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  • 50 From Cardinal Krol Center Voted Last Week (Mentally Retarded Voters)

    11/12/2004 12:27:12 PM PST · by Tribune7 · 28 replies · 1,207+ views
    County Press ^ | By Leslie Krowchenko
    More than 120 million Americans, or nearly 60 percent of all eligible voters, cast ballots in the Nov. 2 presidential election. Approximately 50 residents of the Cardinal Krol Center - an intermediate care facility for individuals with mental retardation -- made sure they were included in that figure. The facility is administered by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and is in Marple's Fourth Ward. The men voted at Loomis Elementary School. Welcomed by Judge of Elections Michael McNally, they exercised their right to help determine the occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for the next four years. "They want to be here,"...