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...
Erin Collins, the US National Taxpayer Advocate, submitted a scathing 2025 Annual Report to Congress which castigates the IRS for the unfair treatment of overseas American taxpayers.1
The National Taxpayer Advocate, an independent organization within the IRS, is responsible for protecting taxpayer rights, helping taxpayers resolve problems with the IRS and proposing...
Midterm elections occur two years after each presidential election. On November 3, 2026, US citizens at home and abroad will elect all 435 members of the House of Representatives and 33 Senators.
Citizens will also elect non-voting members to the US House from American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands...
March 13 update: It has been announced that the Senate will vote on the voter-suppressing "SAVE America" Act next week. Call your senators to express your opposition: see below to find out how.
Papp J. Trump-backed SAVE America Act will get a Senate vote next week, Thune says. CNBC, 12 March 2026.
You really should have registered to vote/requested a ballot...
Overseas voters know that they already face more and higher barriers to exercising their constitutional right to vote than their compatriots in the United States. Several new factors are combining to reduce the time that overseas voters have to vote. They are yet another reason to make a plan right now to ensure that you can vote in 2026.
