PHOENIX — You could say Linda Springfield is passionate about voting.
"I have not missed an election since 1972, and I'm including those little, tiny elections that have one school bond issue on it," said Springfield.
That 46-year voting streak was tested Tuesday, when her polling location at Horizon Elementary didn't open in time due to computer glitches.
Springfield was at her polling location bright an early-- a quarter to six. But was turned away at the door.
Election officials told her they had an internet technology specialist on the way, and would reopen within an hour, but Springfield didn't have an hour.
She and her husband share a car, and her husband had to take it to go to work. She left the polls thinking she wouldn't be able to participate in her civic duty for the first time in almost 50 years.
That's when 12 News Chief Photographer, Chad Bricks, stepped in.
A couple of hours after Springfield was turned away, Bricks was interviewing poll workers. After making sure the polls were up and running (and after cleaning his car), he went to pick up Springfield.
He waited for her to cast her ballot and then gave her a ride back home.
Springfield kept her streak alive and exercised her favorite right.