Talk Voting with Friends Away from Home

### Millions of eligible voters will be away from their voting home in election season. - Your niece on study-abroad in Brazil - Your neighbor in the Air Force - Your school friend in Toronto ### They can vote by absentee but they may not know it. ### SO LET'S TELL THEM! 1. Special Absentee Ballots are available to anyone who is serving on active duty away from their home precinct in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine, NOAA or the Public Health Service. Their households too. _That's in the United States **OR** abroad._ 2. Special Absentee Ballots are also available to US voters who are outside the country, anywhere--from Andorra to Zimbabwe. 3. Special Absentee Ballots (or 'military and overseas' ballots) are mandated in federal law to protect the voting rights of these two groups of voters. Most states provide Standard Absentee Ballots as well for other voters and situations. These rules vary by state. ### Three Easy Steps: - **STEP ONE: Who Needs to Hear from You?** _Go through your contact lists, your email directories, your family connections, your personal network. Who is entitled to vote by Special Absentee Ballot? Keep looking. You will find someone! Does anyone need a Standard Absentee Ballot?_ - **STEP TWO: Share the Basics** _Registering, updating and/or requesting a Special Absentee Ballot is easy. The first group needs fvap.gov . The second needs votefromabroad.org . That's it. Send your contacts the link and they'll have everything they need. Information on Standard Absentee Ballots is available at each state's election office. Find a link at eac.gov/vote ._ - **STEP THREE: Act Now, Follow Up in a Week** _Special Absentees have their own timeline. Eligible voters can request them TODAY. Contact your friends now; follow up with them in one week. Make sure they've REQUESTED, RECEIVED AND RETURNED their ballot._ - Visit this [site](https://www.buildingbridgesforamerica.com/vote-from-away) for more resources to help GOTV. - Con