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Samantha
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 Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:00 pm Post subject: Attn: Americans....if you want to vote for pres here's how.. |
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Go to this website and request the absentee ballot be sent to you through email. You can also set up for your state primaries etc through this site. I emailed my local elections office asking about this and they sent me this site.
http://fvap.gov/ |
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cbclark4
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks!  |
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Samantha
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks! |
Welcome I figured there were probably one or two other Americans out there that would be interested in this.
Do the other 6 E2 countries have an overseas citizens voting procedures? It would be interesting to see the options. |
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marlow
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Samantha wrote: |
| Do the other 6 E2 countries have an overseas citizens voting procedures? It would be interesting to see the options. |
I think it qualifies you for residency if you're Canadian. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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Any American here should sign up for the Seoul Embassy's regular informative email. The voting info, E-2 changes and lots of other stuff is in it.
Also, many states send absentee ballots by regular mail, not email. |
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Samantha
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
Location: Jinan-dong Hwaseong
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
Any American here should sign up for the Seoul Embassy's regular informative email. The voting info, E-2 changes and lots of other stuff is in it.
Also, many states send absentee ballots by regular mail, not email. |
Did you mean this site?
http://www.asktheconsul.org/ <--there's an email sign-up box for information from the Embassy.
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Did you mean this site?
http://korea.usembassy.gov/citizen_registration.html<---this is the one that you can register the fact you are overseas with the State dept, so if they need to find you or get you out of the country etc they have a record of you being here.
I only said email the ballots initially because that is what the voting official said in the original email, that if I signed up for the service they'd email me the ballot for the primary next month. |
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Samantha
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
Location: Jinan-dong Hwaseong
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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quoted from the email sent to me by the Consulate after signing up for the newsletter (thanks Bibbitybob) regarding 'absentee voting'.
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4. TEN WAYS TO HELP ENSURE THAT YOUR ABSENTEE VOTE IS COUNTED
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(1) Start by contacting your Embassy or military unit Voting Assistance
Officer for help in absentee registration and voting. The Embassy's
Voting Assistance officer is available at [email protected].
(2) Visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program's website at
www.fvap.gov for information on the absentee registration and voting process.
(3) Ensure that you have applied for your absentee ballot using the
hard copy or on-line versions of the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA)
form.
(4) Make sure your local election official has your current mailing
address.
(5) Sign and date all election materials.
(6) Fulfill your state's witness/notary requirements (if required).
(7) Ensure that your ballot or FPCA is postmarked.
(8.) Register to vote and request your ballot in a timely manner - not
later than September 2008.
(9) VOTE - mail your ballot not later than October 15th of the election
year.
(10) Use the Federal Write In Absentee Ballot if you are overseas and
your State absentee ballot does not arrive in time to be mailed back by
your state's deadline.
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm not sure for the primaries. I guess it would depend when your state is, but you really should have registered for an absentee ballot directly from your state. For Oregon, they mail them out 6 weeks ahead of the election and I usually get it about a week and a half to two weeks after it is mailed. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:19 am Post subject: |
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I filled out the online Federal Post Card Application (FPCA SF-76).
I printed it out. Now where do I mail it to?
This website http://fvap.gov/pubs/fpca.html doesn't tell you what to do with it after you fill out the form. |
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Samantha
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:23 am Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
I filled out the online Federal Post Card Application (FPCA SF-76).
I printed it out. Now where do I mail it to?
This website http://fvap.gov/pubs/fpca.html doesn't tell you what to do with it after you fill out the form. |
http://fvap.gov/pubs/returnenvelope.html
At the bottom of the page you quoted I found this link for a postage paid return envelope. That should work. If not call/email the office itself and ask them how to do it. I haven't done any of this election stuff yet as I'm going to be switching apartments so putting an address in for 4 weeks isn't worth it when I'm just going to have to do an address update later. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:20 am Post subject: |
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| Samantha wrote: |
quoted from the email sent to me by the Consulate after signing up for the newsletter (thanks Bibbitybob) regarding 'absentee voting'.
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4. TEN WAYS TO HELP ENSURE THAT YOUR ABSENTEE VOTE IS COUNTED
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(1) Start by contacting your Embassy or military unit Voting Assistance
Officer for help in absentee registration and voting. The Embassy's
Voting Assistance officer is available at [email protected].
(2) Visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program's website at
www.fvap.gov for information on the absentee registration and voting process.
(3) Ensure that you have applied for your absentee ballot using the
hard copy or on-line versions of the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA)
form.
(4) Make sure your local election official has your current mailing
address.
(5) Sign and date all election materials.
(6) Fulfill your state's witness/notary requirements (if required).
(7) Ensure that your ballot or FPCA is postmarked.
(8.) Register to vote and request your ballot in a timely manner - not
later than September 2008.
(9) VOTE - mail your ballot not later than October 15th of the election
year.
(10) Use the Federal Write In Absentee Ballot if you are overseas and
your State absentee ballot does not arrive in time to be mailed back by
your state's deadline.
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Yeah, that's the official info via the embassy. Your last post also had the most reliable website for absentee voting. |
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Samantha
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
Location: Jinan-dong Hwaseong
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:20 am Post subject: |
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
| Samantha wrote: |
quoted from the email sent to me by the Consulate after signing up for the newsletter (thanks Bibbitybob) regarding 'absentee voting'.
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4. TEN WAYS TO HELP ENSURE THAT YOUR ABSENTEE VOTE IS COUNTED
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(1) Start by contacting your Embassy or military unit Voting Assistance
Officer for help in absentee registration and voting. The Embassy's
Voting Assistance officer is available at [email protected].
(2) Visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program's website at
www.fvap.gov for information on the absentee registration and voting process.
(3) Ensure that you have applied for your absentee ballot using the
hard copy or on-line versions of the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA)
form.
(4) Make sure your local election official has your current mailing
address.
(5) Sign and date all election materials.
(6) Fulfill your state's witness/notary requirements (if required).
(7) Ensure that your ballot or FPCA is postmarked.
(8.) Register to vote and request your ballot in a timely manner - not
later than September 2008.
(9) VOTE - mail your ballot not later than October 15th of the election
year.
(10) Use the Federal Write In Absentee Ballot if you are overseas and
your State absentee ballot does not arrive in time to be mailed back by
your state's deadline.
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Yeah, that's the official info via the embassy. Your last post also had the most reliable website for absentee voting. |
Glad it makes sense...I'm flying by the seat of my pants on it. I'm just working of what makes sense and what I've found so far. |
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BTSskytrain
Joined: 11 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:35 am Post subject: vote for pres? |
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| I'll pass on this one. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:44 am Post subject: |
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| Another option is to do what I just did yesterday. If you're on vacation in your home state and your state law permits this, you can register for absentee voting at your local DMV. I did that while I was taking care of paperwork for my car stored here in California. |
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Samantha
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
Location: Jinan-dong Hwaseong
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| Another option is to do what I just did yesterday. If you're on vacation in your home state and your state law permits this, you can register for absentee voting at your local DMV. I did that while I was taking care of paperwork for my car stored here in California. |
That's what I started this thread for. I was in California for Christmas. I went to the Sec. of State (in Sacramento) for the Apostille on the CBC, went up to the elections office. They had no clue...instantly assumed I was military (which they had the answer prepared for). When I told them I wasn't military just an expat, they had to do several calls to figure out how I was able to vote. Finally got the answer of go to your local county elections office. Didn't get a chance to go into the office beofe I left to come back to Korea so I emailed them. The original post is what I was told to do by the county office. It would have been nice if the Sec. of State Elections office had just said fill out a regular absentee ballot. Are you able to have it sent to you here in Korea or does it have to go to someone stateside and then be forwarded to you? Also since you are ex-military (or retired?) you probably have the option to vote on base, which most of us aren't able to do. This option will allow any American, ex-military or not, to vote. |
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