So on Thursday the polling station is open at the Bowling Club for the Senedd elections, and yesterday I was out delivering leaflets around Hay for one of the political parties, with a couple of other local activists. (I'm trying to be impartial here, but anyone who looks at my front window will see how I'll be voting).
It was a lovely sunny day, and I'm pleased to say that some people actually asked for our leaflets. I also got to introduce the others to some of the more obscure areas of Hay, which has quite a complicated street plan full of hidden corners.
There are some good local candidates, including William Powell, the current county councillor for Talgarth, for the Liberal Democrats. He is standing because the current AM, Kirsty Williams, is standing down after many years representing the area. There are quite a few orange posters and placards around town.
Another current county councillor, for Llangors, is Emily Durrant, who is standing for the Green Party.
One of my neighbours favours James Evans, the Conservative candidate - and one lady I spoke to while leafletting said she was going to be voting Tory "because he's done such a good job with all the vaccinations". There really was nothing I could say in answer to that apart from "oh, dear".
Grenville Ham, who used to belong to the Green Party, is standing for Plaid Cymru (he left the Greens because they chose not to form an independent Welsh Green Party).
Gethin Jones is standing for Labour, and I met one lady who had already sent her postal vote off for him.
Other candidates are Sam Holwill for the Welsh Independence Party, Karen Laurie-Parry, an Independent, Claire Mills of the Abolish the Assembly Party and John Muir of Reform UK.
Voters have two votes this time, one local and one regional. If a party wins enough local seats, the regional seats go to other parties to balance the Senedd.
Votes will also be cast for the Police and Crime Commissioner elections.
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