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Perhaps the most important civics lesson we could learn... comes from a small room inside a nursing home.

"I've never really given it a thought. I've always voted and thought that's what I should do. I just go vote every time," says Ina Hansen.

This Tuesday will be the first time many voters cast a ballot, whether they just turned 18, or have just never voted before. This election season isn't the first time Hansen has cast a ballot. Far from it. At 107-years-old, she is the oldest person in Colorado to submit a ballot so far.

This year seemed more difficult than other years.

"I voted. Made a choice. May not be the right one. But it was right for me at the time I voted. And I did not vote a straight ticket. Ordinarily I do."

Like so many other Americans, she was troubled by the choice. "Doesn't seem like our candidates this time are quite like they've been in the past. Maybe I just don't remember."

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