The regular online news sites/blogs from Nepal are so overloaded with the visitors that they almost have crashed. This signifies two things: Nepalese living abroad have profound interest in this CA election, and this election failed to capture a very large voting bloc that lives outside the country. Although Nepalese living abroad didn’t get opportunity to vote in this election, I hope they do get chance in upcoming election.

Mail in vote can be one of the solutions for Nepalese abroad. For example, if I needed to vote, I could download a voting slip from Nepalese Consulates website. I could choose my nominee/party based on my region, as stated in my citizenship/passport, and mail it to the Consulate along with the copies of my citizenship, passport, and local identification (in my case US driving license) in a sealed envelope. In the front of the envelope, I also will have to mark my election constituency (For example, CA: Kathmandu Constituency Number 3). These will have to be mailed a week earlier than slated election date. The Election commission must establish a mechanism by which there would be fair vote count in the presence of international monitors, inside the Consulate. And finally, these results will be appended with results from Nepal to come up with final numbers.