102-year-old honorary delegate casts ballot in Prescott - Tucson News Now

102-year-old honorary delegate casts ballot in Prescott

YAVAPAI COUNTY, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -

You might remember Jerry Emmett as the spunky honorary delegate who announced Hillary Clinton's candidacy at the Democratic National Convention. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the 102-year-old Prescott woman who was born before women were granted the right to vote.

On Tuesday she turned in her early ballot in Yavapai County in support of, what she hopes will be, our first female president of the United States.

"It was the greatest thrill of my life," says Emmett,  "I just wish my mother and dad could see all of this."

Emmett was a teen when she watched her mother cast her very first ballot in Gilbert.

"They all came down to watch the women get to vote," recalls Emmett.  "Even the men were happy, and they were all cheering and we kids were running around there. We knew something good was happening, you know."

It's too late to mail early ballots in Arizona so elections officials say you must drop off ballots at one of the polling sites.

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