At 99, OK Woman Casts Ballot In 21st Presidential Election

A record number of people voted early in Tulsa County this presidential year; one of those was 99-year-old Georgie Harris.

She's voted in every presidential election since Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and she wasn't about to miss this one.

Harris voted on Friday, but I thought Election Day would be a good time to get her perspective on presidential elections, considering she first voted for one back in the 30s.

"He was President from ‘33 to ’45 - that's when he died and Harry took over," she said.

If I counted correctly, she's voted in 21 presidential elections.

Rick: "Have you always been a Democrat?"
Harris: "My grandfather would turn over in his grave if I wasn't a Democrat."

She said she liked Roosevelt because he got things moving during the depression.

And John F. Kennedy was very special.

"Oh, Jack Kennedy was my love," she said.

And Bill Clinton was pretty good, too, she said.

So when I guessed she voted for Hillary, she gave me the cutest wink.

"Time a woman got a chance to see what she can do," Harris said.

She'll be 100 in February. She doesn't know what that'll be like, but she sure recommends 99.

"Oh, you gotta live to 99, it's a great year. You get by with things you never could when you were younger," she said.

I asked what she'd do with the rest of her day, said she thought she'd go home and make a meatloaf.

Harris said she planned on staying up to watch the results, as long as it doesn’t run too late – she said staying up too late slows her down the next day.