Roadtrip to Atlanta with @RaffyDip Proud to vote in USA for my old man @luisguillermosr #PAC
— Ignacio Solís (@ignaciosolisw) April 6, 2014
Ignacio Solís, son of Costa Rica’s presumed next president, Luis Guillermo Solís, shared a snapshot of himself right after voting for his “old man” in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. And just like in the first round of elections in February, James Alvarado became the first Tico to vote after casting his ballot in Sydney, Australia.
Only for the second time ever, Costa Ricans are voting from abroad — and the first time was just a couple months ago. The turnout was low for the first round of elections (with officials even blaming the Super Bowl for the weak numbers), and this time around the figures probably will be even more paltry. Still, many Ticos from around the globe are making the trek to their local consulate or embassy.
Some 12,600 Costa Ricans are enfranchised to vote in 51 consulates in 40 countries, according to La Nación. Alvarado is one of 193 Costa Ricans residing in Australia. But the 32-year-old who has lived in Australia for nine years arrived at the polling station at 6 a.m. — three hours before it opened — so he could be the first to cast his vote. Many of the Ticos abroad have shared images of the voting process (Noticias Monumental and LejiTICOS have done a good job keeping track of absentee voters on Twitter feeds).
Here are all the countries we’ve seen photos or videos from so far:
Australia (Sydney)
Inicia la #2vCR. Primeros electores en Sidney, Australia. pic.twitter.com/ij16S0tEe9
— TSE (@TSECostaRica) April 5, 2014
Belgium (Brussels)
https://www.facebook.com/LejiTicos/posts/809333155762781
Chile (Santiago)
Marianne Holst nos comparte este video desde la Embajada de Costa Rica en Santiago de Chilehttp://t.co/vzFXEWdzd4
— Noticias Monumental (@MonumentalCR) April 6, 2014
China (Beijing)
Les mostramos el ambiente en Beijing, capital de China, donde se ubica la junta receptora de votos #6464 pic.twitter.com/hfj5cc08XC
— Noticias Monumental (@MonumentalCR) April 6, 2014
Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo)
Desde Rep. Dominicana: tico que vota, tico que come pintico! @MonumentalCR @telenoticias7 @nacion @ADNfm pic.twitter.com/AWlyKCwPLV
— Geizel Torres (@Geizel26) April 6, 2014
France (Paris)
En este momento el Atleta Laurens Molina se encuentra en la Embajada de Costa Rica en Francia. pic.twitter.com/tM5r8RyMLC
— Noticias Monumental (@MonumentalCR) April 6, 2014
Germany (Berlin)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=653120881407693
India (New Dehli)
Les compartimos una imagen del momento en que el Cónsul General de Costa Rica en Nueva Delhi emitió el sufragio pic.twitter.com/rqGH9hYrrU
— Noticias Monumental (@MonumentalCR) April 6, 2014
Israel (Tel Aviv)
https://www.facebook.com/LejiTicos/posts/809332955762801?stream_ref=10
Italy (Rome)
https://www.facebook.com/LejiTicos/posts/809331999096230
Japan (Tokyo)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=652960871423694&ref=notif¬if_t=notify_me
Mexico (D.F.)
@glendacnn En el DF muchos ticos ya votamos porque queremos un cambio y anhelamos un mejor país para nuestro regreso pic.twitter.com/bBIZEFrI3G
— Margie Taylor (@matabe15) April 6, 2014
Norway (Oslo)
Karim Vega nos comparte esta foto desde Oslo, Noruega. Ella votó de primera ahí, viajó 3 mil kilómetros para ello pic.twitter.com/togpw1y36m
— Noticias Monumental (@MonumentalCR) April 6, 2014
Paraguay (Asunción)
https://www.facebook.com/LejiTicos/posts/809330855763011
Qatar (Doha)
La familia González Corrales acaba de emitir su voto en Doha, capital de Qatar pic.twitter.com/xQXqWkJ76I
— Noticias Monumental (@MonumentalCR) April 6, 2014
Singapore
Nos llega en este momento desde Singapur el reporte del primer costarricense en emitir su voto pic.twitter.com/33oGuUtHMn
— Noticias Monumental (@MonumentalCR) April 6, 2014
South Korea (Seoul)
En Seúl, capital de Corea del Sur ya están listos para recibir a los costarricenses que lleguen a emitir su voto. pic.twitter.com/0YdZ5CaSy9
— Noticias Monumental (@MonumentalCR) April 6, 2014
United Kingdom (London)
@OjoAlVotoCR ya votó el Tico de Stevenage en #Londres – que viva #CostaRica pic.twitter.com/Tsz8CyocVb
— StevenageTico (@stevenage_tico) April 6, 2014
United States (Atlanta)
En Atlanta #YaVoté @luisguillermosr pic.twitter.com/nQONZS3gGA
— Ignacio Solís (@ignaciosolisw) April 6, 2014
United States (New York City)
https://twitter.com/fran89d/status/452830485182676992
Uruguay (Montevideo)
https://twitter.com/Meli_MarinC/status/452809564837380096
