Donnatella (Donna) panics over an invalid absentee ballot and launches a personal campaign of atonement — a private shame becomes a public, quixotic mission about honor and small acts that matter.

On a fraught Election Day in the communications office, Josh briefs staff on why early returns are unreliable while Donna asks him to get the President to sign her absentee …

Outside a polling place on Election Night, Donna frantically admits she accidentally cast an absentee Ritchie vote and begs a passerby—Lieutenant Commander Jack Reese—to "make it wash" by voting for …