Good American

I was a bad newbie Frenchie and didn't sign up to vote in the last French presidential elections. It would have been my first time voting in France. I know - bad Cannes Cannes (wrist slap, time out in the corner etc etc).  I felt like a big loser when all of my other newly Frenchified friends updated their facebook statuses with, "I just voted!".

Yeah, lame-o me.

SO - I was not about to be a bad citizen in BOTH countries that have issued me a shiny passport. That would be extra EXTRA loser-ish of me. 

Thankfully, last Wednesday I ran into the Union of Overseas Voters at a fair just as they were closing up shop.  One friendly American (we are peaches I tell you!) volunteered to stay with me and help me fill out my absentee ballot request... and here it is, ready to be popped into the mailbox later this afternoon:

Now to try and understand what the heck is going on over there in the US of A ....