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...
The 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th 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 to...
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...
So, while you're preaching FAWCO's basic...
Here’s FAWCO’s main message to every overseas American we can find. COVID-19 changes this message in only one way – see the text in bold. Further details on this message are available in a virtual workshop on voter registation and assistance. posted on FAWCO's YouTube channel. The channel also has a short video demonstrating how to register to vote using...
Voting is a fundamental constitutional right of all US citizens everywhere, and both the US Vote Foundation or the Federal Voter Assistance Program (FVAP) are providing updates and advice on how to register and vote during the pandemic.
States are still changing the dates of primaries: click here for the Foundation's current list, organized alphabetically by state.
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Everyone’s new reality includes locking down and/or social distancing to protect ourselves, our loved ones and our societies against COVID-19. This goes for FAWCO and its member clubs, of course. So what do we do? Take our voter registration and assistance activities online, of course.
The following are some suggestions, and lists of resources available from our partner, the US...