CNN report. Pflughoeft was fascinated with politics and determined to vote in the 2020 General Election, so she mailed in her ballot early.
However, just days after she sent it off, her health took a turn for the worse.Pflughoeft had to return to the hospital, then died in late September.“She was so excited about (voting),” Amber’s mom, Tiffany Pflughoeft, told CNN last week. “She died on a Monday, but on Saturday, when she could still talk, she was telling all the nurses and doctors, ‘I voted.’”Amber’s family learned under Wisconsin election law, her vote will now be thrown out.“We never realized it wouldn’t count,” Tiffany Pflughoeft said.It’s a scenario that’s not pleasant to think about, but it’s a reality that all the states have to.