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    Voting From Overseas

    Voting From Overseas

    FAWCO partner Overseas Vote Foundation has just released the results of its sixth post-election survey, launched on Election Day and continued through December 23, 2014.  We are pleased that many FAWCO members participated in the survey and that OVF continues to provide FAWCO members, as it has since 2008, with advanced voting technology and up-to-date voter support.

    While participation in the...

    Read more: Overseas Vote Foundation releases results of 6th Post-Election Survey

    Voting From Overseas
    Susan B Anthony

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    140 years ago on June 17, 1873, suffragist Susan B. Anthony began her trial for illegally voting in New York. 

    At her trial, the court asked Anthony if she had anything to say on why her sentence should not be pronounced. She responded by fiercely defending her right to vote, arguing that she...

    Read more: Register to Vote

    Voting From Overseas

    Overseas Voting Reform

    For most overseas Americans, the right to vote is their primary means of participating in the American democratic process. Civilian voter turnout overseas has increased steadily in recent years: overseas Americans have historically had higher voter participation rates than their state-side counterparts (typically 3+% of votes cast, for around 2% of the electorate).

    In the wake of...

    Read more: OAW 2013 - Position Paper on Voting Reform

    Voting From Overseas

    According to the post-election survey conducted by FAWCO partner Overseas Vote Foundation (OVF), the overseas voting process was clearly improved in the first full federal election since passage of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act of 2009.

    An article by Brian Knowlton in the New York Times shows that while a little over 20% of UOCAVA voters were...

    Read more: Voting WAS easier in 2012!

    Voting From Overseas

    The Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) is the document with which military and overseas voters register to vote and request their ballots.

    A new version of this form was introduced for the 2012 election which raised concerns with many voters  (see earlier article on this here).  In response to requests from state and local election officials, the new form explicitly...

    Read more: FAWCO comments on new FPCA wording (2012 election)

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