Emily Lines
Global AAPI Caucus Co-Chair; Germany Vice-Chair
Hoosier living in Berlin working in science communication
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Vote from Germany
This is a Presidential election year — all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 34 of the 100 Senate seats, and 13 gubernatorial seats are up for grabs in November. U.S. citizens have the right to vote in primary and general elections, no matter where in the world they live! If you're a U.S. citizen, dual-national, and will be 18 on November 5, 2024, you have the right to vote from abroad in U.S. elections — including in the November 2024 elections!
As a U.S. citizen, you can register to vote from abroad while living, working, or traveling overseas by submitting one form — the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA). It doesn't matter if you were registered to vote before you left the U.S., how long you’ve lived outside the U.S., or if you've never resided in the U.S. at all. You have the right to vote!
The U.S. State Department recommends, “all U.S. citizens living abroad complete and submit a new Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) annually, to ensure you remain on your state’s voter rolls and to ensure your local election office has your up-to-date contact information.” Vote From Abroad provides all the information, forms, and support help in one place to make voting easy!
Request your overseas ballot now! www.votefromabroad.org
Ask on the request form (FPCA) that your ballot be sent to you by email
Submit your request form by email, if your state allows
Return your voted ballot electronically (email, upload or fax), if your state allows
If your state requires you to mail back your ballot:
Request your ballot NOW, so you’ll receive it on Sept 21 when states start sending overseas ballots out (45 days before the election)
Download and vote your ballot as soon as you receive it
Use the diplomatic pouch (by Oct 2nd) or use a courier service to send it back; due to the unpredictable nature of the diplomatic pouch arrival timeline, we discourage its use unless you have no other alternative
Track your request form and your ballot
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