American
Women's Club of Luxembourg
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Voting Information for the 2008 Primary and General
Elections
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MICHIGAN PRIMARY ELECTION DATES
New Hampshire and
Michigan have scheduled their Presidential Primary elections.
New Hampshire
will conduct their Presidential Primary election on January 8, 2008
and Michigan
will conduct their Presidential Primary election for January 15, 2008.
Voting Assistance Officers should inform New Hampshire and Michigan voters and provide help as required in requesting and returning their absentee ballot.
REGISTERING TO VOTE AND REQUESTING A BALLOT:
If you have not done
so already in calendar year 2007, all members of the U.S. Uniformed Services and
their family members and citizens residing outside the U.S. who are either New
Hampshire or Michigan
residents should request a ballot by completing and
submitting a registration and ballot request Federal
Post Card Application
(FPCA), SF-76, as soon as possible. The online version of the FPCA is available
from the FVAP website at www.fvap.gov/pubs/onlinefpca.html.
OTHER EARLY PRIMARY ELECTIONS
The following states
will hold Primary elections early in 2008. An asterisk indicates a change from
the
date printed in the Voting Assistance Guide:
New Hampshire*
January 8, 2008
Michigan*
January 15, 2008
South Carolina*
(R) January 19, 2008
Florida
January 29, 2008
South Carolina*
(D) January 29, 2008
Alabama
February 5, 2008
Arizona*
February 5, 2008
Arkansas
February 5, 2008
California
February 5, 2008
Connecticut
February 5, 2008
Delaware
February 5, 2008
Georgia
February 5, 2008
Illinois
February 5, 2008
Missouri
February 5, 2008
New Jersey
February 5, 2008
New Mexico (D)
February 5, 2008
New York
February 5, 2008
Oklahoma
February 5, 2008
Tennessee
February 5, 2008
Utah
February 5, 2008
Louisiana
February 9, 2008
District of
Columbia* February 12, 2008
Maryland
February 12, 2008
Virginia
February 12, 2008
Washington
February 19, 2008
Wisconsin
February 19, 2008
Massachusetts
March 4, 2008
Ohio
March 4, 2008
Rhode Island
March 4, 2008
Texas
March 4, 2008
Vermont
March 4, 2008
Puerto Rico
March 9, 2008
Mississippi
March 11, 2008
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The FVAP can be contacted via 1-800-438-8683. Citizens may reach the FVAP toll-free from 67 countries using the toll-free numbers listed on the FVAP website, www.fvap.gov. Questions regarding the above may also be referred to the Director, Federal Voting Assistance Program, Department of Defense, 1155 Defense Pentagon, Washington DC 20301-1155, and email at vote@fvap.ncr.gov.
Consular
Section
U.S.
Embassy
22, boulevard Emmanuel
Servais
L-2535
Luxembourg
Tel. 46 01 23 ext. 2213
VOTING INFORMATION NEWS JANUARY 2008
- Vol. 18, No. 1
State Voter Registration Verification
Websites
States and territories are making it easier to find out
your voter registration status.
Twenty-two states, Puerto Rico, and the District
of Columbia have web sites where a voter can check their registration status.
NOTE: The website addresses are subject to change.
Please check http://www.fvap.gov/vao/stregissites.html for updates.
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Note: You can also check the status of your Provisional
Vote.
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NOTE: You can get a sample ballot at this site also.
• Michigan: http://michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1633-49313--,00.html
• Nebraska: https://www.votercheck.necvr.ne.gov/
Note: You can also check the status of your Provisional
Vote.
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NOTE: You can check the status of your Provisional Vote
at this site also.
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NOTE: This site is in Spanish and you need your voter
registration number to verify your status.
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• Utah: http://gva1.utah.gov/elections/polling.aspx
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NOTE: To get this information you must have a Personal
Identification Number (PIN) from the VA Department of Motor Vehicles.
To request
a PIN via mail, you must have a Virginia Drivers License or a Virginia State
Identification Number.
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Washington State Presidential Primary
and Caucus Information
Presidential Primary
Washington State will be holding the Presidential
Primary election on February 19th, 2008.
If you have not done so
already in calendar year 2008, all citizens residing outside the U.S. who are
Washington residents should request a ballot by completing and submitting a
registration and ballot
request Federal Post Card Application (FPCA), SF-76, as
soon as possible. The online version of the
FPCA is available from the FVAP
website at www.fvap.gov/pubs/onlinefpca.html. Specific
instructions for
FWAB Expansion
Washington has expanded use of the Federal Write-In
Absentee Ballot (FWAB) to include Presidential
Primary elections.
For instructions on using the FWAB and to download the on-line
version of the FWAB,
go to http://www.fvap.gov/pubs/onlinefwab.html.
Candidate names for the Primary election are available
on the Washington Secretary of State website at
http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/2008presidential_primary.aspx.
Party Caucuses
Washington Democratic and Republican parties will hold
party caucuses ten days before the Presidential
Primary on Saturday, February 9,
2008.
The Washington Democratic Party allows members of the
military, unable to attend the caucus in-person
because of military service, to
participate in the Democratic Party precinct caucuses by submitting a
Surrogate
Affidavit form. The procedures for eligibility and use of the
Surrogate Affidavit form are set forth
on the form, which will be available at
http://www.wa-democrats.org/index.php?page=events&view=eventdetail&eventid=490
Information from the Washington Republican Party is
available at http://www.wsrp.org
Voting Action
Officers
Department of State: Office of Overseas Citizens
Services
Chief VAO: Mr. Jack Markey, tel:
(202)736-4937,fax: (202) 647-6201,email:
votinginfo@state.gov
Deputy VAO: Mr. Peter B Platukis,
tel:(202)647-3441,fax: (202) 647-6201
http://usinfo.state.gov/dhr/democracy/elections.html
Service Voting Action
Officers
U.S. Dept. of the Army: Mr. Alton Perry
tel: (703)
325-4530 DSN:221-4530; fax: (703) 325-4532
DSN
fax:221-4532,email:alton.c.perry@conus.army.mil,
https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/Active/TAGD/pssd/psb/votingindex.htm
U.S. Dept. of the Navy: LT David Truman
tel:1-866-U-ASK-NPC(827-5672)
(select option 6 from
menu), fax: (901) 874-6825, DSN
fax:882-6825, email:vote@navy.mil,
http://www.cni.navy.mil/cnic_hq_site/BaseSupport/CommandStaff/NavyVotingProgram/index.htm
U.S. Dept. of the Air Force: Mr. Gilbert D. Harrison,
Jr. tel:(210)565-5000,
toll free: 1-800 616-3775 (Select options 1, then 1, then
2 from menu), DSN 665-5000;
fax: (210) 565-2543, DSN fax: 665-2543;
email:DPSOOF.VOTINGFUND@Randolph.af.mil; http://www.afcrossroads.com/VoteFund/Vote/default.htm
U.S. Marine Corps: Mr. David E. James tel:
(703) 784-9511,
DSN:278-9511;fax: (703) 784-9823,
DSN fax: 278-9823;
email:david.e.james@usmc.mil
https://www.manpower.usmc.mil/pls/portal/url/page/m_ra_home/MR/Personnel/Voting
U.S. Coast Guard: LTJG Frank Marcheski tel:
(202)475-5375,
fax: (202)475-5375;
email: Frank.A.Marcheski@uscg.mil
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-w/g-wp/g-wpm/g-wpm-1/VotingAssistance/Voting_Assistance.htm
Federal Voting Assistance
Program
Department of Defense
1155 Defense Pentagon
Washington, DC , 20301-1155
Phone:(703) 588-1584
DSN 425-1584
FAX: (703) 696-1352
DSN: 426-1352
TOLL FREE: 1-800-438-VOTE
(8683)
Visit our website for international toll-free phone and
fax numbers.
E-Mail: vote@fvap.ncr.gov
Comments or suggestions on this newsletter are
welcome.
Website: www.fvap.gov
Vote!
Be an Educated
Voter
Non-partisan information about candidates, their voting
records, and their positions on issues is widely available and easy to obtain
via the Internet. Use the links appearing on the FVAP website
at http://www.fvap.gov/links/otherlinks.html ,
read your hometown newspaper on-line, or search the Internet to locate articles
and information.
The Voting Assistance
Officer at the American Embassy
Consular
Section
U.S.
Embassy
22,
boulevard Emmanuel Servais
L-2535
Tel. 46 01 23 ext.
2213