Watching the vote in France

I couldn’t be more excited today! Today we choose!

Well, more like tomorrow at 3 a.m. you choose for those of us in France right now. I mean, really, U.S., can’t you close your polls at a time that’s normal for us to be up in France? Can’t you all vote early like me? I have a lit test tomorrow.

So, of course, how could I not stay up and watch the elections like every other time? I might even help MTV get some coverage on my Flipcam.

I just thought I’d pass on some sentiments from the French (not direct quotes):

I cast my absentee ballot abroad without the Embassy!

That’s right. (I think) I successfully voted abroad!

I still do not fully understand the system, nor the laws surrounding voting absentee from abroad. It seems that Mississippi makes up laws on the spot.

Me with my sealed ballot - I know my pupils are creepy dilated.

That baby is going in the mail this aft.

Mississippi’s poll tax abroad

That’s right – the days of the poll tax for the poor or the black citizens are over, but spend some time abroad during an election, and a few states require you pay outlandish amounts just to cast your ballot!

If voting abroad from Mississippi (and a few other states) you must find a U.S. notary, circuit clerk, postmaster or other person authorized to administer an oath (usually a military official) to witness you completing your application to vote and casting your official ballot. Obviously this person could not be a French notary, as French notaries don’t care about committing perjury in the U.S.