Wisconsin man votes from hospital after heart surgery

MILWAUKEE (AP) - A Milwaukee man who came to after heart surgery and demanded a ballot has been allowed to vote.

Janis Strucel of Allenton says her father called her about 8 a.m. Tuesday and said he was having chest pains. He was rushed into surgery an hour later and had a stent put in.

When he came to a few hours later, 69-year-old Terry Kopplin asked to vote. Strucel says she and her family called Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker's campaign to see what to do.

Strucel says a friend picked up Kopplin's ballot, and the lifelong Republican voted at the hospital - for Walker.

Wisconsin Government Accountability Board spokesman Reid Magney says Wisconsin law allows hospitalized voters to request absentee ballots until 5 p.m. on Election Day.

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