in -- 96-year-old alicia kennedy.has been doing this since 1949, truman was president, gas was a quarter a gallon. how many times alicia kennedy has asked for a voter's signature at a polling place? no one knows. she did it for 30 years in the mission district and another 30 years near irving. today she is seeing a huge turnout. >> really busy. busiest i've ever seen. >> reporter: since you started doing this? >> yes. >> reporter: voters may not know they are in the presence of the city's most seasoned poll worker. >> it came down to 30 vs. 38 which is a big thing. >> 30 because i'm a college student. preventing more tuition hikes. >> reporter: others see vote for president to be the most critical. >> i don't want to see obama out. i think the options are dismal. >> reporter: alicia has been recognized by the state for her dedication to election day she proudly displays name tags, starting in 1949. >> it was a job at that time. i started as and spector, i started with did the 13 a day. >> reporter: until today the mos

maybe in the united states. 96-year-old alicia kennedy, who is sitting at the table back there.atching her give directions, hang the signs straight, do this and do that. i was something to see. she began in 1949, her first presidential election, 1952 with eisenhower running for president then. i asked which of the elections was the most exciting she didn't hesitate, she said john kennedy in 1960. >> very strong we were swarmed with people volunteering to help. we had no difficulty in getting volunteers at that time overwhelming. >> reporter: why do you keep doing this? >> well, it is invigorating, meeting my fellow neighbors, i did it for 33 years on delores street and 30 years here. >> reporter: on the wall in the garage, proclamations from the california secretary of state also the name tags from all the elections she has been involved in over the years since 1949, lots have changed, 25 cents per gallon of gas then. she is a constant through that and back out here again today and she says god willing she will be back in 2016. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> abc7 news will be w

right now let's meet, 96-year-old alicia kennedy. she has been doing this since fdr was in office. working polling place at her home for many years she moved out here to the sunset, at 40th and irving. we asked, why do you get involved in this? she said it was a job and it paid $13 a day. in 1949 gas was a quarter a gallon. she works where voters make history she has met a few of the men who have made history, very famous names. >> i have a picture of some place in the house, i haven't been able to recover it with ted kennedy and i worked for ted kennedy and i worked for jfk, when he was a senator. >> reporter: that is a woman who goes back a few years. she has not only been participating in elections, she was honored some years ago for 50 years of service to the city and county of san francisco. she told us yesterday she gets up about now, 4:30 to get ready for the poll workers to come over, get things organized. she knows how to do it, she has been doing it since 1949. more on her in an hour, live in san francisco, terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> i think truman was president back

secretary of state honered alicia kennedy in san francisco, california's longest serving poll worker.mcsweeney first prouded us to alicia yesterday morning. the 96-year-old has volunteered since 1949. she said there was no way she was going to miss yesterday's election. hopefully she will be back in four years. >>> president obama wins another four years in the white house. next, where his strengths and weakness fell among bay area voters. >>> latest on a long term congressman's bitter battle for reelection. >>> today 5 to 19 -- excuse me 9 to 14° cooler than yesterday, we are going to have temperatures stay near average just this one day before they drop again. across the state not much going on as you can see doppler is dry. as we look at what is going on for temperatures, 71 chico, 71 los angeles and san diego. heading to the sierra, snow levels down to 3 thaw feet by friday -- 3,000 feet by friday afternoon. [ boy 1 ] hey! that's the last crescent. oh, did you want it? yea we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light, buttery and flakey. that's half that's not half! g

itch >> reporter: maybe not just -- universitij the city we call the state to see if 96-year-old alicia kennedy oldest poll worker in the state. she set her alarm for 4:30 this morning she is probably up getting ready for something she has been doing since 1949. this is a woman who started working polls in 1949, truman was president, it was over on delores street where she lived at the time then she moved to the sunset one day they knocked on her door, and they asked her if she could run a polling place here and she said of course. she has been doing it over the years she is getting around with the help of a stroller, not moving as quickly as she used to. she knows the ropes, experience takes care of anything that needs to be done. she is a living history book and we asked her a few questions. she told us about some of the things she has seen and done over the years. >> job at that time started i was an inspector, i started with $13 a day. now we get $125 for our work. i voted for franklin roosevelt in his second term. i was already 21 at the time. i worked for ted kennedy and i worked for jfk