Ballot Help & Tracker


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Ballot Help & Tracker


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📋 Check Ballot Status 📭 Ballot Not Received ⚠️ Send a FWAB 🔍 Track Your Ballot 🙋 Get Help


📋 Check the Status of Your Ballot Request

After submitting your FPCA, follow up to confirm it was received and that your ballot is on its way.

  • Email or call your Local Election Official (LEO) to confirm they received your FPCA and will be sending you a blank ballot
  • Find your LEO's contact info at votefromabroad.org/states — select your state, then scroll down to "Find Your Election Office"
  • By law, states must send overseas ballots at least 45 days before the election
  • Check your spam or junk folder if you requested your ballot by email
  • You can submit a new ballot request at any time at votefromabroad.org
Watch the votefromabroad.org walkthrough video: English version →

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📭 Ballot Not Received?

  • Check your spam or junk folder
  • Email or call your Local Election Official — find their contact info at votefromabroad.org/states (select your state, scroll down to "Find Your Election Office")
  • Submit a new ballot request at votefromabroad.org
  • If you are running short on time, send a backup ballot (FWAB) — see below

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⚠️ Send a Backup Ballot (FWAB) — We Strongly Recommend This

If you live in a mail-return-only state, send a FWAB early — don't wait.

The Trump administration has taken steps to interfere with mail-in ballot delivery. Given this risk, sending a Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB) as a backup is a simple, legal precaution that could ensure your vote is counted.

Federal law is clear:

  • Sending a FWAB is not double voting
  • If only your FWAB arrives in time, it will be counted
  • If your official ballot also arrives in time, only your official ballot will be counted
  • You lose nothing by sending both — and you may save your vote
🗺️ Is my state mail-return only? — Map of States: Ballot Return

Check whether your state allows email, fax, or online ballot return — or requires postal mail only.

View Ballot Return Map → Use your browser's back arrow (or swipe right on iPhone) to return to this page.
📋 How to Complete the FWAB

Complete the FWAB online at fvap.gov. Depending on your state, you may need to print and submit it. See our Printing & Faxing in Japan guide if you need to print.

Full details and instructions: votefromabroad.org/faqs/BB1

Complete FWAB at fvap.gov →

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🔍 Track Your Ballot

Go to votefromabroad.org/states, scroll down, and click Track Your Ballot.

After sending your ballot, follow up with your local election officials to confirm it was received — don't be afraid to be persistent. Find their contact info at votefromabroad.org/states.

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🙋 Get Help

Democrats Abroad Japan
[email protected]
DA Voter Help Team
[email protected]
Live Assistance
Join ZoomTheVote for one-on-one help

Note: There is no in-person voting at the US Embassy in Japan for US elections.


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