A Pennsylvania woman whose absentee ballot was returned to her instead of being counted said she flew from Berlin back to her home state to vote in person.
This is the sort of thing that the Medal of Freedom should be given out for.
bs, she caused massive CO2 emissions while hallucinating that one vote would change something. that’s particularly absurd with the US voting system.
I mean, people…this comment is true. Yes, “every vote counts” in that the more people that show up, the higher the vote count is. But one vote will not sway the election. It will irreversibly harm the climate though. If every single person had this attitude, the story wouldn’t be news, but if this were everyone’s attitude, it would make a difference. I don’t remember the philosopher that theorized the whole “act in a way that you would want made into law for everyone to act in that same way” thing—but what’s worse, everyone expending tonnes of co2 as law or one vote going uncounted?
Like one vote ever mattered. /s
How the hell did she get a round-trip ticket from Germany to the United States for $1100? Did she have to ride in the luggage compartment?
It’s not that expensive to fly to Germany from the US (or vice versa), especially from the East Coast.
I always assumed you could vote at an embassy; TIL
States don’t have embassies, and the Feds have nothing to do with the ballots (except for the USPS transporting them).
I didnt vote. I went to the embassy and the guards nearly attacked me. I asked about voting and they made me wait outside for half an hour, then gave me a business card for a generic website that was useless.
They want you to vote by mail, but I don’t live in a country like Germany. If I sent something over snail mail, there’s a 99.9% chance it wouldn’t get delivered.
Meanwhile Canadians vote online. The US isn’t a democracy.
I can barely get my wife to go across the street to vote.
