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Election Day for Overseas Americans Is Now – Time to Vote!

Mary Stewart Burgher Voting From Overseas 04 October 2022
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The week starting on October 3 is Absentee Voting Week. Absentee ballots for overseas Americans were sent out on September 24. It's time to vote!

Have you received your ballot? It's not too late to request one, but deadlines to register are as early as October 5 for some states. Go to the Federal Voting Assistant Program (FVAP) to register/request...

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Ballots on the way – overseas US voters must be ready

Mary Stewart Burgher Voting From Overseas 13 September 2022
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Federal law requires states to send ballots to absentee voters 45 days before a regular election for federal office. For 2022 that date is September 24, less than 2 weeks away! Are you ready? Here’s what to do.

  1. Receive and complete your ballot, carefully following the instructions.
  2. Return your completed ballot, in the signed envelope, before your state’s deadline.
  3. Share...
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Overseas voting in 2022: act now to help save US democracy

Mary Stewart Burgher Voting From Overseas 01 August 2022
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Many news stories, and even a FAWCO article, warn about current threats to democracy in the USA. While each of us is just one person, we can do much if we act together. But we must act now – Election Day for overseas voters is October 8, fewer than 70 days away.

  1. Register to vote before August 31, to maximize your...
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US democracy in danger – active citizenship needed

Mary Stewart Burgher Voting From Overseas 20 May 2022

“American democracy is … under assault from the ground up,” is the grim conclusion of a report from The Brookings InstitutioEquestrian statue of Sybil Ludington in Carmel, New York by Anna Hyatt Huntingtonn and the States United Democracy Center. Although the USA triumphed in holding a secure and legitimate national election in 2020 with the highest voter turnout in a century – in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic – some Americans have...

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US Child Tax Credit 2021

Johanna Dishongh Tax & Banking 03 May 2022
The Child Tax Credit helps families with qualifying children get a tax break. You may be able to claim the credit even if you don't normally file a tax return.

 
You can claim the Child Tax Credit for each qualifying child who has a Social Security number.
 
To be a qualifying child for the 2021 tax year, your dependent...

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US voting – now is the time to act

Mary Stewart Burgher Voting From Overseas 08 March 2022
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web Voting article Jan 2022 400 400 pxIt’s more than time for FAWCO and its clubs and members to strongly encourage overseas Americans to vote in the 2022 US elections. While Election Day is November 8 in the US, it comes a month earlier for overseas voters – who must receive and return absentee ballots by the deadlines set by their states. Overseas voters must start the...

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