with protocol, the hospital staff drew back the divider curtain and placed the couple s beds feet-to-feet, a few yards apart.
In the face of an inhumane disease, it was a humanizing gesture, one that brought their loved ones great comfort. Mom and Dad were Frick and Frack, they were always together, their son Ben Awes of St. Paul explained.
Thy neighbor s vote
Now, say you want to vote again by, for example, appropriating your neighbor s absentee ballot.
It would help to know whether heâs already requested a ballot. For that, youâd need to look him up on the stateâs public voter database, myvote.wi.gov. Youâll also need to know his date of birth.
If he hasnât asked for a ballot yet, you could pretend to be him and request it. Unless youâve also stolen his driverâs license, youâd have to indicate at this point that heâs indefinitely confined to get around the license requirement.