Voter goes into labor at polls

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By Michael Welles Shapiro
The (Hilton Head) Island Packet
Posted: Tuesday, Nov. 04, 2008

HILTON HEAD ISLAND The Hilton Head Island election office got a surprise -- and hurried -- visitor today, when a woman showed up ready to vote while she was going into labor.

"It was a young couple, and they were excited about voting and excited about having a baby," said Diana Nicholson, assistant town clerk for the Town of Hilton Head Island.

Election workers quickly accommodated the couple, as waiting voters gladly let them move to the head of the line. And it was a good thing -- the contractions were coming fast.

"She was 3 minutes apart," Nicholson said, "so we got them in, and they voted."

After they cast their absentee ballots, the couple were off to the hospital delivery room, Nicholson said.

Nicholson said she did not know the names of the couple or the outcome of the delivery.