DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LAUNCHES MOBILE WEBSITE FOR ABSENTEE VOTERS

Military service members and overseas citizens provided new resource for voting information

August 27, 2012 — Alexandria, Va. – The Department of Defense’s Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) recently launched a mobile website for military service members, their voting-age dependents, and overseas citizens. The mobile website provides an interface that quickly leads users to voting information in an easy-to-read, mobile friendly format.

Accessible from any smartphone, the site connects voters, wherever they may be, with the latest news alerts, absentee voting information, State election dates, key contact information, and answers to Frequently Asked Questions. Users also can sign up for FVAP’s voting alerts.

The new mobile website is found at: http://www.fvap.gov/mobile/.

Users will automatically be directed to the mobile website when they visit FVAP.gov from a mobile browser.

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If you'd like more information on the Federal Voting Assistance Program or need help with the absentee voting process please visit FVAP.gov for live chat assistance, call FVAP at 1-800-438-VOTE or DSN 425-1584 (CONUS)/312-425-1584 (OCONUS), or email vote@fvap.gov. Remember, you also can contact your unit or installation voting assistance officers. And don’t forget to “like” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/DoDFVAP and follow @FVAP on Twitter for election updates throughout 2012.

PDF version of FVAP News Release #24

Last updated: 01.15.2013