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Lumpkin, a retired teacher, cast her first ballot in the 1940 presidential election and said not even a global pandemic would stop her perfect streak of voting in every election since, for the past eight decades.

\"There’s a lot at stake,\" she said about the 2020 election, a presidential year that features President Donald Trump running against former Vice President Joe Biden. \"If you never bothered to vote before and if you care anything about the children coming after us, you’ll come out and vote this time.\"

Lumpkin, a mother of four, grandmother of three and great grandmother of one, said she is looking to the next generation of voters to continue moving America and democracy forward.

\"I have a lot of confidence in the young people,\" she said.

Find out more on GoodMorningAmerica.com about how to register to vote, how to vote via an absentee ballot and what to know if you are a first-time voter.

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