"Serena Perez moved to the United States from Ecuador more than 10 years ago after marrying an American citizen. She applied for citizenship in May, thinking she would have plenty of time to become a citizen and be granted the right to vote. But now, she probably won't get that chance."


                   This is the kind of thing that drives me nuts. Why did she wait 10 years to apply? There was a story out last week about some woman who waited 20 years to apply for citizenship. If they really wanted to vote in the 2008 election, why didn't they fill out the papers a year earlier, or 5 years, or 10 years, or...