NewsWhore
10-27-2011, 05:10 PM
The US Embassy is advising US citizens living in the Dominican Republic that new regulations for overseas voting went into effect in 2010. Anyone wanting to vote while living outside the United States should send a completed Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) to the corresponding local election officials every year.
To do so, they should visit www.FVAP.gov, the official U.S. Government website for overseas absentee voting information, to start the process.
The Embassy recommends getting into the habit of submitting a new FPCA every January to ensure that eligible voters receive the ballots for all the elections in which they can vote during the calendar year.
In addition to the November general elections held every other year, voters may be eligible to vote in federal or state primary elections, special elections, emergency elections and runoff elections.
Likewise, while no elections for federal offices are scheduled for 2011, a state may schedule special/emergency elections to fill vacancies.
The Embassy reports that the first presidential primary elections take place in January 2012. All interested in voting in the presidential election should submit a new Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) as early as possible in 2012 so corresponding local election officials have time to return an absentee ballot, "and you have time to vote and return it".
For questions, contact the American Citizen Services Unit at ACSsantodom@state.gov (http://ACSsantodom@state.gov)
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To do so, they should visit www.FVAP.gov, the official U.S. Government website for overseas absentee voting information, to start the process.
The Embassy recommends getting into the habit of submitting a new FPCA every January to ensure that eligible voters receive the ballots for all the elections in which they can vote during the calendar year.
In addition to the November general elections held every other year, voters may be eligible to vote in federal or state primary elections, special elections, emergency elections and runoff elections.
Likewise, while no elections for federal offices are scheduled for 2011, a state may schedule special/emergency elections to fill vacancies.
The Embassy reports that the first presidential primary elections take place in January 2012. All interested in voting in the presidential election should submit a new Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) as early as possible in 2012 so corresponding local election officials have time to return an absentee ballot, "and you have time to vote and return it".
For questions, contact the American Citizen Services Unit at ACSsantodom@state.gov (http://ACSsantodom@state.gov)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)