My Move to the Philippines

As you know from my previous posts that my wife is a dual citizen of the Philippines/US. Recently we received in the mail a ballot for the upcoming Presidential election. My wife was pleased that she could get the chance to vote because she didn’t expect it. I’m not sure if she voted prior to moving to the states but once again she is glad to be included in the voting process.

She pretty much knew who she wanted to vote for because of our recent trip to the Philippines where you couldn’t avoid the billboards, posters, and TV commercials for all the leading candidates. Even the kids got into it by shouting a certain candidate’s name all the time, probably taught to them by their parents.

I think since we finally got our house built over there and have lived in it for a little while she is getting more comfortable with getting involved in Filipino politics and current events. I’m sure since I’m a political junkie and news junkie I have helped her with that.

If you are a dual citizen or filipino citizen living in the states, did you get an absentee ballot in the mail? If not ,maybe you have moved and didn’t inform the Embassy of your current address. You may want to do that so you can get important information and papers such as the ballot.