“Every vote counts” – those were the words Sylvia Presas told a clerk at the Nueces County Courthouse.
Sylvia’s daughter, Graciela “Gracie” de la Luz Presas, has a disability and is wheelchair-bound. That hasn’t stopped her from enjoying every chance she gets to vote.
Sylvia said they would drive up to a polling location and they would give Gracie a tablet to vote on. As Gracie gets older, Sylvia wanted to make it easier on Gracier and get a mail-in ballot. That’s what brought her to the Nueces County Courthouse.
“They looked at my daughter and saw that she was disabled and then they kind of questioned on how she was going to vote. And, I told them how she voted, how we practice at home,” Sylvia said.
The situation made Sylvia feel like people with disabilities are too often forgotten.
It took a battle, but Gracie can mail in her ballot now.
“She’s very much aware of the community, of the local and state and things that happen around the world. And, she’s very much aware of her life that goes around her,” Sylvia said.