If you are an American living overseas you may have many questions about your rights and responsibilities. FAWCO is the oldest and largest non-partisan organization representing private sector Americans abroad. FAWCO works to keep the public up to date on issues important to Americans living and working overseas, including citizenship, voting, taxation, and banking concerns.
The survival of US democracy is at stake in 2024. A leading candidate for President has declared that if he wins, he will gut the civil service and use the Presidency to take revenge on everyone he deems to have wronged him. Project 2025 is being organized to supply officials who would do his bidding. US election...
To ensure that you can vote in the 2024 US elections, pick your reason to register/request a ballot as early as possible in February:
The 2024 US elections will be the most important in the country’s history. Every citizen’s vote is needed to protect US democracy, and overseas voters have less time and greater barriers to voting that those in the USA. Overseas Americans must therefore get ready to act in 2024, to secure their own participation in the election and to assist as...
Writing in the New York Times Magazine on October 11, The Ethicist considered a question about voting from overseas from Kim, who has moved permanently to Sweden and asked, “I’m an American living abroad. Should I vote in US elections?” The answer is YES.
Millions of (non-military) Americans live outside the USA. We are good citizens of both the land...
Elections in Virginia and Louisiana will determine, among other things, who will run the 2024 federal elections in those states. If you’re from either state, be sure to take part. Act now; deadlines for registration and ballot requests are close!
Virginians will vote for candidates in the General Assembly and local offices; election day is Tuesday, November 7, 2023.
