JUNE 2026 NEWSLETTER
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” – Plato
Vote from Abroad
Have you requested your absentee ballot?
VFA State Voting Rules for US Citizens Voting Abroad
VFA Voter Help: Need help with voting from abroad?
Come to a drop-in Zoom session.
The votefromabroad.org website is your resource for all your voting questions. Need a different time or can't use Zoom? Request an appointment
Voter assistants also offer drop-in Zoom sessions to help you or they will make an appointment to help you out individually (including over the phone). You can also email the Vote From Abroad voter assistance team at [email protected].
Send an email to [email protected] describing your issue. A voter assistant will get back to you as quickly as possible.
Greetings! Primaries are moving along with evidence of bullying and retribution and the transformation of Washington D.C. at a huge cost to the taxpayer is being advanced by less than legal means. One has to ask, with gas prices so high, unaffordable rents, and sky high prices for basic groceries, do we as Americans need improvements that are geared to impress foreign leaders? How many people really want a gaudy gold studded nation’s capital modeled after Mar-a-Lago–even Marjorie Merriweather Post would be horrified at what has happened to her estate. Let us not forget that those who live in the White House only reside there 8 years at the longest. The People’s House is for the People of the United States and should not be changed to meet someone’s questionable personal taste at an enormous tax payer cost and without following the guidelines that are in place.
Join forces June 1-7 for Seven Days in June–A National Call to Elevate Health as a Governing Priority. Health must be treated as a core governing responsibility, regardless of ideology or party. Working together, we can build a healthier nation. Health is not ideological. HEALTH IS PRIMARY. Here’s what you can do June 1-7. Wherever you are on June 5th, gather at sunset for a candlelight vigil to honor those already lost and the millions more who will certainly die if funding is not restored.
We look forward to seeing you at the KMC Pride Summerfest on June 13th at Gelterswoog where we will be ready to help you request your absentee ballot at the Voter Outreach table. Join us! Send your friends over! Questions? Email us at [email protected].
Keep hope alive by helping us Get Out The Vote!!!
Robert Scott and Terese Sarno
DAG VMF Caucus Co-Chairs DA Germany
What would you like to organize? Contact us at [email protected]
Ready to join our caucus? Be part of the conversation and make your voice heard!
Democrats Abroad Luxembourg
presented a wreath for the Memorial Day ceremony
at the Luxembourg American Cemetery.
KMC PRIDE SUMMERFEST
GELTERSWOOG (Kaiserslautern)
with Voter Outreach!
Join us at Summerfest and request an absentee ballot!
There will be a Voter Outreach table!
Facts and Myths About the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
Military personnel, aid workers, and other Americans living abroad have a right to vote, and there is a secure system that lets them do it.
UPCOMING ELECTIONS!
2026 Election Calendar: Primary and General Election Dates
U.S. Senate: 35 states, Governor: 36 states, U.S. House: 50 states
June 16 - California 14 Special Congressional Primary
June 16 - Primaries in DC, OK
June 23 - Primaries in MD, NY and UT
July 28 - Georgia 13 Special Congressional General
August 4 - California 1 Special Congressional General
August 11- Alabama 1,2,6,7 Special Congressional Primary
August 18 California 14 Special Congressional General
NEWS YOU CAN USE
“I will continue to speak out loudly against war, looking to promote peace, promoting dialogue and multilateral relationships among the states to look for just solutions to problems. Too many people are suffering in the world today. Too many innocent people are being killed. And I think someone has to stand up and say there’s a better way.” –Pope Leo XIV
Congress Must Respond to Callais
In Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court dealt the Voting Rights Act, the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement, its third and gravest blow…The onus is now on Congress to repair the incredible damage the Supreme Court has done.
Hegseth Announces Commitment to Major Richard Starr Act
Justice Department agrees to drop any pending tax claims against Trump as part of IRS deal Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, stated that Trump has “turned the federal government into his personal protection racket.”
Tricare when Travelling Overseas
Vicenza Military Community USAG Retired Soldier Newsletter
TRICARE logins transitioning to myAuth in 2026
Legal Filings:Federal Applicants Must Answer “Loyalty” Questions
Ted Cruz says Trump accounts are Social Security personal accounts, revealing 'dirty little secret'
Six Solutions to Fix the Supreme Court
Help completing The Federal Post Card Application (FPCA)
The FPCA can be used by Uniformed Service members, their eligible family members, and overseas citizens to simultaneously register to vote and request an absentee ballot. Election officials determine the voter's eligibility to vote based on information provided in this application. Individuals should include all contact information on their FPCA and submit it early enough for election officials to contact them if they need additional information to process the form.
Check that FPCAs are filled out correctly and include: Signature and date, complete U.S. voting residence address (no P.O. Box addresses), legible handwriting, all information required by the state, complete current address (must be a different address than the voting residence address). Forms should not be sent directly to FVAP or an embassy/consulate as they are unable to process them. Remind voters to send the FPCA, and any required documentation, early enough to be received by the state registration and/or absentee ballot request deadline.
Helping complete the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB)
If Uniformed Service members, their eligible family members and overseas citizens have requested, but have not received their state absentee ballot in time to vote and return it before the deadline, they should use the FWAB.
If citizens receive their state absentee ballot after submitting the FWAB, they should vote and return the state absentee ballot immediately. If the election office receives the state absentee ballot by the ballot return deadline, the state absentee ballot will be counted instead of the FWAB.
Installation Voter Assistance (IVA) Office Staff
These are people who staff the IVA Office. They provide assistance to military personnel, eligible family members, as well as civilian personnel and other civilians who have access to the office. They provide written instruction on voter registration and absentee ballot procedures and report directly to the installation commander.These individuals can be contacted with voting questions.
Locate Your Installation Voter Assistance Office
To find the contact information for an Installation Voter Assistance Office near you, select an option: United States Army, United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Air Force, United States Coast Guard
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Conduct voter outreach events!
Each regularly scheduled federal election year (every even-numbered year), FVAP works with the Uniformed Services and the Department of State to promote voter registration and absentee voting by conducting Voting Emphasis Weeks. Remember advance planning is critical! Remember that all voter outreach activities on U.S. government property are non-partisan and we can help as concerned U.S. citizens.
Plan your Voter Outreach events around the following dates and contact the base VAO offices in your area to volunteer, as private citizens, to help register voters.
June 28 - July 4 – Armed Forces and Overseas Citizens Voters Week
August 3-10 – Military Spouse Voters Week
September 28-October 4 – Absentee Voters Week
Armed Forces and Overseas Citizens Voters Week: June 28 - July 4
Your goal: Deliver the FPCA to all Service members and their voting-age family members. Encourage everyone to fill out and submit the form immediately.
What you can do: Offer assistance in completing the forms. Conduct nonpartisan voting workshops and registration drives. Put up non-partisan posters with voter registration information in popular areas such as installation housing, gyms, commissaries and exchanges. Use media outlets to encourage voter registration. Advertise events on social media. Plan your events around Independence Day.
Military Spouses Voters Week: August 3-10, 2026
Your goal: Encourage UOCAVA voters to return their voted ballots immediately or use the FWAB.
What you can do: Put up posters with voter registration information in areas popular with spouses. Use media outlets to encourage voter registration. Advertise events on social media.
Absentee Voting Week: September 28-October 4, 2026.
Your goal: Encourage UOCAVA voters to return their voted ballots immediately or use the FWAB.
What you can do:
Ask voters if they have received their requested state absentee ballot. If they have not, give them a FWAB and provide assistance with completing the form as necessary. Use media outlets to encourage people to return their state absentee ballot or the FWAB. Enlist the help of VAOs, local election officials or overseas citizen organizations to conduct events encouraging people to return their absentee ballots.
Put up posters that tell people how to get help.
Host "Voting Days" where computer terminals are set up for the purpose of receiving, completing, printing, and returning ballots electronically, if permitted by their state.
Expand your outreach to the U.S. community overseas-contact the VAO’s and sororities/fraternities to set up voter Outreach Tables–Food Courts during lunch time are always a good choice!
Contact the retiree organization at a base near you and volunteer your services during their Retiree Appreciation Days. This is an excellent opportunity to reach voters who have not yet requested their absentee ballots. They just need a little personal attention!
Retiree Appreciation Days 2026:
• USAG Stuttgart - 1 September 2026
• USAG Bavaria - 4 September 2026
• USAG Rheinland-Pfalz - 10 September 2026
• USAG Italy (Vicenza) 16 September 2026
• USAG BENELUX (Brunssum) - 18 September 2026
• USAG BENELUX (SHAPE) - 19 September 2026
• USAG Ansbach - 23 September 2026
• USAREUR-AF hosted by USAG Wiesbaden - 3 October 2026
JUNE EVENTS
June is PTSD Awareness Month
June 1– DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP DAY
June 1-7 – Seven Days in June Health is Primary!
June 2 – Congress enacts the Indian Citizenship Act (1924)
June 5 – World Environment Day
June 6 – D-Day–82nd Anniversary of the Normandy Landings
June 8 – Welcome to Germany Outreach Event for the Retiree and Survivor Community 8 am to 3 pm –Wiesbaden Entertainment Center, 1 Texasstraße, Bldg. Dept. presented by the Veterans Affairs OMSC and hosted by USAG Wiesbaden
June 8 – World Oceans Day
June 11 – Wiesbaden Clay Kaserne Workshops for Military Spouses and Caregivers Email: [email protected] Tel. 0611-143-548-1602
June 12 – Women Veterans Day
June 13 – KMC Pride Summerfest Gelterswoog Kaiserslautern Starts at 14:00
June 14-20 – National Flag Week
June 14 – Flag Day
June 14 – U.S. Army 251st Birthday
June 16 – Job Fair Wiesbaden Entertainment Center, 10 am-1 pm [email protected] Tel. 0611-143-548-1602
June 17 – Bunker Hill Day
June 17 – Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor (1885)
June 19 – Juneteenth
June 23 – Coast Guard Auxiliary Birthday
June 27 – PTSD Awareness Day
Upcoming DA Activities
OKTOBERFEST!
RSVP today! Early Bird pricing ends July 1, 2026. Please contact the planning team at [email protected] if you have any questions. Be part of an internationally famous event and help DA Germany raise funds for voter outreach!
SUPPORT DA GERMANY’s GOTV EFFORTS!
Your monetary donations to Democrats Abroad Germany are used to get out the vote among U.S. citizens in Germany. The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, a federal law enacted in 1986, ensures U.S. citizens living abroad, including active members of the Armed Forces and their eligible family members, can vote absentee in federal elections. Request your UOCAVA ballot for 2026.