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DeploymentLINK was last updated on Saturday, October 30, 2004
Voting has just become a little easier for service members who are deployed or stationed overseas with the launch of the new online federal write-in absentee ballot. The federal write-in absentee ballot is used to vote for candidates for federal offices, including the president and vice president, U.S. senators and representatives, and delegates or resident commissioners to the Congress, in general elections.
However, not everyone is eligible to use the online form. To use the online ballot, you must meet the following criteria:
- be outside the United States, including APO/FPO addresses;
- have applied for a regular ballot early enough so that the request was received by the appropriate local election official at least 30 days before the election; and
- not have received the regular absentee ballot they requested from their state.
For more information, contact the DoD Voting Information Center, which can be reached toll-free from 64 countries using the numbers listed on the Federal Voting Assistance Program web site. The Voting Information Center provides recorded messages from candidates, as well as other information concerning elections, 24 hours a day. Questions about this program may also be referred to the director, Federal Voting Assistance Program, Department of Defense, 1155 Defense Pentagon. Additionally, the FVAP can be reached via e-mail at vote@fvap.ncr.gov. Servicemembers can also get help from unit voting assistance officers.
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