Sunday, September 25, 2016

Help Military Members Vote by Mail


Helping military service members around the world participate in the U.S. electoral process by voting this election season is a priority for the U.S. Postal Service.  
To ensure absentee ballots are delivered in time, the Postal Service recommends that ballots be mailed no later than the mailing dates given in the table below. The table shows locations requiring 14 mailing days or more. A complete list of countries and mailing dates can be found at usps.com/election-mail/2016-americans-overseas-ballot-mailing-deadlines.pdf.

2016 Election Season Recommended Absentee Ballot Mailing Dates by APO/FPO

APO/FPO
AA/AE/AP
ZIP CODE
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
MAILING DAYS
(FROM ELECTION DATE)
RECOMMENDED MAILING DATE          (FROM ELECTION DATE)
APO
AE
09397
ETHIOPIA
30
OCT 09 2016
NAVY SHIP (DEPLOYED) FLEET POST OFFICE (FPO)
AA/AE/AP
DEPLOYED
ATLANTIC/ PACIFIC FLEETS
25
OCT 10 2016
APO
AE
09304
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
20
OCT 19 2016
APO
AE
09305
IRAQ
20
OCT 19 2016
APO
AE
09315
JORDAN
20
OCT 19 2016
APO
AE
09320
AFGHANISTAN
20
OCT 19 2016
APO
AE
09815
TURKEY
20
OCT 19 2016
APO
AE
09832
EGYPT
20
OCT 19 2016
APO
AE
09851
GAZIANTEP
20
OCT 19 2016
APO
AE
09861
NIGER
20
OCT 19 2016
APO
AE
09753
BULGARIA
17
OCT 22 2016
FPO
AE
09313
KUWAIT
15
OCT 24 2016
APO
AE
09720
PORTUGAL
15
OCT 24 2016
APO
AE
09340
KOSOVO
14
OCT 25 2016
APO
AE
09343
ISRAEL
14
OCT 25 2016
APO
AE
09365
QATAR
14
OCT 25 2016

The Postal Service works closely with the Federal Voting Assistance Program, Military Postal Service, Council of State Governments and Local Election Officials to enable end to end tracking of military ballots for active servicemen, serving overseas at APO/FPO addresses.
Military personnel with APO/FPO addresses can now return absentee ballots via Priority Mail Express using Label 11-DOD. “Waiver of Signature” and “Guaranteed by End of Day” endorsements are printed on the label, so ballots sent with Priority Mail Express are delivered on the day they arrive at the destination Post Office.
The Military Postal Service distributes the labels overseas. Postage is paid through a congressional appropriation.
The Priority Mail Express ballot label is only for absentee ballots mailed from Military Post Offices overseas by military members and their qualified dependents.  
The label may be used on any size ballot envelope. Always place the label in the upper-right corner. 
Voters can keep part of the tracking label and use the tracking number to track their ballots.

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