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"Lena Dunham is setting the record straight on reports that she didn&amp;apos;t vote in 2012. Not only did the Girls star vote -- she went to great lengths to do the deed, she explains.\r\n&amp;quot;Hey kids, some people on the internet are saying I didn&amp;apos;t vote. Some of them are still mad I used a sexy metaphor re: voting. Read on,&amp;quot; she tweeted Thursday, Feb. 7.\r\n\r\nWhy do people even care whether or not Dunham voted? The 26-year-old creator of HBO&amp;apos;s hit series Girls starred in a talked-about PSA in which she joked about her &amp;quot;first time . . . voting&amp;quot; for President Barack Obama. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s also super uncool to be out and about and someone asks, &amp;apos;Did you vote?&amp;apos; and you go, &amp;apos;No, I wasn&amp;apos;t ready,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; Dunham said in the pro-Obama campaign.\r\n\r\nWell, despite the reports, Dunham wasn&amp;apos;t uncool.\r\n&amp;quot;I did vote,&amp;quot; Dunham tweeted Thursday, but she did encounter a few problems. &amp;quot;I tried to get an absentee ballot but, because our nation&amp;apos;s voting system is a steampunk cornmaze, it didn&amp;apos;t arrive.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;So not to be a martyr about it but I flew to New York to vote,&amp;quot; she explained, but did not specify where she was at the time. &amp;quot;I wasn&amp;apos;t sure if my change of address had officially been registered so . . . I went to my old polling place with my dad, where they let me vote by affidavit (what was totally allowed.)&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n&amp;quot;Obviously I voted for Romney,&amp;quot; she added as a joke. &amp;quot;I hope everyone has a nice day.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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