Overseas voters’ Election Day 2026 is right around the corner: the deadline for state ballot dispatch is 50 days away. While the details of the situation change from day to day, overseas voters need to understand that their rights are under attack, stay informed and act accordingly to protect and to exercise them in 2026.
This article focuses on what...
Now more than ever before, it is important that all US citizens living abroad exercise their right to vote. About 2.2 million citizens living abroad are eligible to vote absentee—in many cases, even if they have never lived in the USA. Out of the 2.2 million overseas citizens eligible to vote, only...
The current US administration is trying to control the midterm elections at the federal level, particularly by attacking voting by mail and building a federal voter roll, aiming to control which Americans will be allowed to vote. The Guardian gives a good summary of the issues:
The … administration is waging war on voting rights using justice department lawsuits, FBI investigations and...
Your vote is your voice to express your opinion about the best candidates and ballot measures to serve your state and the USA as a whole. Keep on top of any changes that might be happening that could damage your voting rights. Efforts to draw new maps of voting districts for partisan advantage (gerrymandering),
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.
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