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senseandsensibility

(22,787 posts)
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 03:15 PM Oct 2024

Jimmy Carter lived long enough to vote for Harris/Walz!

According to the twitter, he voted early today and we know who he voted for!

Thank you for always doing your best for our country, President Carter. Here's to a lifetime of service!

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Jimmy Carter lived long enough to vote for Harris/Walz! (Original Post) senseandsensibility Oct 2024 OP
K & R malaise Oct 2024 #1
Thank you for this final act of compassion... Think. Again. Oct 2024 #2
Let's hope Pres. Carter will be around to see her sworn in. CurtEastPoint Oct 2024 #3
Indeed. I'm also hoping he lives at least until 11/5... regnaD kciN Oct 2024 #5
Let's hope he makes it to after the election Johnny2X2X Oct 2024 #4
his vote counts no matter what happens from what I can tell looking into this neohippie Oct 2024 #39
Thank you Jimmy! FalloutShelter Oct 2024 #6
Magnificent, Jimmy!!! SWBTATTReg Oct 2024 #7
A dedicated steward of our nation,and an BattleRow Oct 2024 #8
Great news! lindysalsagal Oct 2024 #9
Much gratitude to you President Carter. ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2024 #10
I have boundless admiration and appreciation for Jimmy Jarqui Oct 2024 #11
(Cuz there aren't any) lastlib Oct 2024 #31
I hope he... 2naSalit Oct 2024 #12
It is too bad evangelicals don't look to Jimmy Carter as a role model instead of donnie trump. LoisB Oct 2024 #13
Great man, great patriot, great president. wnylib Oct 2024 #14
He has to make it to 11-6 Old Crank Oct 2024 #15
please cite the relevant GA statute for that. Different states have different rules. niyad Oct 2024 #25
I may have been wrong Old Crank Oct 2024 #37
Thank you bdamomma Oct 2024 #16
That headline made me think he died! Dem2theMax Oct 2024 #17
Yes, that was my first thought as well. niyad Oct 2024 #26
I am so grateful he got his wish and was able to vote. Rosalyn is proud of him, as are we all. Yay, Jimmy Carter. mucholderthandirt Oct 2024 #18
I would have stood on the street to watch him drive by to drop off his ballot. Teacher of the Year Oct 2024 #19
Thank you and bless you President Carter. red dog 1 Oct 2024 #20
Thank you, Jimmy Carter! HeartsCanHope Oct 2024 #21
This makes me happy Botany Oct 2024 #22
Fantastic 👍 thank you President Carter 💙 TommieMommy Oct 2024 #23
I love that. barbtries Oct 2024 #24
Fortunately, Georgia does not have a statute that rescinds a vote should an absentee voter pass before election day Aviation Pro Oct 2024 #27
Just tried to look it up and it comes up a false news dhol82 Oct 2024 #28
Thank you, President Carter gademocrat7 Oct 2024 #29
This bring me so much joy Ruby the Liberal Oct 2024 #30
You're welcome senseandsensibility Oct 2024 #33
A great American. sarchasm Oct 2024 #32
Hopefully he will see her elected, and inaugurated. nt Gore1FL Oct 2024 #34
200th to 250th krkaufman Oct 2024 #35
Makes me happy. Moebym Oct 2024 #36
Thank you for posting this! It gave me chills--the good kind. Thank you, President Carter, for this and for a lifetime LaMouffette Oct 2024 #38
People should be more like Jimmy. The world would be so so much better. twodogsbarking Oct 2024 #40
Thank you, President Carter wendyb-NC Oct 2024 #41
great news! Groundhawg Oct 2024 #42
My father, also born in 1924, would have loved to do so, too Easterncedar Oct 2024 #43
Hurray for Jimmy! Cassandra325 Oct 2024 #44
Hopefully he outlives TSF's political career! GopherGal Oct 2024 #45
Humble and brave soul. Joinfortmill Oct 2024 #46

Think. Again.

(22,348 posts)
2. Thank you for this final act of compassion...
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 03:17 PM
Oct 2024

....after an entire lifetime of them, our dear Jimmy Carter.

regnaD kciN

(27,169 posts)
5. Indeed. I'm also hoping he lives at least until 11/5...
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 03:21 PM
Oct 2024

…or you can bet that, should Harris win Georgia, Republicans will charge voter fraud and demand that all early votes be thrown out.

Johnny2X2X

(23,036 posts)
4. Let's hope he makes it to after the election
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 03:21 PM
Oct 2024

Taht was his vote counts.

Better yet would be for him to be able to see her sworn in.

neohippie

(1,236 posts)
39. his vote counts no matter what happens from what I can tell looking into this
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 08:34 AM
Oct 2024

The laws about votes not counting if a voter dies before the election all seem to refer to absentee (mail in) ballots only

When a voter votes in person, their vote is counted I believe most states laws only refer to the mail-in absentee ballots can be challenged or thrown out, but not votes that are made in person


https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/counting-absentee-ballots-after-a-voter-dies



https://en.as.com/latest_news/where-does-jimmy-carter-cast-his-vote-does-an-absentee-mail-ballot-count-if-voter-dies-before-election-day-n/

BattleRow

(1,731 posts)
8. A dedicated steward of our nation,and an
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 03:57 PM
Oct 2024

honorable human being by nature and example.
Humble of heart and with purity of purpose,he demonstrated his worthiness to be Commander in chief.
His legacy of decency will serve as an example in the history books..if Project 2025 doesn't delete history books.

Jarqui

(10,689 posts)
11. I have boundless admiration and appreciation for Jimmy
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 04:43 PM
Oct 2024

I can't think of a single Republican of the last 50+ years that can come close to Jimmy.

lastlib

(26,273 posts)
31. (Cuz there aren't any)
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 06:20 PM
Oct 2024

No one with anything approaching his level of decency would allow themselves to be called a republikan.

LoisB

(11,054 posts)
13. It is too bad evangelicals don't look to Jimmy Carter as a role model instead of donnie trump.
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 04:57 PM
Oct 2024

niyad

(125,118 posts)
25. please cite the relevant GA statute for that. Different states have different rules.
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 06:07 PM
Oct 2024

Old Crank

(5,891 posts)
37. I may have been wrong
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 01:30 AM
Oct 2024

Georgia seems to have nothing in place. The law seems to be silent on this matter.

Here is a link with an overview of state laws.

https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/counting-absentee-ballots-after-a-voter-dies

mucholderthandirt

(1,600 posts)
18. I am so grateful he got his wish and was able to vote. Rosalyn is proud of him, as are we all. Yay, Jimmy Carter.
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 05:09 PM
Oct 2024

(Want a weird side note? I have a BIL named Jimmy Carter. And yes, he has a brother named Billy. No relation to the former president, just an odd thing.)

19. I would have stood on the street to watch him drive by to drop off his ballot.
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 05:11 PM
Oct 2024

12 year old me thought there was hope for the earth when he put those solar panels on the White House.

My hope lasted just a bit... until Reagan dropped them down.

Botany

(74,672 posts)
22. This makes me happy
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 05:40 PM
Oct 2024

Jimmy and Rosalyn didn't just talk the talk they walked the walk as per being real Christians and like Joe Biden they lived their faith in trying to help others.

Jimmy has made 20 months in hospice when
most stays in hospice care are about 70 days. He is an inspiration.

barbtries

(30,578 posts)
24. I love that.
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 06:01 PM
Oct 2024

i really do. the most underrated president of my lifetime got to vote for the first woman president of the USA.

Aviation Pro

(14,503 posts)
27. Fortunately, Georgia does not have a statute that rescinds a vote should an absentee voter pass before election day
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 06:13 PM
Oct 2024

Bank it, Mr. President.

dhol82

(9,569 posts)
28. Just tried to look it up and it comes up a false news
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 06:13 PM
Oct 2024

It might happen soon but as of now it’s false.

senseandsensibility

(22,787 posts)
33. You're welcome
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 08:23 PM
Oct 2024

I love and respect this man so much. It's so great that he was able to do this today. to a great humanitarian and public servant.

krkaufman

(13,957 posts)
35. 200th to 250th
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 11:36 PM
Oct 2024

It’d be nice if a vote from the man who won the Presidency 200 years after the country’s declaration of independence could help extend that democratic experiment to its 250th anniversary.

LaMouffette

(2,519 posts)
38. Thank you for posting this! It gave me chills--the good kind. Thank you, President Carter, for this and for a lifetime
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 07:55 AM
Oct 2024

of selfless service to our country! You are everything that Trump is not.

Easterncedar

(4,701 posts)
43. My father, also born in 1924, would have loved to do so, too
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 02:23 PM
Oct 2024

He was a civil rights lawyer and activist, and he died in 2009. He would have been appalled by what the other party has become and would have loved Kamala.

I’m so glad President Carter made it. What an inspiration.

GopherGal

(2,527 posts)
45. Hopefully he outlives TSF's political career!
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 03:04 PM
Oct 2024

Next step: Outlive the Guinea worms.

The Carter Center has got it down to just 14 cases in 2023. (Down from ~3.5 million in 1986) And just 7 cases so far in 2024.

For those interested, there's a "Donate Now" button on the top right of
https://www.cartercenter.org/health/guinea_worm/case-totals.html]

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