Absentee Voting for U.S. Citizens Abroad

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Absentee voting is a simple two-step process:

1. Every year, you send in a completed Federal Post Card Application (www.FPCA.gov) to your local election officials. They confirm your eligibility to vote, put your name on a list to receive absentee ballots for any elections held that calendar year, and send you a blank absentee ballot electronically or by mail.

2(a). You complete the ballot and send it back so it arrives before your state's ballot return deadline.


2(b). Or, if you haven't received your blank ballot 30 days before an election, don't wait any longer; use the emergency Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot to vote.


To learn more visit:
https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/abroad/legal-matters/benefits/voting.html