Chicago is legendary for its long-dead voters who somehow manage to cast their ballots election after election, but for Americans elsewhere their best option for registering their political preference after death is in their obituary.
That's just what Richmond, Virginia, nurse Mary Anne Noland, 68, did this week.
Noland, who passed away Sunday, was remembered by friends for her faith, service and sense of humor, and her humor came through in her obituary:
NOLAND, Mary Anne Alfriend. Faced with the prospect of voting for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, Mary Anne Noland of Richmond chose, instead, to pass into the eternal love of God on Sunday, May 15, 2016, at the age of 68. Born in Danville, Va., Mary Anne was a graduate of Douglas Freeman High School (1966) and the University of Virginia School of Nursing (1970). A faithful child of God, Mary Anne devoted her life to sharing the love she received from Christ with all whose lives she touched as a wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, friend and nurse.
The Methodist woman's family requested memorial contributions be made to CARITAS, a provider of homeless services in the Richmond area.
Dennis Wilder, a family friend, responded to Noland's parting humor.
"The humor in the lead sentence of this memorial is pure Mary Anne," he wrote. "I will always remember her smile and her laugh. She found humor in everything in life, a quality I saw break through the tension on several occasions. ... You have been a true and loyal servant of Christ in this life. Godspeed, Mary Anne."
In January, Richmond resident and lifelong Republican Ernest Overbey Jr., 65, posthumously gave a shoutout to Donald Trump. His vision impaired by cancer, Overbey depended on his wife to keep him abreast of election news, and he became an ardent Trump supporter – so much so, his wife Deborah added "Please vote for Donald Trump" to his paid obituary.
Trump posted a link to the obituary, writing: "Thank you so much. Earnest (sic) must have been a great person."
In August 2015, WND reported that Philadelphia's Elaine Fydrych took her dislike of Hillary Clinton to her grave ... and beyond.
The woman's dying words, as published by the South Jersey Times: "In lieu of flowers, please do not vote for Hillary Clinton."
Her widowed husband, Joseph, told Fox News his late wife had become very distrustful of Clinton in her last few months as news of her many scandals, from Benghazi to the wiped email server, made national headlines.
As such, he said she wanted to send out some last words of advice for her family, friends and those who read her obituary: Don't choose Clinton in the upcoming election.
"If you knew Elaine," he said, Mediaite reported, "you'd say, 'yep that's Elaine.' It was a fitting end for the woman. It was very appropriate that she go out this way."
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Clinton's popularity problem with the deceased demographic is not limited to the late Mrs. Fydrych. In April, the family of a Cabarrus County, North Carolina, man let their opposition be known in his obituary.
Larry Darrell Upright, 81, was remebered as "a loving husband, father and granddaddy." His obituary told of his accomplishments, his work and community connections.
"In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Shriners Hospital for Children," the obituary said. "Also, the family respectfully asks that you do not vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016. R.I.P. Granddaddy."