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First-Time Voter

Twenty-three-year-old Ashley is proud of her 70-year-old grandmother. Who, for the first time, just registered to vote. “Words can’t express how proud,” Ashley says. (Photo found by Ann Raber.)

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Ashley and her grandmother have spent hours together researching the candidates and the issues. This is how democracy should work, right? Ashley says, of her grandmother’s upcoming November vote, “After living through 12 different presidencies she will finally voice her opinion as to who she believes should hold the office.”