The Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB) is a
write-in ballot
A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be poss ...
for use by overseas
American citizens. Under the
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, the ballot was created for citizens who "have made a timely application for but have not received their regular ballot from the state or territory, subject to certain conditions."
[ (archived fro]
the original
on 2008-01-26) Parts of the act are administered by the
Federal Voting Assistance Program
The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) is a voter assistance and education program established by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) in accordance with federal law to ensure that members of the U.S. armed forces, their eligible ...
.
See also
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Absentee ballot
An absentee ballot is a vote cast by someone who is unable or unwilling to attend the official polling station to which the voter is normally allocated. Methods include voting at a different location, postal voting, proxy voting and online vot ...
References
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External links
Official Federal Voting Assistance Program website
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20090813094302/http://fvap.gov///usm/usmfwab/index.html Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot info page for uniformed service members on the FVAP's websitebr>A PDF download of the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot from the FVAP website
Elections in the United States