Voting Emphasis Weeks
Armed Forces Voters Week
When:
August 31 - September 7, 2008
Your Goal:
Deliver Federal Post Card Application forms to all unit members and their voting age family members. Encourage everyone to fill out the form immediately.
What You Can Do:
- Put up posters to tell unit members how to get the right form.
- Use the Voting Assistance Guide to help everyone fill out the form.
- Conduct a non-partisan voting workshop and registration drive.
- Enlist the help of other VAOs and base organizations.
- Use media outlets to encourage voter registration.
Overseas Citizens Voters Week
When:
June 28-July 7, 2008
Your Goal:
Deliver Voter Registration and Absentee Ballot Request Forms to all whom you assist. Encourage everyone to fill out the form immediately.
What You Can Do:
- Put up posters to tell voters how to get the right form.
- Use the Voting Assistance Guide to help everyone fill out the form.
- Conduct a non-partisan voting workshop or registration drive.
- Enlist the help of overseas citizen organizations.
- Plan your events around Independence Day.
Absentee Voting Week
When:
October 12-18, 2008
Your Goal:
Encourage everyone to return their voted ballot immediately upon receiving it or use the back-up Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB).
What You Can Do:
- Ask voters if they've received their ballots. If not, give them a back-up FWAB and tell them how to fill it out and mail it in.
- Use media outlets to encourage people to vote using their State ballot or the back-up FWAB.
- Enlist the help of other VAOs, base organizations, or overseas citizen organizations to conduct events to encourage people to vote and return their absentee ballots.
- Put up posters that tell people how to reach you for help.