"We're particularly motivated," Reilly told CNN."I never expected my vote to matter that much. But this election is getting very close and exciting," Reilly said.Reilly and Houdek, both 20 years old, want to play their part in what they said is a historic election.
On top of that, even if Johnson did go home, since she would be coming from South Carolina, she would have to quarantine for 14 days, as per Pennsylvania's Covid-19 travel recommendations -- at which point she would miss the 2020 election.Even for students who were able to successfully request their absentee ballots, some report that the ballots never arrived.
Awesome!
But they’re white...so they don’t matter anyway right?
Overnight your ballots to trusted a family member/friend if you at least received it so they can take it to the ballot box, so much corruption is happening right now it's sad.
TRUMP 2020!🙏🇺🇸
MillenPolitics Excellent!! Republicans can’t fathom the enthusiasm on the part of decency, honesty, science...
mattgreenfield Wow! I read if a med student who flew from school back home to vote, and immediately hopped back on a plane and returned to school. Amazing!
Hope they voted Trump! I know me and mine are .
Hero’s
I don’t believe you.
I met a young man yesterday, same thing...is driving home to Louisiana.
Vote Trump!!!
At least they had it in them to go and execute the right to vote 👍🏻
They’ve had plenty of time to vote in Texas. We’ve been voting for weeks.
Voter suppression and sh*t mail service!? What country do we live in again Reprehensible and Un- American! But so proud of the dedication of young voters!
They risked peoples lives by voting how selfish
Thank you for your fine effort to vote!
She wrote in Howie.
Hopefully for Trump
That’s the democrats for ya . What a waste of 27 hours . Trump 2020 , 2024, 2028
Heroes!
Shouldn’t have to come to that, this is the most powerful, prosperous, developed nation in the word. Nevertheless, we thank thank them for the sacrifice. Given the election will be decided by handful of states whose decisions we will all live by.
My oldest daughter came home today from college to vote on Tuesday. She only had to drive about an hour though. Kudos to those young ladies for stepping up and driving 27 hours, that's awesome.
It’s not just ballots lost. All my son’s college mail was returned...care packages, birthday cards, etc. Rather than risk the mail, we just had our kids drive home to do early voting. Better safe than sorry.
That was caused by democrats.
Patriots!
Fake
I drove my 19 year old daughter's ballot to her at her college in the next state, had her fill it out and I brought it home to go in the ballot box at the board of elections.
My heroes!!! Thank-you!
AU graduate here. Proud of you two.
charles_gaba Wow! We had people drive to Ohio from Atlanta and fly from Chicago to vote. Bravo intrepid voters!
They voted for their dead grandparents too while they were there.
So when they drove back 27-hrs. and their ballots showed up in that state. Did they vote again? I’ll bet they did! And you wonder why we can’t trust this election!
Thank you for going the extra mile. You are to be congratulated.
This is how change happens. Well done!
Don’t bring that liberal shit here
This is EXACTLY the outcome the CORRUPT, COMPLICIT GOP wanted! CNN
Voting roadtrip!
They must be Republicans.
This article really should be fact checked.
And they voted for Trump ✅
Would have been wasted on Biden.
My daughter never received her Texas absentee ballot, and neither did many of her friends who are away at college. VoterSuppression
YES! This may be what it takes! Bravo.
These students drove across multiple states using restaurants and public bathrooms while Covid-19 is spreading and being spread. They went from dorm to home and back again. I don't care how much they wanted to vote - that was selfish and stupid!
Yes CNN, they don’t have logistics problems when they go from city to city looting and burning and trying to destroy our country. They don’t seem to have problems going to Walmart.
People should never forget with the GOP it's right the Republicans are doing to destroy democracy and people allowed to vote never forget the voting suppression
Thank you so much. More of this please!
I am proud of these young patriots! What an excellent example for our country.
Joe Biden was literally Funneling money through his idiotic son for selling influence associated with his office… This is not only highly illegal but extremely unethical… And this fool wants to be president… I think not
Kudos to these ladies!
🙏👏💚
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27hours? Where did they drive from, iran?... it only takes 25 hrs to drive across the USA going the speed limit and Texas is in the middle..
Venezuela, here we come!!!
All the fat, rich trump supporters react to this and other voter suppression tactics saying, what's the big deal? But if you don't have financial resources/security because the president only gives tax breaks to the rich, you find these 'hurdles' to be a bigger deal.
Yay!
Transition time coming on Nov 3, (2 days!)realDonaldTrump, IvankaTrump, EricTrump, DonaldJTrumpJr, jared kusner and all enablers from the White house to the “Big house”. Justice will be swift and sweet
VERY inspiring! Well done!!! TheYoungAndTheWiseForBidenHarris YoungPeopleWillDefeatTrump
Good for them. If you’re gonna vote, why not have a little fun on the road while you’re at it?
Yay
Driving 27 hours to vote for Trump. These are true patriots.
Thank you, ladies!! ❤️
Patriots.
To vote for Biden presumably..... we are touched....
This is how serious each vote is this year. We have to make every one count. votetomakethechange
Just think of all the gas wasted & pollutants sent into the air just so they could waste their time...since I assume they’re Democrats or CNN wouldn’t have covered the story. Shameful, wasteful useless liberals.
The thought of having to line up and vote is one of the dumbest things we could easily get rid of but don't
Just another piece of fiction from fake news
Perfect example of people with mental issues.
I love this. Sadly, my son will not get to vote for the very first time because he too has yet to receive his absentee ballot which should have arrived weeks ago.
Thank you.....inspirational....the future taking the future in their hands.
What will we do if the Trumpster wins the crazy election? The whole country will go crazy with happiness. We will be the happiest people on the face of the planet!
Fake news. 🙄
When will you people learn? How many times do we have to say 'I told you so'? Democrats pushed for mail in voting and republicans said it opened up too many chances for voting fraud. But here you all are, still full speed ahead with your incurable stupidity.
Why the ballots did not arrive?
Tell us again how well mail in voting works !
Wow!
Ever notice the majority of pro Trump comments are below the 'show more replies' line? That my friends is a form of Russian disinformation.
Hunter Biden's 'Laptop From Hell' Was National Security Nightmare
The logistical delay may give their brain to think a little more
My daughter is flying back for the same reason just one day to vote. Texas really did not want the young people to vote
This what is happening all over America. Trump screws with postal system to suppress votes and Biden supporters find a way!
Brilliant stuff. Congratulations in order JoeBiden KamalaHarris
My son never got his Texas ballot in New Jersey. He doesn’t have a car at school. And he couldn’t afford to do a 12+hour round trip flight home on Election Day.
Brought to you by Covid-19, and new voting rules, all because of a crybaby in the White House.
Mail in those ballots people because it’s dependable!! That was a genius move!!!
TRUMP!!!!! 2020
THANK YOU!!!!
Everyone is voting all democratic.
Wasted their time. Go back to school.
They've set an excellent example. I thank them both for their dedication.
Lol and you idiots said vote by mail was a good idea. How does that crow taste? Trump2020Landslide
wat, gonna keep reposting this story as new, over and over again? no one fkn cares
Hopefully they didn’t do it legally in the drive up only for it to most likely be tossed tomorrow
Texas: throw their ballots out
I live in Silicon Valley, the Sanctuary City capitol, & home of corrupt biased anti-progress tech, & I got FOUR BALLOTS in the mail.
Imagine driving 27 hours to vote for a geriatric, child sniffer. Wouldn't be me!
It called changing your address when you relocate. It is what adults do. Or if they instead prefer to use there home location then you get your ballot there and vote on those issues.
DWapenveld My step son is in college 3 counties away. He is not eligible to absentee vote. He had to drive home to vote. Granted, it wasn’t a 27 hour drive....but it’s not right.
freddyatton Thank you. The young are our future!
what a waste of gas. contributes to global warming. should have just stayed put.
Excellent. Thank you!
Governor Abbott Should go to jail for clear out right voter suppression. How does he sleep at night. I suggest frustrated voters honk their horn’s all night in front of his home
TypicalLolah I have a huge respect for the young couple who wanted to make sure they got their ballots in the right place! I repeat again that it is hair-raising how Trump tries, tries everything to make the elections impossible! it's great how the two young people acted!
TypicalLolah It is amazing, what the young couple did, to verifying theirs ballots to vote! It is just impossible from Trump, to destroy!
AmericanMOM01 Thank you so very much !
LaurieHosken Sounds like the Texas SoS is as corrupt as the Texas AG and TX Gov.
Never got my mail in ballot, despite it saying it sent in September, showed up to early voting. You're not stopping my voice
sveltstuff Heroes everywhere!
resistandgrow 1-866-OUR-VOTE
CJ_isnowblue That's dedication. Thank you
What sucks worse is that if the mail ballots had been issued, their in person ballots will be provisional unless they turn in their mail ballots at their polling station.
What a stupid country
Voting is hard And those two superspreaders aren’t wearing masks!!! Arrest these murderers!!! MaskUp
Yaaaay!! 🗳💙👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Right on! Gotta hope enough young people are like these 2, willing to do what it takes to make their voices heard... no matter how difficult Trump and the GOP try and make it for them!
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johnharveyphoto The American voting system is far too complicated and as we see now gets interfered with by the GOP and Republicans everywhere. It needs a huge overhaul and far more security measures put into place.
That is passion and belief for you !!
Whatever it takes - it is our responsibility. A solid example of supporting our democratic rights as American citizens. vote
I praise their effort and determination, but this is not normal in a democracy. Making voting complicated is like telling to your citizens 'I don't want you to vote'
Thank you to the young people that are jumping through these hurdles to be patriotic and VOTE Please know that it is not normally this hard. This country is under attack from the inside by this administration. It WILL get better and this is not how it normally works.
Apparently Voting-101 doesn't teach how to properly request an absentee ballot.
Impressive!
When you are not willing to lose your democracy!
But they’ll vote for more government in their lives despite this demonstrated level of serious incompetence
Pathetic, I didn't need to but, I would've done the same ONLY to vote for Trump 2020 🇺🇸🇨🇺🇺🇸🇨🇺 which I did.
Bravo!!
That’s a duty of everyone able to do it
True American Patriots! Voting no matter what, they just find a way to do it. This is our future and it looks bright!
Good. Keep Texas red
Well done to them !
Anecdotal evidence is the best evidence.
I have a friend who is flying from Texas to Missouri just to vote cuz theirs didn’t arrive either. Absolutely fucked.
You two get the ⭐️⭐️of the hour.
They’re amazing but this isn’t okay.
bejah007 Request them in the summer when the system is less overwhelmed.
DrLearnALot Why was just fine with the DNC voter suppression & election fraud to steal the nomination from Bernie in 2016 and again in 2020?
Good for them. They did what they had to do.
This is voter suppression.
Thank you.
‼️‼️This is the 3rd example of this I have seen with students not getting Texas absentee ballots. Did Abbott tell Boards of Elections to either delay or ignore ballot requests from young people attending out-of-state schools?
This isn't national news. The Joe Biden Crime Family scandal is national news - but the mainstream media is engaged in collusion - and organized blackout to keep the information from the American people. CNN = Censorship
WTG young ladies you are awesome
Wow! Determination
Thank you girls!!!!
That is pretty awesome
That's awesome that they could get a rapid Covid test on Sunday, get the results that show they are negative, then drive 27 hours within a foot of each other, without a mask.
It'd be cool if people acknowledged that this is as much a disenfranchisement horror story as it is an inspiring tale of dedication.
What great young adults....thank you!
Texas is the hardest state to vote in for a reason. No GOP wants to wake the “sleeping giant”
Republicans are like the Tory party here they'll do anything to stop people voting against them.
They are pure, unadulterated HEROES! Thank You!
Justice4jimmie.. Almost 4 yrs no justice.!!! Retweet
heroes
TXsnark7 Not too hard to vote in Texas JohnCornyn ?
Nice, our young people will save this country
I’m driving my niece 10 hours round trip to vote in Texas on Tuesday. She could not register until Oct 19 when she turned 18. Her registration card says effective 11/03/20. They would not let her vote early.
She contemplated driving 15 hours to Ohio in order to vote. Ohio’s excuse - problem with printing machine. Sad to think but in this Republican run state - was this voter suppression?
God bless these kids!
As anything CNN reports is fake news I do not believe this story.
Dedication! TY for voting
AmysandersonAmy The other day, my 82-year old mother received a letter from her great-aunt telling her to make sure she voted. My mom was so tickled. She put her 'I voted' peach sticker in a card and mailed it back. No excuses folks. VoteBlueDownBallot
Hope they voted RED!!!!
And this is a story how? About 2 young procrastinators who had a oh shit moment. Sad 🙄
And I guess this didn’t surprise them. Other students that did not get their ballots won’t vote. But this is our Texas Democracy in action. We no longer have Democracy or a Constitution and this governor arranged this with trump. Suppression is what we have.
Vote MAGA2020 Trump2020
Why is it so difficult to vote in America Here in Denmark you're automatically registered if you're a citizen, and voting places are minutes away from your home and I've never stood in line for more than 5 minutes!
MI_MapleMan Civil commitment!!! BlueWave2020
In Deutschland wird auch an einem Tag gewählt. Immer an Wochenenden. Das Wahlsystem in den USA finde ich bedenklich. Bei uns gibt es eine direkt Wahl vom Volk. Trotzdem finde ich die beiden Mädels klasse.👌Die Wahlen sind so wichtig.👍
FamousLastX This is a story of whats right in the world.. (excepting the obvious extreme need to crush voter supression) Im betting there's a million stories like this, all of which are democracy heroes. VoteBlueToSaveAmerica
william7424 👏
Texas
As an AU alumni I commend you 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Yet mail in ballots are safe
Run, Donnie, Run!
Thank you for caring enough to do that. We had a similar issue in 2018 with our college age daughter. We made it work too. It’s so amazing how much these kids care!
sad that our infrastructure is so pathetic.
So because they didn’t register in the right state they are some kind of hero’s? The left are really soft.
Cute story, but it doesn’t have to be like this
Jamestoupin Great
Hopefully next time is easier.
Devastating.?. They just had to drive.
ninaandtito Young, dedicated election heroes. This election is about their future...
Good for them!! Do not mess with our vote!!!
Yeah American U! my alma mater!
2 liberal idiots
Terrible for the environment. Think of all the carbon that produced. These people are killing babies.
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Get off CNN and do your research!! Trump 2020!! Wake up! Do your homework! CNN lies!!!
Patriots
$20 says they never requested the absentee ballots.
Once again, voter suppression
So heroic. You know they voted for Biden. That’s why CNN is doing a piece on them. Can someone tell them they drove 27 hours for nothing? Enjoy 4 more years
And this is news?
God love them!🙏🏻💙🇺🇸
I was prepared to do this also if my ballot didn’t reach me from IL to SC. Yes. It is that important.
Sounds like a breach of democracy in the land of the free.
27 miles to vote that’s not Wright.
That’ll cause some greenhouse gas/global warming!!!
I know these kids! Woot!
Wait. Aren’t you the ones always talking about white privilege?
Got to love the young. They know how important this election is for America and democracy. PresidentBiden
HEY CNN, WHY NO MENTION OF THE HUNTER BIDEN COMPUTER FILES, TONY BOBULINSKY WHAT ARE YOU HIDING
cc: MMFlint
waitwhat? Young adults are learning mom and dad cant get it done for them? Shocked To My Core. I Almost Feel Like Screaming Bobulinski
Is our mailing system not the best in the country!
So brave
Thank you Meredith and Zachary!
This actually isn’t a story
Thank you!
Lol. If they can’t keep their stats in check perhaps they are not capable of weighing the issues and casting votes
Wow. Some people are so soft. Holy shit
Its designed that way by the GOP as it's the only way they can win.
Trump by Caroline Rose Giuliani
I had sent in a request for a mail-in ballot and it never came. I voted in person at the county seat (absentee ballot).
'Plausible deniability' Jim Biden
Yet the mail is a well oiled engine machine...
This shows how backward your voting system is. It’s flabbergasting, and this calls itself a democracy. Shaming isn’t it?!
LOL if they can't figure out how to vote they should not be voting 😂
So...vote in person...?
If America wasn’t so star spangled great you might open your minds to civilization and learn that the way you do your elections is star spangled stupid.
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