"On this Election Day, as the presidential campaigns of two New York residents come to an end, another New Yorker — Rose Orbach — plans to do her civic duty and vote — again. The resident of Bayside, Queens, is 104. She’s voting in her 16th presidential election. (Stevenson. Kennedy. Johnson. Humphrey. McGovern. Carter, twice. Mondale. Dukakis. Clinton, twice. Gore. Kerry. Obama, twice. You may spot a trend.) Born in 1911, Mrs. Orbach emigrated from Poland shortly after World War II. She became an American citizen by 1955, and voted in her first presidential election here the following year. The idea of having and using her voice, without facing persecution, was novel. “In Poland, it was a whole different system,” she said. “Especially for Jewish people, who weren’t treated like everybody; they were always beneath.” When she stepped behind the curtain to vote in the 1956 race, things felt different. “I was one with the people: I was different, I was Jewish, but I pushed the button,” she said. “I had my idea, and I was treated nice no matter what. You had your privacy and you were allowed to think what you wanted to think.” In her nearly 60 years of living in New York, she has not missed a single presidential election — that’s at a time when more than 100 million Americans who can vote don’t vote. So exercise your right — it’s one that many people in this world do not have."
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Tuesday, November 8, 2016
New York Today: 104 Years Old, and Still Voting; New York Times, 11/8/16
Alexandra S. Levine, New York Times; New York Today: 104 Years Old, and Still Voting:
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