Historic milestone: Berkeley high schoolers voting for school board election for first time

Sonali Mascarenhas-Swan was the symbolic first youth voter of the day Wednesday. 

A group of 20 or 25 people watched as she strode to the official ballot box across the street from Berkeley High School around 4:15 p.m. She inserted her early ballot, then threw her arms in the air in celebration as the small crowd applauded and cheered.