PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy Carter cast his ballot in the 2024 election Wednesday.
The former president voted by mail, the Carter Center confirmed in a statement. It happened barely two weeks after Carter celebrated his 100th birthday on Oct. 1 at his home in Plains, Georgia, where he’s been living in hospice care.
His son Chip Carter said before the family gathering that his father had this election very much in mind.
“He’s plugged in,” Chip Carter told The Associated Press. “I asked him two months ago if he was trying to live to be 100, and he said, ‘No, I’m trying to live to vote for Kamala Harris.’”
The Carter Center’s brief statement said it had no more details to share.
Georgia’s registered voters have been turning out in record numbers since early voting began Tuesday. Nearly 460,000 had voted in-person or cast absentee ballots by Wednesday afternoon, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said.
Carter’s vote should count even if he’s no longer alive by Election Day on Nov. 5.
Robert Sinners, a spokesman for the secretary of state’s office, noted that Georgia election rules state that when an absentee ballot is received by local election officials “it shall be deemed to have been voted then and there.”
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God bless this man.
Scruffy11111 on
Any human that bashes J Carter needs to go to confession.
Unique-War-477 on
Wonderful for president Carter what he wanted
IvantheGreat66 on
Good he got his wish done.
Helen_Rodriguez_216 on
That’s dedication at any age!
DreamyPetalSundress on
A remarkable display of dedication at 100! Carter demonstrates that every vote truly matters.
cluelessminer on
Sheesh, many people in the US barely get to see their 80th birthday to do anything like what he did. I doubt such an event will happen again soon being a former President.
Bubbly-Two-3449 on
Interesting that AP neglects to mention who he voted for in the title.
He voted for Kamala because he wanted to vote for the first woman president.
Critical_Aspect on
I hope Pres. Carter makes it to at least Jan. 21 to see Pres. Harris inaugurated on January 20, 2025.
morbob on
Me too Jimmy
fadeddreams555 on
Can I dig up Nixon and have him vote for Trump?
thenightitgiveth on
Jimmy Carter outliving a member of One Direction is going to be one hell of a trivia fact someday
JAL0103 on
Dear God they need to stop using this photo
Simsmommy1 on
This is the man who sold his peanut farm so there wouldn’t be any conflicts of interest when he was president(I don’t know how there could be with peanuts but…) Imagine today asking Trump not to use the presidency to line his pockets….
Carter also built homes for Habitat for humanity as long as he physically could perform useful work. He was just a nice man from what I could see. I don’t know much about his presidency as I’m not American but his actions come across as a nice man.
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Holy crap. Incredible. He was hanging on to hot for Kamala. Now i hope he can hang on to see her win.
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PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy Carter cast his ballot in the 2024 election Wednesday.
The former president voted by mail, the Carter Center confirmed in a statement. It happened barely two weeks after Carter celebrated his 100th birthday on Oct. 1 at his home in Plains, Georgia, where he’s been living in hospice care.
His son Chip Carter said before the family gathering that his father had this election very much in mind.
“He’s plugged in,” Chip Carter told The Associated Press. “I asked him two months ago if he was trying to live to be 100, and he said, ‘No, I’m trying to live to vote for Kamala Harris.’”
The Carter Center’s brief statement said it had no more details to share.
Georgia’s registered voters have been turning out in record numbers since early voting began Tuesday. Nearly 460,000 had voted in-person or cast absentee ballots by Wednesday afternoon, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said.
Carter’s vote should count even if he’s no longer alive by Election Day on Nov. 5.
Robert Sinners, a spokesman for the secretary of state’s office, noted that Georgia election rules state that when an absentee ballot is received by local election officials “it shall be deemed to have been voted then and there.”
God bless this man.
Any human that bashes J Carter needs to go to confession.
Wonderful for president Carter what he wanted
Good he got his wish done.
That’s dedication at any age!
A remarkable display of dedication at 100! Carter demonstrates that every vote truly matters.
Sheesh, many people in the US barely get to see their 80th birthday to do anything like what he did. I doubt such an event will happen again soon being a former President.
Interesting that AP neglects to mention who he voted for in the title.
He voted for Kamala because he wanted to vote for the first woman president.
I hope Pres. Carter makes it to at least Jan. 21 to see Pres. Harris inaugurated on January 20, 2025.
Me too Jimmy
Can I dig up Nixon and have him vote for Trump?
Jimmy Carter outliving a member of One Direction is going to be one hell of a trivia fact someday
Dear God they need to stop using this photo
This is the man who sold his peanut farm so there wouldn’t be any conflicts of interest when he was president(I don’t know how there could be with peanuts but…) Imagine today asking Trump not to use the presidency to line his pockets….
Carter also built homes for Habitat for humanity as long as he physically could perform useful work. He was just a nice man from what I could see. I don’t know much about his presidency as I’m not American but his actions come across as a nice man.
Holy crap. Incredible. He was hanging on to hot for Kamala. Now i hope he can hang on to see her win.
I’d vote for a 2nd Carter term over Trump.