Military and Overseas Citizens Registering And Voting Absentee
Members of the United States Uniformed Services on active duty and the Merchant Marine, their spouses and dependents, and United States citizens residing outside of the United States may request an absentee ballot (or apply for voter registration) with a Federal Post Card Application. You may obtain a Federal Post Card Application from a Voting Assistance Officer or through the Internet at www.fvap.gov. If a Federal Post Card Application is not available then call, mail, fax or e-mail your request to your Supervisor of Elections. Your request for an absentee ballot through a Federal Post Card Application will be effective for all elections through the next two regularly scheduled general elections.
To access the Federal Voting Assistance Program Guide please click on the following link: http://www.fvap.gov/vao/guide.html.
If you are overseas, you may have your absentee ballot mailed, faxed or e-mailed to you. If your request includes an e-mail address, the Supervisor of Elections will inform you of the names of the candidates who will be on the ballots by electronic transmission. The Supervisor of Elections will e-mail you a list of candidates for the primary and general election not later than 30 days before each election. Once your absentee ballot is voted, either return it by mail or fax to your Supervisor of Elections. It must be received by the Supervisor of Elections no later than 7 p.m. on election day. Voted ballots returned by e-mail will not be accepted. If you are not overseas you must mail the ballot to the Supervisor of Elections.
In a general election, an overseas ballot will be counted for all offices if it is received by 7 p.m. on Election Day. If an overseas ballot is received after 7 p.m. Election Day but within 10 days after the election, it will be counted for federal offices only, as long as the ballot is postmarked or signed and dated no later than Election Day.
IMPORTANT: Carefully follow the instructions sent to you with your absentee ballot to ensure that it is counted. Make sure the absentee ballot envelope is:
- signed; and
- dated.
