By Laureen Scharps, AIWC Frankfurt Taunus Rhein-Main
"I just wanted to let you know that Tyler and I sent in our absentee ballots … . It was an easy process to register online and then, once the ballot was sent by email, we were able to fill it in online and then print the completed ballot with its mailer. It...
October includes lots of state deadlines for voter registration. If you have not registered yet, do it now! Time is running out. Don’t miss your chance to help set your country’s course for the future.
Also, federal law requires that states send out absentee ballots 45 days before the election, so registered voters should receive – and vote –
An article by Laureen Scharps (AIWC Frankfurt)
Millions of eligible US voters from numerous states have lost their right to vote due to voter suppression during the last five years. In Shelby County v. Holder in 2013, the US Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, undoing the preclearance provision and removing the ability of the federal government to place...
An article by Laureen Scharps (AIWC Frankfurt)
The deadline to register to vote is approaching. Your local election official should receive your application at least 45 days before the midterm elections, to be held on November 6, 2018. That means you need to submit your application now or by early September the latest.
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1848 saw revolution sweep across Europe and the first convention for women’s rights – the Seneca Falls Convention – in the United States. Reformers Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton first planned a convention in 1840, after both women had been refused seats as delegates to the World Antislavery Convention in London. Various things intervened (including...
An article by Laureen Scharps (AIWC Frankfurt)
Organizing a voter registration event as part of your club activities makes sense, especially if you live in a city with a consulate or embassy, whose staff are often eager to help. For example, AIWC Frankfurt invited Sevak Tsaturyan, Vice-Consul, US Consulate-General Frankfurt, to speak about voter registration at their monthly all-club coffee...
Overseas Americans often complain that US law takes no account of them and indeed often imposes extra burdens on them. But there is no reason for US lawmakers to consider our concerns, if we play no part in deciding whether they keep their jobs. Voter turnout in the US is much worse than that in many developed countries: around 65%