'Not going to miss an election': Jimmy Carter voted in Georgia primary, his grandson says

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Source: USA Today

Published 1:21 p.m. ET May 12, 2024 | Updated 2:50 p.m. ET May 12, 2024


Former President Jimmy Carter, who has been under hospice care for over a year, voted in Georgia’s May primary last week, his grandson said in a new interview.

Jason Carter told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Monica Pearson Show,” that his grandfather cast a mail-in ballot in the race. Georgia’s May primary election date is next week, though advance voting began on April 29 in the Peach State

“He’s not going to miss an election.” Jason Carter said. “It’s important to him. I mean, that’s the person he is.” Jason Carter told USA TODAY last year that his grandfather and President Joe Biden had been in contact “on a relatively regular basis.”

Jimmy Carter, 99, entered hospice care in February 2023. Though hospice care is often associated with the immediate end of a person’s life, it’s not always a short-term option. The Carter Center, the global charity Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter founded in 1982, announced last year that the former president would not receive “additional medical intervention.”

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/12/jimmy-carter-georgia-2024-primary/73664319007/

[twodogsbarking]

1. He sets new records every day. He has set the bar high for all.

[et tu]

2. democracy on the line

and he knows it. such a brilliant star of past presidents.
i wish him the very best~

[erronis]

3. Kudos to Jimmy! Dubya probably won't bother since he knows his vote won't be worth much.

W has relied on having his political life fixed by the "system" so why bother.

[AllaN01Bear]

4. eggscllent mr carter

[calimary]

5. Bless you, President Carter!

I didn't appreciate him as much as I should have, at the time. But I finally understood that he TOWERS over the Republicans who followed him into the Oval Office. TOWERS over them ALL.

[Martin Eden]

6. Character counts

Republicans should choke on those words now. They worship their orange idol and still besmirch Jimmy Carter's presidency.

[RazorbackExpat]

9. He was screwed over royally by Reagan's Iran shenanigans

If Carter had been able to bring the hostages home before the election, he would have won. But the Reagan camp made sure that he didn't.

[Bengus81]

10. Yep...Reagan's first criminal act. There would be more...........

Cooking up hostage deals with a foreign Government as a private citizen.

[Jean Genie]

7. A truly inspiring man

Bless his heart!

[ZZenith]

8. Gonna be hilarious when Biden wins Georgia by one vote.