93-Year-Old Woman Fights Her Way To State Supreme Court, Just So She Can Vote
6:15 pm, August 16th | by Diana Gerstacker
Ninety-three-year-old Pennsylvania resident Viviette Applewhite said she has voted in almost every presidential election since turning 21. She has led a politically active life, even marching with Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement. She values America’s democratic process, but she doesn’t expect to cast a vote this November. The new voter ID law would prevent her from voting, so she’s taken up a lawsuit against her home state.
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