A Pennsylvania woman spent more than $1,100 to fly home from Berlin to vote in person after her absentee ballot was returned and never counted.
Lexi Harder, whose hometown is in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, told The New York Times, “I’m a Pennsylvania voter. I grew up here. I’m currently living in Germany for a master’s degree. … I registered for an absentee ballot. I filled it out, kept checking my tracking updates and it was never received.
“I think it got stuck in customs for two weeks and then got sent back. And two hours after I get this ballot back on my desk, I looked at flights and I booked the ticket to leave the next day at 10 a.m., so less than 24 hours later I was back in America.
“It’s really important to me that my vote is heard in such an important swing state. I’m not gonna lie. I’m really hoping for a Harris victory.”
Pennsylvania is a battleground state with 19 electoral votes at stake.