Seventy-five year old DA Western Sweden member Rick Wicks – a 32-year resident of Sweden and dual US/Swedish national – is biking around Göteborg posting flyers on communal bulletin boards urging Americans resident in Sweden to request their ballots for the U.S. congressional (and down-ballot!) elections in November.

He carries a step ladder on the back of his bicycle to post up high where, he says, cleaners hopefully won’t remove the flyers and others won’t post over them. First, he cleans away old posters and staples so his will lie flat, leaving an empty border to attract attention.