A pandemic didn't deter this 102-year-old from voting

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102-year-old Ora Smith was born in 1918, when a deadly strain of influenza plagued the US. So when one of the most pivotal elections of her lifetime fell during the second pandemic of her lifetime, Ora didn't think twice about casting her vote.

Ora Smith was born the same year that a deadly infection overtook the country and turned life upside down.

The 102-year-old was born in 1918, when a deadly strain of influenza plagued the US and led to over 675,000 deaths in the country. So when one of the most pivotal elections of her lifetime fell during the second pandemic of her lifetime, Ora didn't think twice about casting her vote. To maximize her safety, she submitted her absentee ballot at an in-person ballot box this month in Hampton, South Carolina. Dr.

 

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Republican and Tomi Lahren hate Black voters

Alright Mother. Vote!

'A lifelong resident of the Deep South, Ora's grandmother had been enslaved.' Her GRANDMOTHER was a slave. Slavery and Jim Crow weren't that far away. My own grandmother is 90 and had direct slave relatives as well.

.... and she voted for Trump !

Your a badass, Ma. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. ❤

Brava Ora!

We ❤️ u Ora for voting. God Bless you.

So having lives through a real global pandemic that killed over 50M people, she’s a living witness that we a currently living through a fake pandemic

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our black people is stop our black frome coming up can i black leaders can they tell the truth i see in the business of walmart and in the music industry

I'm sure she voted against Trump, hehe

Go girl! 🗳

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