A chasm has opened up in American society during the Trump era. Now the whole world might be altered by the votes of a few thousand voters in Pennsylvania.
Last week, I sat on a couch with a view of the crenellations and spires of All Souls College, Oxford, and filled out an absentee ballot voting for Kamala Harris.
Geraldine Brooks is a dual US-Australian citizen and has voted in he US election but, as she is not in a swing state, her vote “won’t count, not really”.All I’d had to do was stop by the town hall the week before I flew to England and apply for the ballot. As soon as it was available, the town clerk emailed it to me, and when I sent it back without the required cover sheet, she immediately informed me so that I could fix my error and ensure my vote would count.
As unjust as that is, as a born-and-raised Australian sitting here in Oxford, an even graver injustice is starkly evident. As a dual citizen, at least I got to cast a ballot and record my choice in the overall national vote count. But the whole world will be affected by whom the residents of those mere seven swing states choose as president. Those who are most at risk don’t get any choice at all.
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