With the help of VoteFromAbroad.org, you can request your ballot anywhere. And you can do it with anyone.
Where will you do it? Here's a mini-clip of our dear Celeste. (It has nothing to do with the super viral video launching on August 4th with our special celebrity guest, but we love Celeste so much we thought we'd share it -- just to tide you over until the 4th!)
Celeste "With My Boss"
Showing posts with label democrats abroad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label democrats abroad. Show all posts
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Myths: " I don't have a US address anymore!"
Can I really vote? Yes you can!
"But I don't have an address in the US anymore."
Doesn't matter. The last place you lived will always be your legal voting address. Even if the knock it down and build a freeway. That's your voting address as long as you live overseas.
"But I've been gone for so many years."
So what. You are a US citizen and you will always have the right to vote for Federal offices. Forever.
"But I never registered to vote in the US."
No problem. Your ballot request form doubles as a voter registration form.
Just answer the questions at VoteFromAbroad.org, print out the form, sign it and send it off to the address provided.
No more excuses. Sort it out today.
"But I don't have an address in the US anymore."
Doesn't matter. The last place you lived will always be your legal voting address. Even if the knock it down and build a freeway. That's your voting address as long as you live overseas.
"But I've been gone for so many years."
So what. You are a US citizen and you will always have the right to vote for Federal offices. Forever.
"But I never registered to vote in the US."
No problem. Your ballot request form doubles as a voter registration form.
Just answer the questions at VoteFromAbroad.org, print out the form, sign it and send it off to the address provided.
No more excuses. Sort it out today.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The truth about absentee ballots -- they count!
Living abroad, absentee ballots are a pain in the butt - but they're all we have. And they DO count.
Too often, we hear "Oh, they don't even count absentee ballots unless it's close." WRONG! Every ballot validly cast is counted. That is a fact. Your vote will count whether you cast it in Paris, France, or Paris, Texas.
OK, so it's true that a victor is usually called before every last vote has been tallied. But that's true for hometown voters, too! On election night, the networks are naming winners with just a small fraction of votes counted. Absentee ballots are all counted before an election result can be "certified". Remember the Florida fiasco? The vote count must be certified by the Secretary of State before it is official. That is the law.
Your vote WILL count. And if it's a very close race, the whole world will be waiting to know how YOU voted.
Here's a list of states and when they count their absentee ballots.
Too often, we hear "Oh, they don't even count absentee ballots unless it's close." WRONG! Every ballot validly cast is counted. That is a fact. Your vote will count whether you cast it in Paris, France, or Paris, Texas.
OK, so it's true that a victor is usually called before every last vote has been tallied. But that's true for hometown voters, too! On election night, the networks are naming winners with just a small fraction of votes counted. Absentee ballots are all counted before an election result can be "certified". Remember the Florida fiasco? The vote count must be certified by the Secretary of State before it is official. That is the law.
Your vote WILL count. And if it's a very close race, the whole world will be waiting to know how YOU voted.
Here's a list of states and when they count their absentee ballots.
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