Texas newspaper finds, interviews the state's (probably) oldest active voter

Photo: Larry Kolvoord, Austin (Tex.) American-Statesman

This is Mrs. Amanda Jones of Bastrop County, Texas. She's 109. Her father was born a slave; her mother was born just after the Emancipation Proclamation. The first time she voted in a presidential election, she voted for Franklin Roosevelt -- but only after she'd paid her poll tax. (Voters in Texas were subject to poll taxes for state and local elections until 1966.)

Because she's too frail to travel to her polling place, Mrs. Jones had two of her children help her complete and send off a mail-in ballot this week.

Mrs. Jones didn't vote for Senator McCain and Governor Palin.