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99-year-old votes in election for absentee ballot

Credit: KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas
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99-year-old votes in election for absentee ballot
99-year-old votes in election for absentee ballot

Among the millions of voters casting ballots in Tuesday's election was 99 year-old Dr. Robert Smith Junior of Jackson, Mississppi.

The son of a sharecropper waited with his son to submit an absentee ballot, recalling a time when he couldn't even vote as a black American.

ELECTION WAS 99 YEAR-OLD DR.ROBERT SMITH JUNIOR OF JACKSON,MISSISSPPI.THE SON OF A SHARECROPPERWAITED WITH HIS SON TO SUBMITAN ABSENTEE BALLOT, RECALLING ATIME WHEN HE COULDN'T EVEN VOTEAS A BLACK AMERICAN.SMITH - A WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN- SAYS VOTING IS AN EXPERIENCETHAT EVERY AMERICAN CITIZENSHOULD HAVE.THANK YOU FOR MAKING US A PARTOF YOUR DAY.REMEMBER..WE'RE ALWAYS ON AT KTNV.COM..

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