Guilford Woman, 92, Has Never Missed A Presidential Election

GUILFORD, CT — In the 1946 presidential election, the first one after World War II, there was a first-time voter named Rachel. Just turned 18, it would be her first ballot cast for a U.S. president. And every four years, Rachel cast her ballot. Year after year, decade after decade.

Tuesday, at 92, Rachel Russello of Guilford voted in her 18th presidential election with her son and her grandson by her side. And it was her 19-year-old grandson's first time voting for president.

Rachel voted at the public safety complex in Guilford Tuesday morning, with storm clouds threatening. But she was all smiles as her son Frank Russello and her grandson Alex Russello helped her from her walker into their car.

"This is a very important election," she said. "Very, very important."

She opted not to do an absentee ballot, opting rather to vote in person.

"I don't want to ever miss an election. And I never have. One of my kids or somebody usually takes me. But I cannot miss an election," she said. "Never."

And grandson Alex agreed that voting in the election is "very important."

"It felt really good to vote," Alex said.