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 Voting
Voting From Overseas
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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...
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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...
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Both special federal elections to fill empty seats in Congress and regular state and local elections will take place before the end of 2025. If you are eligible to vote in any of these, be sure to do so. If you have not already registered/requested a ballot, go immediately to FAWCO partners the US Vote Foundation or the Federal Voting...
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News from the United States has revealed two new attacks on the rights of overseas voters. The White House threatens an unconstitutional executive order to forbid all voting by mail in US elections and stop the use of some voting machines, aiming to force states to use only paper ballots.
In addition, the House of Representatives is considering a new bill,
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Special general elections will be held on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 for two seats in the Florida legislature: State Senate District 15 and State House District 40, which represent parts of Orange County. Overseas voters – who are from these districts and intend to return to the USA – should register/request a ballot right away in order to take part...