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October 16, 2024 at 7:25 PM

Jimmy Carter casts ballot in 2024 election

Former President Jimmy Carter has voted in the 2024 election, the Carter Center confirmed Wednesday.
October 16, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Former president Jimmy Carter prior to the game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Cincinnati Bengals at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on September 30, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Former President Jimmy Carter turns 100: What to know about his kids, grandkids

Former President Jimmy Carter is a father of four, grandfather to 12 and great-grandfather to 14 children.
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Former President Jimmy Carter speaks to the congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, April 28, 2019.
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Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood take part in Habitat for Humanity

The country music stars took part in a build to honor President Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday.
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The country music stars took part in a build to honor President Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday.
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Jimmy Carter turns 100: Tributes pour in to honor the former president

President Joe Biden praised Carter as "a moral force for a nation." The White House's North Lawn featured a giant "100," with the message “Happy Birthday President Carter."
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VIDEO:  Jimmy Carter turns 100: Tributes pour in to honor the former president
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Former United States President Jimmy Carter turns 100

Jimmy Carter celebrates his 100th birthday on Tuesday, becoming the longest-living former U.S. president.
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VIDEO: Former United States President Jimmy Carter turns 100
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Former President Jimmy Carter turns 100: A look back at his legacy

Jimmy Carter's life's work was one of promoting peace and human rights.
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Former President Jimmy Carter interviewed for "The Presidents' Gatekeepers" project at the Carter Center, Atlanta, Sept. 14, 2011.
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White House unveils 'Happy Birthday' display for Carter's 100th

Carter has always been a "a moral force for a nation," President Joe Biden said.
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A sign wishing former President Jimmy Carter a happy 100th birthday sits on the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 1, 2024.
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Carter's journey from defeated one-term president to best ex-president: Analysis

Carter reinvented the post-presidency, manifesting its possibilities and potential and providing a playbook, and a daunting standard, for activist former presidents.
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Former President Jimmy Carter speaks to the congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church before teaching Sunday school in his hometown of Plains, Ga., April 28, 2019.
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Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood talk being inspired by Jimmy Carter

The country artists are helping to lead the 2024 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project with Habitat for Humanity.
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VIDEO: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood talk being inspired by Jimmy Carter
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Jimmy Carter turns 100

"GMA" celebrates the former president turning 100 years old and becoming the first president to reach the milestone.
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VIDEO: Jimmy Carter turns 100
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Jason Carter at the DNC: 'Harris carries my grandfather's legacy'

Former president Jimmy Carter's grandson spoke during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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VIDEO: Jason Carter at the DNC: 'Harris carries my grandfather's legacy'
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Countdown to Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday

Ahead of President Carter's 100th birthday, Jason Carter discusses his grandfather's upcoming star-studded centennial birthday celebration to honor his life and legacy.
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VIDEO: Countdown to Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday
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Jimmy Carter, more than a year into hospice care, reaches another milestone

Late last week, Jimmy Carter marked another year as the longest lived ex-president
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Former President Jimmy Carter speaks to the congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church before teaching Sunday school in his hometown of Plains, Ga., April 28, 2019.
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Jimmy Carter marks 1 year in hospice

The 99-year-old former president was last seen in public last November following the death of Rosalynn Carter, his wife of 77 years.
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VIDEO: Jimmy Carter marks 1 year in hospice
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Jimmy Carter attends memorial service for wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter

Jimmy Carter, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and several former first ladies all gathered in Georgia Tuesday to honor the late Rosalynn Carter.
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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter attends a tribute service for his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta on Nov. 28, 2023.
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Saying farewell to former first lady Rosalynn Carter

At a memorial service, Rosalynn Carter's daughter, Amy Carter, read a love letter former President Jimmy Carter sent to the former first lady.
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VIDEO: Saying farewell to former first lady Rosalynn Carter
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Former first lady Rosalynn Carter's strawberry cake recipe

How to make this strawberry cake recipe from former first lady Rosalynn Carter.
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Amy Carter speaks on behalf of her father at Rosalynn Carter's tribute service

Former President Jimmy Carter was in attendance at the memorial service for his late wife, but was unable to speak.
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VIDEO: Amy Carter speaks on behalf of her father at Rosalynn Carter's tribute service
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Jimmy Carter arrives for his wife Rosalynn Carter's tribute service

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and several former first ladies joined Tuesday's tribute.
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VIDEO: Jimmy Carter arrives for his wife Rosalynn Carter's tribute service
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Former President Jimmy Carter plans to attend wife's memorial

ABC News’ Alex Presha has more details on former President Jimmy Carter attending the memorial service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter in Atlanta Tuesday.
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VIDEO: Former President Jimmy Carter plans to attend wife's memorial
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Final goodbye to Rosalynn Carter

President Biden, former President Clinton and all living current and former First Ladies are expected to attend today's service along with some country music stars. ABC News’ Andrew Dymburt reports.
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VIDEO: Final goodbye to Rosalynn Carter
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Celebrating Rosalynn Carter

President Jimmy Carter is expected to attend the memorial service for the former first lady that's being held this afternoon in Georgia.
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VIDEO: Celebrating Rosalynn Carter
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Jimmy Carter, currently in hospice, plans to attend wife Rosalynn Carter's memorial

Rosalynn Carter will be memorialized starting Monday in Georgia after dying last week at the age of 96
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Former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter poses for a portrait, Sept. 23, 2011, in New York.
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Former first lady Rosalynn Carter lies in repose in Georgia

Family and admirers gather in Atlanta, Georgia to remember former first lady Rosalynn Carter as she lies in repose after dying at the age of 96.
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VIDEO: Former first lady Rosalynn Carter lies in repose in Georgia
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Former Secret Service agent to Carter family shares memories of Rosalynn Carter

Bill Bush, a former Secret Service agent to the Carters who is serving as one of the former first lady's honorary pallbearers, shares his memories of Rosalynn.
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Memorial events begin for former first lady Rosalynn Carter

Monday is the start of a three-day goodbye to former first lady Rosalynn Carter in her home state of Georgia.
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Memorial services underway for former first lady Rosalynn Carter

Carter will be memorialized in Georgia this week, starting at Southwestern State University.
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VIDEO: Memorial services underway for former first lady Rosalynn Carter
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Memorial events begin to honor Rosalynn Carter in Georgia

The former first lady, who died on Nov. 19 at 96, will be memorialized over several days this week in Georgia, starting Monday.
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VIDEO: Memorial events begin to honor Rosalynn Carter in Georgia
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How Rosalynn Carter became a champion for mental health

The former first lady had been a patron of mental health advocacy since her husband's first campaign for Georgia governor.
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First Lady Rosalynn Carter testifies before Congress about increasing the funding for certain mental health programs in Washington D.C , Feb. 7, 1979.
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Biden orders flags lowered to half-staff to honor Rosalynn Carter

Following the death of former first Lady Rosalynn Carter, President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered flags to be flown at half-staff starting Saturday, Nov. 25.
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Former first lady Rosalynn Carter discusses an Institute of Medicine report during the 21st annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy at the Carter Center, Nov. 3, 2005, in Atlanta.
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Remembering Rosalynn Carter's lasting legacy

Rosalynn Carter was always seen as a rock at the side of her husband as he led the country through the end of the 1970s.
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VIDEO:  Remembering Rosalynn Carter's lasting legacy
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'She was ahead of her time': Author on impact of former first lady Rosalynn Carter

ABC News' Linsey Davis spoke with Kate Andersen Brower, author of "First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies," on the legacy of Rosalynn Carter.
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Former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter poses for a portrait, Sept. 23, 2011, in New York.
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Remembering former first lady Rosalynn Carter

As tributes pour in from around the world, historian Kate Andersen Brower joins ABC News Live to remember Rosalynn Carter and honor her work with caregivers, women and mental health.
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VIDEO: Remembering former first lady Rosalynn Carter
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Tributes pouring in from around the world for Rosalynn Carter

The former first lady is being remembered as a global humanitarian, a loving mother and the closest adviser to her husband, President Jimmy Carter.
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VIDEO: Tributes pouring in from around the world for Rosalynn Carter
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Tributes pour in for former first lady Rosalynn Carter

ABC News correspondent Alex Presha and contributor and national political correspondent for The Washington Post Mary Jordan discuss the reaction to the former first lady's death.
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VIDEO: remembering rosalynn carter- mary jordan (dc bureau) + alex presha
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The life and legacy of former first lady Rosalynn Carter

ABC News Live Anchor Erielle Reshef is joined by presidential historian Mark Updegrove and Washington Post national correspondent Mary Jordan to talk about the life of Rosalynn Carter.
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How former President Jimmy Carter is doing following his wife's death

ABC News correspondent Alex Presha joins ABC News Live anchor Erielle Reshef from the Carter Center in Atlanta to talk about the passing of former first lady Rosalynn Carter.
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VIDEO: How former President Jimmy Carter is doing following his wife's death
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Former first lady Rosalynn Carter dies

ABC News correspondent Steve Osunsami remembers the life of former first lady Rosalynn Carter.
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A look at the love story of Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who was diagnosed with dementia, died Sunday at the age of 96.
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VIDEO: A look at the love story of Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter
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'Extraordinary': Tributes and remembrances for Rosalynn Carter after her death

Reactions, tributes and grief quickly began pouring in after Rosalynn Carter died Sunday at the age of 96
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President Jimmy Carter is applauded by First Lady Rosalynn Carter and supporters after conceding defeat to Reagan during the 1980 presidential election, Nov 4, 1980.
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Remembering former first lady Rosalynn Carter

Rosalynn, the wife of former President Jimmy Carter and a devoted advocate for mental health, died at home Sunday, the Carter Center announced. She was 96.
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VIDEO: Remembering former first lady Rosalynn Carter
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Rosalynn Carter remained her husband's rock of support to the end

He was the president of the United States and the governor of Georgia, but Jimmy Carter often said the "pinnacle" of his life was marrying Eleanor Rosalynn Smith.
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President Jimmy Carter with wife Rosalyn Carter, takes the oath of office from Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Warren Burger on stage in front of the White House, Jan. 1977.
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Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter: How they made their relationship last

A few years ago, Steve Osunsami sat down with former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter on their 75th wedding anniversary tohear what they had to say about love.
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VIDEO: Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter: How they made their relationship last
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Rosalynn Carter, in her own words

The former first lady will forever be remembered for her partnership with her husband and as a champion for those with mental illness.
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VIDEO: Rosalynn Carter, in her own words
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Former first lady Rosalynn Carter dies at 96

The Carter Center announced the former first lady died “peacefully, with her family by her side."
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VIDEO: Former first lady Rosalynn Carter dies at 96
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President Biden comments on passing of former first lady Rosalynn Carter

Biden reflects on President Carter and their family’s legacy.
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Biden reflects on President Carter and their family’s legacy.
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Former first lady Rosalynn Carter dies at 96

In May, the Carter Center said the former first lady had been diagnosed with dementia.
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VIDEO: Former first lady Rosalynn Carter dies at 96
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Jimmy Carter’s 99th birthday

On Oct. 1, 1924, the 39th President of the United States was born. Carter is now the longest-living President in history.
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VIDEO: Jimmy Carter’s 99th birthday
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Jimmy Carter celebrates his 99th birthday

Former President Jimmy Carter turned 99 years old on Sunday and the Carter Center has gathered thousands of tributes.
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Former President Jimmy Carter turned 99 years old on Sunday and the Carter Center has gathered thousands of tributes.
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Jimmy Carter's grandson pays tribute as he reaches milestone birthday in hospice care

Jimmy Carter's grandson Jason Carter pays tribute on his 99th birthday
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Former President Jimmy Carter spends the afternoon with his wife, Rosalynn, at a parade in his hometown of Plains, Ga., on October, 2, 2022, in a photo shared by The Carter Center.