How To Register To Vote While In The Military

First and foremost we would like to thank you the military voters for your service to our country.

How to register to vote while in the military. Check your state s specific deadline for military and military families on fvap gov. How to vote absentee when you re in the military check out this step by step tutorial from a fellow service member who walks through his experience voting absentee while on active duty. Some states require absentee voters to register annually so you may need to re register. Go to fvap gov to connect to your state s. For more information uocava voters should visit.

Use the national mail voter registration form to register to vote update your registration information with a new name or address or register with a political party. If you wish to vote absentee and are a uniformed service member or family member or a citizen living outside the u s contact the federal voting. The last day to register and request a ballot is election day. Military and overseas voters are exempt from the regular voter registration deadlines. Additionally uocava voters can register to vote request an early ballot and upload their voted ballot through the secretary of state s secure portal.

Federal voting law defines overseas as anywhere outside the united states. The federal post card application fpca enables you to register to vote and request your absentee ballot. After voting and signing your ballot return it to your state before the ballot return deadline arrives. Military overseas voters military and overseas voters. Vote sign and return the ballot.

The fpca acts as both a registration and absentee ballot request form. Citizens overseas thank you for your interest in your country s elections while far away. Fvap encourages the use of the federal post card application fpca to start the absentee voting process as it is standardized for use across all states and will extend your eligibility to receive a ballot for all federal elections for at least one calendar year. Even if you are not registered you may still vote and send in a ballot because your signature on the declaration attests to your eligibility and constitutes registration. In section 5 of the fpca you can even request to receive your ballot by email.