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FAWCO Clubs Oppose Attacks on Overseas Voting Rights – All Hands on Deck

Attacks on overseas citizens’ right to vote in US elections have escalated. FAWCO has done its best to inform members about these and suggest ways to fight back, and member clubs have taken action. While a couple of immediate dangers seem to have been overcome, another remains and more are under way. More FAWCO clubs and members should join in...

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Victory for Overseas Voters in North Carolina – Concluding Last Unsettled Race from 2024 Elections

May 8 update: Excellent news for overseas voters! A federal judge ordered that the election results be certified, ruling that:

Invalidating votes that had already been cast violated voters’ due process rights. … You establish the rules before the game. You don’t change them after the game is done.

As the ruling will not be appealed, ballots cast by military and...

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FAWCO and Partners Publish Letter Opposing the Dangerous “SAVE” Act – Spread the Word!

On March 28, FAWCO joined four other partner organizations – the US Vote Foundation, the Association of Americans Resident Overseas (AARO), American Citizens Abroad (ACA) and the Secure Families Initiative – in signing and publishing a letter opposing the dangerous “SAVE” Act.

Read the letter, send it to your Representative and Senators, and phone them immediately to share your opposition...

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Oppose the Voter Suppressing "SAVE" Act: Tell Your Senators to Vote No on Cloture

April 13 update: After unfortunately passing the House of Representatives last week, the dangerous "SAVE" Act moves to the Senate. Tell your senators to vote no on this voter suppressing bill, and especially to vote no on “cloture”. That will stop the bill in its current state, and perhaps motivate cooperation to improve it.  

Voting in the Senate has two stages...

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Celebrate Doing Your Part and Support Overseas Voting against Continuing Attacks

American FAWCO members are used to largely sitting out the last month before Election Day in the USA. We register as early as possible in the relevant year and vote and return our ballots as soon as they arrive, starting in late September. Some of us have to find and return a Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot (FWAB) if our proper...

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Attack on Overseas Voting Rights – How You Can Help Defend Your Rights and US Democracy

30/10/24 update: Wonderful news: a judge has dismissed a suit brought by 6  Pennsylvania congressmen to suppress the votes of their own overseas constituents. Thanks go to everybody who fought this lawsuit, including the Brennan Center, who drafted an amicus brief on the case signed by multiple expat organizations, including FAWCO, and multiple overseas Pennsylvania voters, including a FAWCO member. Now all...

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Election Day for Overseas Americans Is NOW – Vote!

States started sending ballots to overseas voters on September 21. The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) advised us to return our completed ballots by September 28. If you did so, great! If you have not voted – or even registered – it’s not too late if you take action now.

The survival of US democracy is at stake in 2024.

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