OFFICIAL BALLOT Global Presidential Primary March 1-8, 2016 INSTRUCTIONS Your ballot must include all the information required below. It must be signed and dated to be valid. Please print clearly in blue or black ink. Emailed or faxed ballots must be received by Democrats Abroad no later than 24:00 CET on March 8, 2016. Mailed ballots must be dated no later than March 8, 2016 and must be received no later than 6:00PM local time on March 13, 2016. Tick one of the following options: Returned by email to [email protected] Returned by fax to +1-888-958-6739 Returned by mail to YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS Full name of voter (required): Membership number (optional): __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Country of residence / membership (required): Date of birth (required): __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Email (if any, and required if ballot returned by email): Telephone (if any): __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Physical address overseas (required, no P.O. boxes): US voting address (exact if known, state required): __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ YOUR VOTE Vote for one candidate only. Please fill in the oval next to the name. For example, John F. Kennedy: Hillary Clinton Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente Martin J. O’Malley Bernie Sanders Uncommitted DECLARATION I do hereby register for this Primary and do certify that I am a US Citizen residing temporarily or permanently outside the United States and that I possess the qualifications required to vote in this Primary in that I will be an eligible voter on November 8, 2016. I am a member of Democrats Abroad. I have the interest, welfare and success of the Democratic Party of the United States and of Democrats Abroad at heart and subscribe to the substance, intent and principles of the Charter and Bylaws of the Democratic Party of the United States and the Charter of Democrats Abroad. I have not participated and will not participate in the delegate selection process (caucus, primary or other method) of any other delegation to the 2016 Democratic National Convention or in the nominating process of any other political party for the corresponding elections, nor voted in any other manner in the Democrats Abroad Prima- ry. By signing below, I attest that all information provided is true and correct. Signature: ______________________________________________ Date: _________________________________ Instructions for Remote Voting in the 2016 Global Presidential Primary of Democrats Abroad Are you eligible to vote in the Global Presidential Primary? To cast a ballot in the Global Presidential Primary, you must: • be a citizen of the United States of America; • reside permanently or temporarily outside the states and territories of the U.S.A.; • be a member of Democrats Abroad and subscribe to principles of the Democratic Party; and • have not voted (nor will vote) in any other 2016 presidential primary or caucus. (You may vote in your home state’s primaries for candidates for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and where permitted by your local election official, state and local elections and ballot measures.) If you are not yet a member of Democrats Abroad, you must join before completing your ballot. You can join at http://www.DemocratsAbroad.org/join If you are not sure whether you are a member, consult your local leader of Democrats Abroad or try activating your online account at http://www.DemocratsAbroad.org/login If you are unable to activate your account, please fill out the Join form on the website to ensure that you are a member. Step 1: Print Your Ballot To save paper and other costs, print only the first page of this file. You should not return these instructions with your completed ballot. Please print the ballot on a single page. The ballot’s contents will fit on a standard American-size letter or A4 paper. Do not print a smaller image, because that will make your details too difficult to read. If you opted for an auto-filled ballot, please check all parts of the ballot. Be sure that all the required information appears on your ballot. If there are errors, you may cross them out and write the correct information nearby. If you received a ballot on paper by mail, check the accompanying letter for your membership number. You should copy that number to the appropriate part of your blank ballot. Step 2: Fill Out Your Ballot You must provide the following information in a legible manner: • Your full name • Your country of residence (usually the same as your membership country in DA) • Your date of birth (please use the American standard, MM/DD/YYYY) • Email (obligatory unless you do not have one at all; obligatory if you return your ballot by email) • Telephone (obligatory unless you do not have one) • Physical address of your residence outside the United States • U.S. voting address (place of last residence; description allowed if postal address unknown) If you know your Democrats Abroad membership number, please write it in the appropriate space. Having this number will lighten the load of our vote-counters tremendously. You can find your membership number by asking your local leader of Democrats Abroad, or logging into the Democrats Abroad website at http://www.democratsabroad.org and visiting the Account Settings page. Finally, be sure to fill in the oval to the left of your preferred Presidential candidate! The Global Presidential Primary does not allow secret ballots. (For more information on the Democratic Party rules that require a signature and the tradition behind it, please see the short article posted on our website.) Step 3: Sign Your Ballot The Declaration is required by the rules of the Democratic Party. By signing, you declare that you will not vote in another Presidential primary or caucus and that you will not participate in any other Presidential nominating process. You are permitted, and in fact encouraged, to participate in non-Presidential primary elections in your U.S. state of residence, such as primaries for U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and where permitted by your local election official, state and local elections and ballot measures. You must sign and date the Declaration in order to complete your ballot, and you must do so by March 8, 2016, the end of the Global Presidential Primary. Step 4: Scan, Fax, or Mail Your Ballot You can return your completed ballot one of three ways: by postal mail, by fax, or by an attachment to an email message. If you choose to return your completed ballot by postal mail, it is your responsibility to use enough postage and follow whatever rules and practices required to ensure the safe delivery of a legible ballot. Ballots received after March 13, 2016 will not be valid. All voters may send completed ballots to: International Chair, Democrats Abroad Stettenerstr. 61 83209 Prien, Germany If you live in a country with an organized committee of Democrats Abroad, you may be able to mail your ballot to an address in your country. Please consult the list of countries below to see whether there is a local address available to you. If you choose to return your ballot by fax, use the telephone number below by 24:00 CET on March 8, 2016. It is not necessary to use a cover page. As with all methods, it is your responsibility to ensure successful delivery. The fax number is a United States telephone number: +1-888-958-6739 If you choose to return your ballot by attaching a file to an email message, you must first create an image file of your ballot. Please check the image before sending, particularly if you use the camera on your phone to create the file. (Full-size scanners produce the best image files.) Then you must compose an email message as follows: To: [email protected] Subject: Ballot delivery, [Your last name] Message: Full name: [Your full name as on your ballot] Country: [Your country of residence] Contact: [Your telephone number or full postal address] Be sure to attach the image file of your ballot before sending the message! You will not receive an error message or automatic response if you fail to include a legible image of your ballot. If you choose to return your ballot by attaching a file to an email message, then you are responsible for ensuring that • the file is in a commonly-used format: pdf, jpg, gif, tiff, or png; • the digital image is completely legible, including its size and resolution; • the email message with attachment is successfully delivered to the appropriate email address by 24:00 CET on March 8, 2016; and • the file and email message are not corrupted and contain no viruses or other malicious code. If there are problems with your email message or the attached file, Democrats Abroad does not have any obligation to contact you and may simply treat the ballot as spoiled. While Democrats Abroad will strive to answer reasonable inquiries, we cannot guarantee a timely response to questions regarding the status of your ballot. Additional Notes After you submit a Remote Ballot, you may not vote in-person at a Voting Center or submit a second Remote Ballot at a later date. You may only vote