For those voters who must mail their voted ballots back to their elections offices in the U.S., the U.S. Consulate in Berlin has confirmed that they are sending ballots in the Embassy mailbag daily to the U.S. by air to the Airport in Newark, NJ. Please be sure to afix the postage paid template to your mailing envelope. Once your ballot is delivered to the airport in Newark, the ballots will be continue to elections offices via the USPS. Therefor they must have U.S. postage or you must use the U.S. postage paid template.
U.S. citizens wishing to drop off ballots can do so at the Hüttenweg entrance of the U.S. Embassy bulding located in Dahlem (Clayallee 170, 14195 Berlin - near U-Bahn station Oskar-Helene-Platz) between the hours of 13:00 – 15:00 Monday through Friday (except U.S. and German hoplidays). Please bring a form of identification (preferably a U.S. passport and inform the guard that you would like to drop off voting materials.
Please note that ballots will not be accepted at the Embassy building in Mitte near the Brandenburg Gate.
Also note that all visitors to the Embassy or consulates are subject to security scrfeening and you will not be permitted to bring electronic devices, including cell phones, inside the facilty.