'Girls' star Lena Dunham refutes report suggesting she didn't vote

Lena Dunham, the co-creator of HBO's "Girls" and star of a controversial YouTube video for President Obama's reelection campaign, took to Twitter on Thursday to refute a report that claimed she didn't cast a ballot in the presidential election.

New York political blog Room Eight reported Wednesday that Dunham was registered to vote in Brooklyn but did not cast a ballot in 2012. But, as Dunham explained on Twitter, trouble with an absentee ballot forced her to vote provisionally.

Hey kids, some people on the internet are saying I didn't vote. Some of them are still mad I used a sexy metaphor re: voting. Read on:
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) February 7, 2013

I did vote. I tried to get an absentee ballot but, because our nation's voting system is a steampunk cornmaze, it didn't arrive.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) February 7, 2013

So not to be a martyr about it but I flew to New York to vote. I wasn't sure if my change of address had officially been registered so...
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) February 7, 2013

...I went to my old polling place with my dad, where they let me vote by affidavit (what was totally allowed.)
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) February 7, 2013

Obviously I voted for Romney. I hope everyone has a nice day.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) February 7, 2013

In October, Dunham filmed a suggestive internet video for the president's reelection campaign that likened voting for the first time to losing one's virginity.

"Your first time shouldn't be with just anybody. You want to do it with a great guy. It should be with a guy with beautiful — someone who really cares about and understands women. A guy who cares whether you get health insurance and specifically whether you get birth control. The consequences are huge. You want to do it with a guy who brought the troops out of Iraq," Dunham said.

That video drew fire from many conservatives, including Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), who wrote an open letter to Obama condemning the ad.

"As a father of two beautiful girls, how could you possibly have allowed this to be aired?" Blackburn asked. "Did you approve this? Did someone on your campaign staff actually think this was a good idea?"

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