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Nov 1, 2008 9:15 am US/Pacific

Couple Travels 9,300 Miles To Vote In NYC

Pair Became Citizens Last Year, Expect To Spend $5,000 On Trip

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NEW YORK (AP) ― A New York City couple made a journey of 9,300 miles just so they can vote in the presidential election.

Susan Scott-Ker and her husband have been working in India since the summer.

They applied for absentee ballots, but when they hadn't arrived as of last week they quickly made alternative plans.

The couple bought airline tickets, and four days later flew from Bangalore to New Delhi to Chicago, and then on to New York.

Scott-Ker says she thought it was "important to stand up and be counted."

She and her husband only became citizens a year ago. She's from New Zealand. Her husband was born in Morocco.

In all, they expect to spend about $5,000 on the trip.


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