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Overseas How to Vote

1 Agudath of America’s guide for US citizens residing overseas. information/. please visithttps://agudah.org/voter-registration- To registertovote orcheckyour registration status that theycanemailbacktheballot. to firstregistervote beforerequestingaFPCA,so Therefore itisadvisableforresidentsofthosestates vote withyour FPCA,you mustmailbackyour . South DakotaorWisconsin andareregisteringto If you arearesidentofFlorida,Idaho,Maryland, to vote, ifyou arenotalreadyregistered. Requesting aFPCAwillsimultaneouslyregisteryou ballot now' button, follow the instructionsfrom there. https://www.fvap.gov/ clickonthered'requestyour a FPCA(FederalPostCardApplication)bygoingto If you willbeunabletovote inperson,you canrequest org/voter-absentee-deadlines/ states deadlinespleasevisithttps://agudah. be received by . To view your absentee ballot,your statemayrequireitto and voting deadlines.Ifyou mailbackyour Be cognizant ofyour statesregistration

1 Agudath Israel of America’s voting guide for US citizens residing overseas. www.fvap.gov/uploads/FVAP/Forms/coversheet.pdf transmission cover sheetcanbefound athttps:// directly toyour electionofficial.Acopy ofthe the 'TransmissionCover Sheet'.Emailthispackage all oftheinstructionscarefully, be sure toinclude When emailingbacktheballotbesuretofollow addition totheemailedballot. you maystill have tomailbacktheoriginalballotin other statesallow you toemailtheballot, however to registervote, you mustmailback the ballot.All already registeredtovote. Ifyou areusing theFPCA Wisconsin allow you toemailtheballotifyou are back). FloridaIdahoMarylandSouthDakotaand the optionoffaxingballot,(butnotemailingit you must mail back the ballot. In California you have ballot carefully. InAlabamaArkansasandConnecticut, Be suretoreadtheinstructionsonhow toreturnthe return acompleted formbeforeyour state’sdeadline. to getyour ballotandensuresyou have itintimeto your ballot emailed to you. This is the fastest way If applicableinyour state,selecttheoptiontohave

2 Agudath Israel of America’s voting guide for US citizens residing overseas. such asFedEx,DHL,orUPSatyour own expense. unreliable, you canuseprofessional courier services Express CourierService–Iftimeisshortorlocalmail transmission ofcompleted . Fax, Email,orInternet–Somestatespermitelectronic the embassy’swebsite forspecificinstructions. the U.S.embassyvoting assistanceofficerorvisit envelope isavailable ontheFVAP website. Contact or beinapostage-paidenvelope. Apostage-paid election officialsandhave sufficientU.S.postage, United States.Itmustbeaddressedtoyour local nearest U.S.embassyorconsulate forreturntothe person candrop offyour completed ballot atthe U.S. Embassy Diplomatic Pouch appropriate internationalpostage. the UnitedStates,putyour ballot in the mail with Local mail–Ifyou have areliablemailserviceto returning completed ballots: Overseas voters have anumberofoptionsfor back immediately. instructions toprintoutablankballotandmailit https://www.fvap.gov/r3/fwab/state andfollow the Write-In AbsenteeBallot(FWAB) bygoingto deadline ofyour state,you canrequestaFederal and you areconcerned aboutmissingthevoting If you arewaitingforyour ballottoarrive viamail – You or another

3 Agudath Israel of America’s voting guide for US citizens residing overseas. New Jersey New Hampshire Nevada Nebraska Michigan Massachusetts Maine Kentucky Kansas Iowa Hawaii Georgia Colorado California Arizona Can vote forStateandFederalOffices: Minnesota Illinois Delaware Connecticut Alaska Can vote forFederalOfficesonly: legal guardianlastresided. eligible tovote absenteeinthestatetheirparentor — andhave never residedintheUnited States—are In somestates,U.S.citizenswhowere bornabroad US. citizensthatnever residedinthe US: Wyoming West Virginia Washington Virginia Vermont Tennessee South Dakota South Carolina Oklahoma Ohio North Dakota North Carolina New Mexico Wisconsin Rhode Island New York Montana

4 Agudath Israel of America’s voting guide for US citizens residing overseas. invalidated. follow alltheinstructionstoensureyour vote isnot When fillingouttheballot,besuretocarefully disqualified! In 2016over 300,000absenteeballotswere Common mistakes signature thatyour state hasonfile. absentee ballots,besuretosignwith thesame Most statesusesignatureverification on outside oftheenvelope. need tosigninmultiplelocationsincludingthe Be suretosigntheabsenteeballot.You may Write thedateasmm-dd-yyyy. to-vote/ status reregistered. You cancheckyour registration name onit,you mayhave alreadyautomatically or othergovernment issuedIDwithyour new reregister tovote. Ifyou have adrivers license changed your legalname,you needto on your government issuedID.Ifyou have Be suretowriteyour legalnameasitappears https://agudah.org/are-you-registered-

5 Agudath Israel of America’s voting guide for US citizens residing overseas. For more assistance, please reach out to [email protected] or call 212.797.9000 ext. 218