PITTSBURGH - Christine McConnell cast her first ballot just 10years after women received the right to vote and more than fourdecades before the nation's voting age was lowered to 18.
She hasn't missed an election or a primary since 1930 - even whenshe objected to the county's shift from paper ballots to votingmachines.
McConnell is one of 9,100 Pennsylvanians honored with a place inthe state's "Voter Hall of Fame" for participating in at least 50consecutive elections.
The Committee for Study of the American Electorate estimates thatjust three of every 10 people between the ages of 18 and 24 vote inthe average election, a fact that baffles McConnell. She said …
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