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Oops! Caroline Forgot to Vote

Senate hopeful has skipped half of New York's elections in last 20 years

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 19, 2008 3:48 AM CST

(Newser) – For someone who hopes to be a US senator, Caroline Kennedy has turned out to be a surprisingly unenthusiastic fan of voting, the New York Daily News has discovered. Kennedy has voted in only about half of 38 elections since moving to the city in... Read full story »

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Senate hopeful has skipped half of New York's elections in last 20 years

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