DEMOCRATS ABROAD DISMISSES TRUMP'S DESPERATE RANT ON OVERSEAS VOTING
With his absurd and baseless rant on “Truth” Social, Americans abroad join a host of other groups of US citizens Donald Trump has threatened and feels shouldn’t be allowed to participate in our elections. This represents yet another assault by Trump on the “suckers and losers” he believes make up the US military; the Department of Defense is the agency entrusted with administering the entire overseas voter program.
The 1986 Uniformed and Overseas Citizen Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) protects the right to vote for members of the US military and civilians who register as overseas voters. Ballots are only sent to people whose registration has been confirmed and validated by their local elections office. This latest baseless accusation of fraud is yet more desperate fear-mongering by a man whose political playbook is grounded in preemptively delegitimizing the votes of Americans he assumes are less likely to support him.
Democrats Abroad International Chair Martha McDevitt-Pugh had this to say in response to Trump's un-’Truth’:
“Trump’s Project 2025 campaign is premised on stripping away the rights and freedoms that Americans enjoy. Now this election denying, two-time popular vote loser is attempting to preemptively delegitimize the votes of deployed military and civilian voters abroad. That we’re in Trump's head, and he perceives us as a threat to his scraping a win, is yet more evidence of the critical importance of overseas voters and Democrats Abroad, which mobilizes them. We expect many Americans abroad to use votefromabroad.org and help finally turn the page on this MAGA-maniac. As Vice President Harris says ‘when we vote, we win!”
Democrats Abroad has been advocating for voting rights and helping Americans vote since it was established in 1964. The overseas vote and the margins it provides could be crucial in making the difference in this historic election. Democrats Abroad has been working tirelessly to help Americans overseas get access to their ballots so that they can perform their Constitutional duty and cast their vote in the 2024 presidential election.
For more information about voting from abroad go to https://www.fvap.gov/