[naviga:ul][naviga:li]1,297 voters[/naviga:li][naviga:li]827 votes cast[/naviga:li][naviga:li]461 Progressive Labour Party supporters[/naviga:li][naviga:li]351 One Bermuda Alliance supporters[/naviga:li][naviga:li]14 rejected ballots[/naviga:li][naviga:li]1 spoilt ballot[/naviga:li][/naviga:ul]For some, the above numbers are how the recent by-election in Constituency 13 played out on February 4. For three other people, that day played out in an entirely different manner.For one young Bermudian man, Makai Young, he woke up on that Thursday with no real intention to cast a vote. Unfortunately, like many other young men in his age bracket, the importance of voting has not yet taken grasp. No fewer than three to four people took their time to explain to him how important his vote was to not only his future, but the future of every Bermudian. After about 15 minutes of impassioned encouragement, he finally agreed to get his driver's licence so that he could vote.One of those who had strongly persuaded him to vote was Forrest Tucker. A man who had worked hard all his life to support himself and his family, Mr Tucker, or as he is commonly known, “Uncle Nick”, had previously admitted that during the 2012 General Election he believed the promises being put ever so generously by the OBA. And, as such, he had switched his vote in favour of the OBA. Over the subsequent years, he has witnessed those promises being broken one by one.Like many other Bermudians, he had decided to return his support to the PLP and was determined vote on February 4. So on that day, he ensured that Makai was to travel in his vehicle, as well as one other person who was determined to vote.Born in the year 1920, Doris Samuels was grew up in a Bermuda that did not allow blacks to vote unless they owned property of a certain value. She had witnessed the struggle of multiple generations for every right that we as Bermudians now have. So now at age 96, she was determined to cast her vote. So she joyously joined Uncle Nick and Makai to travel to the polls.Upon reaching the polls, it was found that she did not have valid ID and was turned back. Uncle Nick and Makai gently and patiently helped her back into the car and drove her to the Parliamentary Registrar, and then put her into a wheelchair to get her voter's ID card and return to the polling station.Returning to the polls, she was greeted with a standing ovation by nearly everyone in sight. For her to go to vote was one of her proudest moments. She stated to Makai: “If I can do it, you must do it.”Both Uncle Nick and Makai then followed her example and went inside to cast their votes.The moral of the story is that everyone has a different life story to tell, yet in this instance three people whose difference in ages spans nearly a century, bonded together for a few hours to ensure that each of them exercised the power to say what they want for their country.For many, that “3” was the most heart-warming number.