Information from the US Voting Committee details some of the threats to the right of overseas Americans to vote absentee in US elections. The Committee expects those threats to continue through the 2026 midterm elections to the seating of the next Congress in January 2027.
This article lists some of the most recent threats at the state and federal levels. Feeling alarmed...
Midterm elections occur two years after each presidential election. On November 3, 2026, US citizens at home and abroad will elect all 435 members of the House of Representatives and 33 Senators.
Citizens will also elect non-voting members to the US House from American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands...
March 13 update: It has been announced that the Senate will vote on the voter-suppressing "SAVE America" Act next week. Call your senators to express your opposition: see below to find out how.
Papp J. Trump-backed SAVE America Act will get a Senate vote next week, Thune says. CNBC, 12 March 2026.
You really should have registered to vote/requested a ballot...
Overseas voters know that they already face more and higher barriers to exercising their constitutional right to vote than their compatriots in the United States. Several new factors are combining to reduce the time that overseas voters have to vote. They are yet another reason to make a plan right now to ensure that you can vote in 2026.
US citizens living outside their country have only had the right to vote in its elections for around 50 years. Long-time members recall how FAWCO sent a teabag to every member of Congress in 1976 – the bicentennial year – reminding them that “Taxation without representation is tyranny!” This right is under increasing attack.
The reasons are easy to see: trying...
Revised to include the final statement from FAWCO
The FAWCO US Issues Team is joining our partner, the US Vote Foundation, to combat the most recent attack on the rights of overseas voters: a petition from the America First Legal Foundation asking the Election Assistance Commission to make rules requiring absentee voters to submit proof of US citizenship in order...
