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How To Vote Using a Back-up Ballot
Haven’t received your official Ballot yet? Concerned your official ballot won’t get to you in time to meet the ballot return deadlines?
Overseas voters can VOTE NOW using the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (“FWAB” or Back-up Ballot)!
STEP I. Did You Send in Your Ballot Request Form (the Federal Post Card Application) for 2018?
If you vote in AZ, CO, ME, MN, MS, MT, OR, SC, UT or WA, you can skip this step. On the FWAB, you can check the box to submit your Ballot Request at the same time. (Go to Step II).
All other voters: Verify with your Local Election Official (LEO) that they received your Ballot Request form for 2018 and have sent out your official ballot. You can find the contact information on the State Voting Guide: www.votefromabroad.org/states
- If your LEO has sent out your official ballot, but you are concerned you won’t receive it in time to meet the deadline to vote, send in a FWAB to preserve your vote. (Go to Step II). _You should also find out why you didn’t receive your official ballot in time, so you don’t have this problem next election. _
- If your LEO hasn’t received your ballot request form–or you haven’t sent it in yet–go to www.votefromabroad.org to fill out your form and send it to your LEO right away. Then go to Step II. The deadline for the Ballot Request form is earlier than the deadline to submit a FWAB, but most states will accept it by Email or Fax.
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How to Fax Your Ballot Without a Fax Machine
Five states — Alaska, California, Florida, Louisiana, and Oklahoma — allow overseas voters to return their ballot by fax. In addition, Texas allows active duty military or eligible family members in a hostile fire pay, imminent danger pay, or combat zone to return their ballots by fax.
It’s easy to return your voted ballot by fax — it’s fast and free, and you don't have to worry that your ballot will be lost or arrive after the deadline to vote. Also, you keep the original ballot, so there’s always a paper trail.
Important: If your State accepts your election materials by email, you should email them directly to your election official.
If you do not have access to a fax machine, you can use the DoD FAX SERVICE.- What is the DoD Fax Service?
If you need to send your election materials to your election official by fax but do not have access to a fax machine, you can email them to [email protected], and FVAP will fax your election materials for you. This service is fax only. If your State accepts your election materials by email, you should email them directly to your election official. FVAP will not transmit email to email transactions.Need help scanning? Watch this video on how to scan using your smartphone: Watch this video.
If you don't have a scanning app on your phone, you can use Adobe Scan mobile app for iPhone & Android.
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Does it matter what size paper I use?
Yes, create US letter-sized PDFs to ensure the ballot information all fits on the fax sheet printout.
- You must print and fill out this Voter Transmission Cover Sheet-In Bound From Voters. Voters should use this fax transmission cover sheet as a cover sheet when faxing or emailing election materials back to their local election office.
If your forms can be emailed, DO NOT USE [email protected] Email them directly to your election official. Email addresses for your election official can be found at FVAP.gov.