On 24 May, The New York Times reported that thousands of Irish citizens living outside the country were travelling back to Ireland to vote in the referendum, as postal or absentee voting is not generally allowed. While some travelled short distances from cities like London or Edinburgh, others, often supporting the measure, returned from distant locations like Istanbul, Los Angeles, São Paulo, and Tokyo. These voters coalesced online under the social media hashtag "#HomeToVote" and in-person during their transport. The journeys resembled a similar movement in advance of the 2015 Irish constitutional referendums that resulted in the approval of the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland concerning same-sex marriage. The use of the #HomeToVote hashtag was part of a larger campaign effort from activists who utilised social media, particularly Twitter, to connect and communicate with citizens. Together for Yes used social media to highlight the lived experiences of women endangered by the abortion ban, placing what was viewed as a private issue into the public to "mobilise emotions" online, in the hope that they would vote "Yes".