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State Voting Guide
State Voting Guide
www.votefromabroad.org/statesLook up your state’s primary and general election deadlines, as well as its submission rules,
find your local election officials, and stay on top of voting in this year’s elections.
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Terese Sarno published Joe Biden Acceptance Speech Democratic Convention 2020 in News 2020-08-21 04:04:49 -0400
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Terese Sarno published Thursday, August 20 is 30 Days to Ballot Day (Sept. 19)! Request Your Absentee Ballot Today! in News 2020-08-19 12:47:07 -0400
Thursday, August 20 is 30 Days to Ballot Day (Sept. 19)! Request Your Absentee Ballot Today!
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.
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Terese Sarno published Contact the USPS Board of Governors. Save a free and fair election. in News 2020-08-18 19:32:36 -0400
Contact the USPS Board of Governors. Save a free and fair election.
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]
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Terese Sarno published Request your absentee ballot today! Absentee ballots will be mailed September 19th. in News 2020-08-18 19:18:12 -0400
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Terese Sarno published Request your absentee ballot be sent to you by email! in News 2020-08-18 19:10:54 -0400
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Terese Sarno published Americans Can Vote No Matter Where They Are! in News 2020-08-18 17:35:22 -0400
Americans Can Vote No Matter Where They Are!
Americans can vote no matter where they are.
Where are you voting from this year?Share a photo and tag Vote from Abroad!
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Voting From Abroad Myths
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 ballotMYTH: 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
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Protect Our Votes!
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.
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Save the USPS! Day of Action
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.”
Even though we are not in the U.S., we can still help Speaker Pelosi by writing emailing/calling our representatives and senators and letting them know that downscaling postal services is not tolerable.We cannot allow our voting right to mailing back ballots to be compromised. Hauling away mail boxes and canceling collection services means that those who depend on these services for their medical prescriptions, Social Security checks, and contact with the outside world, especially during this pandemic, will be deprived of a lifeline. They, along with U.S. citizens who live abroad, will be disenfranchised because they are not guaranteed that their ballots will arrive on time to be counted by those states who only allow them to be mailed back by postal mail.(Battleground states where absentee voters must use postal mail to return their ballots: GA, IA, KY, MI, MN, OH, PA, TX, and WI.)
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Terese Sarno published Americans Abroad: Return of Absentee Ballots by Email, Fax, or Postal Mail in News 2020-08-17 18:08:12 -0400
Americans Abroad: Return of Absentee Ballots by Email, Fax, or Postal Mail
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.
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Terese Sarno published The Long Arc: The Fight for Equal Rights and Racial Justice in America Thursday, 09. July 2020 in News 2020-07-07 15:04:27 -0400
The Long Arc: The Fight for Equal Rights and Racial Justice in America Thursday, 09. July 2020
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.
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Terese Sarno published Ramstein Air Base Voting Emphasis Week June 30-July 2, 2020, 10:00am-1:00pm in News 2020-06-29 03:22:38 -0400
Ramstein Air Base Voting Emphasis Week June 30-July 2, 2020, 10:00am-1:00pm
VOTING EMPHASIS WEEK AT RAMSTEIN AIRBASE
Ramstein AB June 30-July 2 from 10:00am to 1:00 pm outreach to register American voters so they can request their absentee ballots.
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Terese Sarno published WEBINAR: TEACHING THE U.S. ELECTIONS 2020 ORGANIZED BY THE ATLANTIC ACADEMY KAISERSLAUTERN in News 2020-05-01 08:10:28 -0400
WEBINAR: TEACHING THE U.S. ELECTIONS 2020 ORGANIZED BY THE ATLANTIC ACADEMY KAISERSLAUTERN
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.