Election Day at Cedars-Sinai Skip to main content Close Select your preferred language English عربى 简体中文 繁體中文 فارسي עִברִית 日本語 한국어 Русский Español Tagalog Menu Close Call 1-800-CEDARS-1 toggle search form Close Los Angeles, 03 November 2020 05:02 AM America/Los_Angeles Election Day at Cedars-Sinai Even a Heart Transplant Won t Stop This Patient from Voting Heart transplant recipient Delander Moore gets ready to vote. Photo by Cedars-Sinai. Delander Moore, a Cedars-Sinai patient from Palmdale, has plenty to be happy about this Election Day. Just days after receiving a new heart, Moore was excited to find out he won't miss the opportunity to vote because he can cast his ballot from his hospital bed. "This is a great moment," said Moore, 65. "If you vote, that's your power and I want to use mine." Moore is one of dozens of patients participating in a two-day process that allows them to cast their ballots from Cedars-Sinai. On Monday, Cedars-Sinai employees distributed the application to vote, so that the county registrar's office can determine their eligibility. To be eligible to vote, a patient must live in Los Angeles County and be registered to vote. The patient must not already have voted by mail or have had a name change or address change since they registered. A Cedars-Sinai employee brings the patients' completed applications to the county registrar's office for processing. On Election Day, Cedars-Sinai employees pick up the ballots for the eligible patients and bring them to patient rooms. Patients have time to vote in private before employees pick up the completed ballots and return them to the registrar for counting. "In every election, we work to help our patients have their voices heard and their votes be counted," said Camille Camello, director of Volunteer Services, who organized the project. "This year was complicated by COVID-19, but we are committed to helping our patients exercise their right to vote." Moore is happy that his heart transplantation didn't prevent him from taking part in the election. "When I got the call that they had a heart for me, I thought I would have to sacrifice my vote," Moore said. "But now I get to have my say." Read more from Discoveries magazine: Triumph for Transplants Contact the Media Team Email: [email protected] Contact Soshea Leibler Soshea.Leibler@cshs.org Share this release Election Day at Cedars-Sinai Share on: Twitter Share on: Facebook Share on: LinkedIn Search Our Newsroom Social media Visit our Facebook page (opens in new window) Follow us on Twitter (opens in new window) Visit our Youtube profile (opens in new window) (opens in new window) Latest news 07 Oct 2022 - HealthDay: Black Women Less Likely to Get Laparoscopic Fibroid Surgeries 07 Oct 2022 - Faculty Publications: Sept. 29-Oct. 6 07 Oct 2022 - Fine-Tuning Organ-Chip Technology 06 Oct 2022 - KCRW: Want New Omicron Booster? Wait at Least 2 Months After Last Shot 05 Oct 2022 - Cedars-Sinai Schedules Free Flu Vaccine Clinics 04 Oct 2022 - Cedars-Sinai Showcases Hispanic and Latinx Art Newsroom Home