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Lillie Cage, 108, Votes

November 8, 2008 Uncategorized 196 Comments
vote.jpgOakland resident Lillie Cage said “I never thought I would live to see the day when a Black man would become President. This is the day that the bottom rail has come to the top.” Cage, a retired nurse with an active drivers license, was assisted by Registrar Dave MacDonald.  He also helped her son John Cage, 91, vote from her car. Elizabeth Cartwright, Cage’s assistant, said she voted the entire ballot. Photo by Gene Hazzard. Mayor Ron Dellums and his wife Cynthia, above, shared election victories with  Rebecca Kaplan (center). Photo by Godfrey Lee.
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