October 14 update: If your ballot has not reached you, fill out and return a Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot (FWAB). Get your FWAB from the US Vote Foundation and return it to the local election office as described below. If your original ballot arrives after that, vote and return it too, and...
Note (September 15): Good news! The Associated Press reports: “The Supreme Court on [September 14] rejected [a] bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting already underway.”
States will send out ballots on September 19, 2026. Check your voting plan and revise it if necessary. The US Voting Committee (
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...
