Tia Herminia in her shop after voting
Elections were held in Nicaragua last Sunday. Mayors were being elected all over the country.
It is Nicaraguan tradition (to accommodate the counting of the votes in this low tech country) to have the following Monday off, and (because of the enthusiastic Sandinista Party currently in control) have the previous Friday off.
To vote, go to your local school, or wherever the poll in your area is located. When you get there, look for your name on the paper list taped up outside. After you have found it, look for all the dead relatives you have whose names are still on the list. Points if you find more than three.
Enter your local polling place and say hi to the guard standing at the door who has been your friends since kindergarden.
Once in the classroom with the eight people administering/watching the proceedings, show your identification to the first one at the table who happened to be your seventh grade teacher.
Vote next to an acquaintance who you know is a citizen of another country (but technically whomever ID it actually is apparently isn't voting anyway).
Get your thumb marked by a paint/acid combination.
Say goodbye to the international observers waiting outside as you leave (Daniel Ortega barred them from entering to observe the 'fair' proceedings).
Go home, watch TV. Change news channels to change who is being declared winner (and watch the same rioting as last year).
Roberto after voting
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