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Voices at Lake Shore Baptist: Voting comes before doctor
Douglas Pitts, 84, shuffled with a walker into Lake Shore Baptist Church just before 2 p.m. with purpose. He hurt his back earlier this week, and has no choice but to use the walker. “It takes me 20 minutes to put my shoes and socks on,” he said. “I haven’t even been to the doctor yet. I came here first. This is more on my mind.” Pitts, who is retired from Merrill Lynch, said he planned on casting his ballot for Sen. John McCain. Larry Harder, 70, was also Republican-minded when he headed into the church, but his presidential vote was going to Gov. Mike Huckabee. He said he wasn’t able to attend Huckabee’s rally Thursday at the Waco Hilton, but said his and the appearances of other candidates and big-name supporters to Central Texas is telling of the closeness of the race. “They’re scrounging for every vote they can get apparently,” Harder said. “In most elections, Waco doesn’t seem to matter as much.” Outside the church, three supporters of local candidates Jonathon Sibley, Sheriff Larry Lynch and Constable Travis Bailey stood with signs of support. They said they had been touring Waco’s polling places all morning. Most interesting: Bruce Scott, 36, of Austin and a friend of Sibley, said at Tennyson Middle School early this morning a Hillary Clinton campaign representative told every voter she could to meet back at the school at 6:45 p.m. to caucus.
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