College student drove 20 hours from DC to Texas to vote after her mail-in ballot never arrrived

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A college student drove 20 hours from Washington DC to Fort Worth, Texas, in order to vote after her mail-in ballot never arrived.

Meredith Reilly, 20, drove nearly 1,400 miles with her friend, Zachary Houdek, also 20, after they both submitted applications for absentee ballots in August but hadn't heard back, according to CNN.

Reilly had applied for an absentee ballot from the Tarrant County Elections Administration but never heard back, while Houdek had the same problem with his hometown elections office in Austin's Travis County, the Star Telegram reported.

Houdek told CNN that they voted through absentee ballots in Texas from DC during the 2018 midterm elections without any problems but "this election has been so different, it's been horrible."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/college-student-drove-20-hours-162158810.html

[BunnyMcGee]

1. People who deeply care about the state and country they live in

Strong youth!

[MoonchildCA]

2. Wow! I love their determination.

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3. I keep remembering 2012 when republicans were so sure that Romney was going to win. Even

he didn't prepare a concession speech. They had been so brainwashed by the right-wing echo chamber that they thought we all hated Obama as much as they did and that Romney would win in a landslide. Then they were stunned when Obama won handily. I think most Americans want to oust that thing currently infesting the White House, but I keep thinking back to 2012.

But then I remember that Obama was leading in the polls and the gop said to ignore them, that they were wrong, skewed. And I read stories like this one and I'm hopeful again.

[Blue Owl]

4. K&R