by sunset, a line of more than 200 people snaked around the library, people just waiting. one voter who had waited three hours on that line told the miami herald, quote, i would have stayed in line eight hours if i had to. campaign workers for a democratic gubernatorial candidate andrew gillum handed out water and pizza to voters waiting in line. a local company provided head phones to help people pass the time. in the end, everybody who stayed in line yesterday got to vote in the desiline victor voting wing. it s easy to see why an hours-long wait would be enraging or discouraging. it would be easy to get disgusted and quit. but seeing people willing to wait that wait to get their turn at the ballot box, it is one of the more heartwarming things about being an american. it s equally enraging and inspiring. sometimes if you are called on to make that personal commitment, it s asking something of you as a citizen. it kw sometimes even shade
she left and came back. and finally, that night, she was able to cast her vote. she told the miami herald, quote, i never voted in haiti. it wasn t safe. in this country, i have the right to vote. in haiti, i did not. having earned her citizenship and her right to vote in this country, ms. victor stood in line for hours on end to exercise that right. on state of the union night, republicans and democrats together stood up and applauded her determination to stay in line and vote no matter how long it took. she stayed in line, she got it done, she celebrated it later. when she got back to florida from our nation s capital, ms. victor was greeted at the airport by family and friends. she smiled. she danced in the airport. and then a few weeks later, the north miami city council named a wing of the local library after her, the library where desiline victor had had to wait in line all those hours. it would now have her name on it. look, the desiline victor voting wing.
she smiled. she danced in the airport. and then a few weeks later, the north miami city council named a wing of the local library after her, the library where disiline victor had had to wait in line all those hours. it would now have her name on it. look, the desiline victor voting wing. a permanent reminder of what it means to vote in this country. what it sometimes takes to play your part in our democracy. desiline victor passed away last fall at the age of 106, leaving behind an example of joy and determination in citizenship, right? even when citizenship is hard. also leaving behind the wing of the library that was name in her honor. so yesterday in north miami that. voted a the desiline victor voting wing. it was the last day to vote early before tomorrow s election. this what it looked like at the north miami library yesterday
where desiline victor used to vote in the wing named after her now. the wait to vote at the desiline victor arm of the library yesterday was three hours long. the reason the lines got so long is the county ran out of some ballots forrer a few hours. by sunset, a line of more than 200 people snaked around the library, people just waiting. one voter who had waited three hours on that line told the miami heard, quote, i would have stayed in line eight hours if i had to. campaign workers for a democratic gubernatorial candidate andrew gillum handed out water and pizza to voters waiting in line. a local company provided head phones to help people pass the time. in tend, everybody who stayed in line yesterday got to vote in the desiline victor voting wing. it s easy to see why an hours long wait would be discourage. it would be easy to get disgusted and quit. but seeing people willing to