Today we downloaded our voting ballots for the state of AZ and voted.  Then we put them in an envelope and drove across town to the U.S. Embassy.  We gave them to the voting officer, a nice young man who is new out here.  He was very glad to see us and encouraged that we are doing our civic duty and voting.  This is something they stressed at the Town Hall last week.  We are very civic minded so it's no problem.

All the way across town we saw signs talking about Paul Bea, the strong leader.  It's campaign season.  Much shorter than in the U.S.  Voting will be on the 7th here.  The Embassy is warning us to be out of the NW and SW Regions on the 1st of the month and to be careful until after the election results are posted, no matter where we are in the country.  Careful is our middle name.  We're used to this.