Casting her ballot: Resident lends helping hand to continue a legacy

Getting your

SALISBURY — “I feel great, I got to vote!”

That was the sentiment of Yvette Michelle Pope after she was able to get to polls and vote, thanks to Dylan Ellerbee. And being able to vote is not something Pope takes lightly and likewise for Ellerbee who feels it’s important to get someone to the polls to cast their vote.

Pope said she had been trying to vote since early voting started; however, being in a wheelchair, she said didn’t really go anywhere and when she did try to go vote, her car battery was dead.

It was then she called the board of elections who directed her to call her party and see if someone was available to take her to the polls.

By then, early voting had ended, she said, and Ellerbee called her to find out which location she was registered, and she said she would have to locate her card and let him know.

Ellerbee said he has always tried to get involved in political campaigns as much as possible. When he was younger, he worked call centers and has driven people to the polls; however, as time has passed, he has had less time to do these things.

While it hasn’t always worked out for hi...