Military and Overseas Citizens

Absentee Voting for Military Personnel,
their families
&
Other Overseas Voters

• Background Information

• Press Release
  
  

  Emergency Voting Procedures for Overseas Active Duty Military Personnel

  Absentee Voting Pilot Program for UOCAVA voters  
  

   

  Localities  who have opted into the pilot program

If you are a legal Virginia resident, but are not yet registered to vote, or need to change your voter registration, you may use the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA)  both register to vote and apply for your absentee ballot at the same time.  After you complete the FPCA, sign it and then you may either mail it to your local voter registration office, fax it to the local voter registration office, or scan it and send it by e-mail as an attachment.  When you use the FPCA to register to vote, you must also mail the original FPCA so that it will be received by Election Day.  The original FPCA may be returned along with your voted ballot, so long as it is not inside the inner envelope that contains your voted ballot and your signed oath. You can print this application at the following website:  http://www.fvap.gov/ 

Any Virginia voter may check a number of things on the SBE website, including their voter registration status, the status of their absentee ballot application, information on their elected representatives, and contact information for local elections offices. Some website processes, such as checking your voter registration status, require the use of a PIN number, which can be obtained through the State Department of Motor Vehicles’ website at
https://www.dmv.state.va.us/dmvnet/help_text/pin_admin-faq.asp. 

Deadlines Applicable to Virginia Voters

Ü      Federal Post Card Applications from Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) voters (whether the application is sent by mail, e-mail attachment or fax) for the Presidential Primary  must be received by the local election office no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on Monday , January 14, 2008 for overseas voters who are not already permanently registered in Virginia, or who are only eligible for “temporary registration”.  (If you are a non-military overseas voter, who no longer has a Virginia place of abode, you are only eligible for temporary registration. ) Your local Registrar will determine if you qualify for all ballots (federal, state and local) or federal ballots only.

Ü      Applications for absentee ballots, whether by mail, e-mail attachment or fax for the Presidential Primary Election must be received by the local election office no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 for absent voters who are already permanently registered in Virginia, or who active-duty military.
NOTE:  In Virginia, absent active-duty military voters  and their spouse or dependent may register to vote by mail until Election Day. However if you intend to register to vote and request an absentee ballot, your FPCA must be received by the deadline for requesting your absentee ballot (February 5,2008)  

Ü      In-person absentee voters have until Saturday, February 9, 2008 to request and vote your absentee ballot  at your local election office.

If you have any questions, you may contact Vickie R. Williams at the State Board of Elections at 804-864-8932 or at: vickie.williams@sbe.virginia.gov, or you may contact your local elections office.