A couple flew home to New York all the way from Bangalore in order to vote after their absentee ballots failed to arrive in time. They are both naturalized citizens. Some people really value their right to vote – and based on what I know of the fares from India to New York via Chicago, they probably paid full-coach, no discount. I hope they at least got a mileage upgrade, that Delhi-Chicago flight on American is pretty brutal according to some of my clients. Just changing planes as in-transit travelers is an ordeal. I admire this couple for their tenacity, no matter how they’re voting.
NYC couple travels 9,300 miles from India to vote – Yahoo News
It will be their first time voting in a presidential election. The New Zealand-born Scott-Ker and her Morroco-born husband became American citizens a year ago.
They estimate the trip will cost $5,000.
