Former president Jimmy Carter, 100, votes in US election
The ex-president voted by post.
Former president Jimmy Carter has cast his ballot in the 2024 US election.
The ex-president voted by post, the Carter Centre confirmed in a statement.
It happened barely two weeks after Mr Carter celebrated his 100th birthday on October 1 at his home in Plains, Georgia, where he has 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 Centre’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 on Tuesday.
Nearly 460,000 had voted in-person or cast absentee ballots by Wednesday afternoon, secretary of state Brad Raffensperger said.
