Call to Action: Save the US Postal Service and its Role in the US Democratic Process

The Crisis

The extended and increasing delays in mail delivery in the United States, as a result of changes to procedures and removal and dismantling of equipment ordered by the newly appointed Postmaster General of the US Postal Service, have received wide international coverage (1). These delays imperil not only businesses and the American people, who depend on USPS for...

Voting in 2020 – Overcoming Every Obstacle

COVID-19 and other factors seem to be making it extra hard for overseas voters to take part in the 2020 US elections. But we will overcome them all to exercise our right to vote, 100 years after American women first started to vote nationwide.

This article covers not only making your plan to vote in 2020 but also spreading the...

100 Years and Still Fighting for Voting Rights

By Laureen Scharps, FAWCO Rep, AIWC Frankfurt

Continuing the Fight for Voting Rights

The 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19^th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States – giving women in the United States the right to vote* – is August 18, 2020. Like many past and current American protesters fighting for justice, generations of women fought...

Election Day for overseas voters just 4 months away – are you ready?

Election Day 2020 is November 3 in the United States, but it comes 1 month earlier – on October 3 – for those citizens who live outside the country. Especially because of the problems with mail caused by COVID-19, overseas voters need to take action now to ensure that they are registered, and be prepared to act equally quickly to...

Celebrate 100 years of American women voting: 1920–2020

Resources

So, while you're preaching FAWCO's basic...