Put These Voters in the Hall of Fame
Well, you made it: It’s Election Night. At this point in the evening, you’ve probably been watching Steve Kornacki work his magic on the Big Board for a few hours. Maybe you snuck a peek at the New York Times “Needle” and now your nerves are frayed. While it looks like we probably won’t have a clear presidential winner any time soon, we can offer you some truly wild — and in some cases, inspiring — dispatches from voting day. From folks going to extreme lengths to vote IRL last-minute to women pressuring their boyfriends to vote OR ELSE, we’ve rounded up some standout Election Day confessionals.
The guy whose girlfriend threatened to dump him if he didn’t vote
Seen on CNN, a voter in NC saying his girlfriend threatened to break up with him if he didn't vote for Harris pic.twitter.com/nw7okXLgQZ
— organizermemes (panda era) (@OrganizerMemes) November 6, 2024
North Carolina Harris voter Bryan Flores told CNN Tuesday night that his girlfriend threatened to break up with him if he didn’t vote. “I wasn’t gonna vote at all until my girlfriend was blowing up my phone telling me to go vote, and if I didn’t, she was gonna break up with me,” he said. “So now I’m here.” While Flores later admitted he was just kidding, he did note that she urged him to vote for Harris.
This influencer who flew her “tall ass” to Cobb County
When influencer Nimay Ndolo realized she wouldn’t have time to mail in her absentee ballot (through no fault of her own), she says she booked a last-minute flight to hand in her ballot in person at a polling center in Atlanta, Georgia.
The absentee voter who made her “ancestors” proud
This woman claims the Georgia Elections Office declined her phone call, leaving her unable to confirm whether or not her absentee ballot would arrive in time. So, she says, she booked a $500 flight to deliver her ballot IRL four days before the election in an attempt to combat voter suppression. “Through hell and high water, I did exactly what my ancestors wanted me to,” she said in a TikTok.
The “diva” who hauled ass from Berlin to vote for Harris in-person
WHO IS THIS DIVA pic.twitter.com/Y8OQRJzsMc
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) November 5, 2024
When 30-year-old Lexi Harder found out her absentee ballot had been returned to her, she told the New York Times she dropped $1,100 to fly from her Berlin graduate program to Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, on Sunday. After traveling 15 hours, she cast her vote in person on Tuesday. Now that’s commitment.
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