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Here are some highlights of what older Americans who have lived through historic events are talking about on Election Day, from first-time voters to lifelong voters:

“Get your ass out and vote.” At 101, Sandy Horwitz has voted in 80 general elections and 21 presidential elections. “This is a great privilege we have in America,” he said. “If you don’t get your butt out and vote, then there are only bad people.”

“If I could do it, other people who can’t read and write could do it too.” A few days before her 82nd birthday, Georgia native Betty Cartledge voted for the first time. Since Cartledge cannot read or write, her niece went to the polls with her to help her. “It was amazing,” Cartledge said, adding, “If I could do it, other people who can’t read and write could do it too.” Now I’m not ashamed of it.”

“She was very excited when she came to the United States and voted for the first time.” Centenarian Emma Alper was born in Belarus, fled the Nazis at the age of 16 and lived through the USSR regime until the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now she said she would vote for Donald Trump. “In the country she came from, we didn’t have the right to vote,” Alper’s son told WTAE. “We didn’t have democracy. We had no free voice or freedom of expression. That’s why she was very excited when she came to the United States and voted for the first time.

“We saw what President Trump can do and what our country was like when he was in office.” 87-year-old Don Young and his wife Barbara Young are both Republicans and have been married for 20 years. But they have different opinions when it comes to Donald Trump. “I actually think we’ve seen what President Trump can do and what our country was like when he was in office,” Barbara said. “He’s the future of America.” Don disagrees. “I think he’s going to ruin America because he doesn’t live up to the democratic norms of his predecessors,” Don said.