State Voting Guide    
www.votefromabroad.org/states

http://youtu.be/l6s6qpzqMxE

http://youtu.be/Jq2AUpRmd1E

http://youtu.be/gP-zUSixDbU

Thursday August 20: 30 Days to Ballot Day (Sept 19)

Mark your calendars! It's only 30 days - 1 month!! - until Sept 19, the day that states release ballots for Americans abroad. If you requested your ballot by email, you should receive it on this day. Fill it out and return it immediately by email or fax, if possible.

These six men have the power to fire the Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. Write to them.

Robert Duncan: [email protected], John Barger: [email protected],

Ron Bloom: [email protected], Roman Martinez: [email protected]

Donald Moak: [email protected], Wiliam Zollers: [email protected]

Americans can vote no matter where they are.      
Where are you voting from this year?                                                                                                              

Share a photo and tag Vote from Abroad!                                                                                                      

MYTH: Abroad votes don’t count
Absentee ballots win elections every year - in your state!

MYTH: Can’t vote if no longer connected to the U.S.
Voters may always vote where they last resided (or U.S. parent resided)

MYTH: Can only vote for President
All abroad voters can vote for any federal election + many can vote down ballot

MYTH: Can vote at embassy
Voters may send their state ballots via the consulate/embassy but they can’t vote at the embassy - they must request their ballots from their states & send them back home as well

                                                                                                                             PLEASE TAKE ACTION TODAY TO SAVE THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR VOTES!

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is in a dire situation. According to the Postmaster General, between June and September of this year the USPS will run out of money and will be forced to cease operations. This, only months ahead of the November General Election.

Needless to say, without a functioning postal service, our votes from abroad will be effectively suppressed.  

The USPS has had operating issues for over a decade. However, the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic have gravely exacerbated the issue of decreased volumes that has plagued the agency over the past years. 

In this critical election year where we need every vote to be counted, we cannot standby and allow the next Coronavirus stimulus bill to exclude full funding and protection for the USPS and the vote-by-mail ballots sent by overseas voters. 

DAY OF ACTION TUESDAY                                                                                                                                  Nancy Pelosi called on members of Congress to “participate in a Day of Action on Tuesday by appearing at a Post Office in their districts for a press event” in order to “save the Postal Service,” saying, “In a time of a pandemic, the Postal Service is Election Central.”

Rhode Island now also allows email return of absentee ballots.
Missouri will also allow all overseas voters to return ballots electronically (email, fax, or online upload).  
 Iowa will allow all overseas voters to return ballots by email or fax for the Nov 3rd election.

The Kaiserslautern Chapter invites you to attend:
The Long Arc: The Fight for Equal Rights and Racial Justice in America Thursday, 09. July 2020, 5:00pm, CET
Secretary of the Smithsonian Lonnie G. Bunch III joins Dr. Andreas Etges, Senior Lecturer at Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, for a discussion on the long fight for civil rights, the role of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in highlighting that fight and the current protest movement in the U.S. and beyond.

Discussion / via YouTube Live Stream 
Thursday, 09. July 2020, 5:00pm, CET

Organizers: U.S. Embassy Berlin, Amerikahaus - Bavarian Center for Transatlantic Relations, Amerika-Institut at LMU

Dr. Lonnie G. Bunch III is the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian, the first African American in this position. As Secretary, he oversees 19 museums, 21 libraries, the National Zoo, numerous research centers, and several education units and centers. Previously, Dr. Bunch was the founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. The museum has welcomed more than 6 million visitors since it opened in September 2016 and compiled a collection of 40,000 objects. Dr. Bunch served as the president of the Chicago Historical Society (2001–2005). He has written on topics ranging from the black military experience, the American presidency and all-black towns in the American West to diversity in museum management and the impact of funding and politics on American museums. His most recent book is A Fool’s Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump.

WEBINAR: TEACHING THE U.S. ELECTIONS 2020 ORGANIZED BY THE ATLANTIC ACADEMY KAISERSLAUTERN  

in collaboration with Pädagogische Landesinstitut Rheinland-Pfalz (PL), US Embassy Berlin

Registration: Click here/ http://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1754786879415290383

Please register to join the conversation and take part in the Q&A with the faculty. After registering, you will receive a confirmation e-mail containing information about joining the webinar.

Wednesday, May 27, 16:00-17:30 Online platform provided by the  US Embassy Berlin

Description:

The U.S. Embassy Berlin and the U.S. Consulates General in Germany, our principal project partners Leuphana University Lüneburg and LIFE e.V., together with a number of local and state partners will conduct the U.S. Embassy School Election Project 2020 in the fall. This seminar will introduce potential participants and future teachers to the format, cutting-edge pedagogical approaches and educational technologies and include input from an American expert on the U.S. elections.

Due to concerns about the coronavirus and in order to enable a wider audience to participate in this discussion, we invite you to join us via webinar.

The U.S. Embassy School Election Project is an intercultural blended-learning program promoting democratic engagement and civil discourse in the context of the U.S. presidential campaign. Our goal is to provide participants with evidence-based information and analytical tools to predict and evaluate the election outcome of an adopted state. Teachers and students research and understand competing viewpoints and political arguments. This project promotes respect, civility and open-mindedness as the basis for intercultural engagement.

The U.S. Embassy School Election Project was awarded the renowned Hans-Eberhard-Piepo Prize for Ideas in Communicative Language Teaching in 2013.