Field Notes: As I have in years past
AS I HAVE IN YEARS PAST, I watch Donna Jenkins as she enters the second-floor offices of the Hemphill County Clerk’s office to deliver the Precinct 202 ballot box. Donna is 85 years old, and has served the election process in some capacity for the last 40 years. She reflects for a moment, and says, “I’ve outlasted them all.”
When she first accepted the job, Donna told me, she did so because she…