vote early, not often

I dropped my ballot off at the embassy yesterday. It is currently in a diplomatic pouch slowly making its way to Seattle. Convenient for me, my county is still a 'as long as your ballot is post-marked (or embassy-stamped) by election day it counts' place, not a 'we have to have your ballot in our hand when the polls close' place.

Diplomatic pouches are not known for their speed. My ballot will only come into play if there are a couple of recounts, which is not at all unprecedented in my purple homeland.