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President Obama carried New York by 27 percentage points, but that doesn’t mean that every vote in the Empire State didn’t count — especially if you are the “voice of a generation” and made a campaign plea for first-time voters to go all the way with Obama at the ballot box. Last Wednesday, a blogger for the website Room Eight claimed that Lena Dunham had failed to vote, based on their review of New York City voter files.
Well, Dunham’s not having any of it. She popped up on Twitter this afternoon to correct the rumor, explaining that she actually flew back to New York to cast her vote at her old polling place rather than deal with the frustrating absentee ballot system:
Hey kids, some people on the internet are saying I didn't vote. Some of them are still mad I used a sexy metaphor re: voting. Read on:—
Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) February 07, 2013
I did vote. I tried to get an absentee ballot but, because our nation's voting system is a steampunk cornmaze, it didn't arrive.—
Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) February 07, 2013
So not to be a martyr about it but I flew to New York to vote. I wasn't sure if my change of address had officially been registered so…—
Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) February 07, 2013
…I went to my old polling place with my dad, where they let me vote by affidavit (what was totally allowed.)—
Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) February 07, 2013
Obviously I voted for Romney. I hope everyone has a nice day.—
Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) February 07, 2013
I’m glad that’s cleared up. Any time we can throw around steampunk cornmazes, I’m a happy man.
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