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.

    • grue@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      States don’t have embassies, and the Feds have nothing to do with the ballots (except for the USPS transporting them).

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        17 hours ago

        What do Americans who don’t live in a Us state do?

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          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.

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          17 hours ago

          They vote by absentee ballot in the last state they used to live in.

          Unless they moved from a state to Puerto Rico (or other US territory?), in which case they don’t get to vote for President anymore.