Absentee Voting Week reminds everyone to ensure their voice is heard

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  • By Paul Ritter
  • AEDC Analysis and Evaluation Branch
ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENN. --  The U.S. Armed Forces are asked to make many sacrifices; one of which is serving outside of their state of residency. This creates unique challenges in exercising a right to vote in local, state and national elections.

Absentee Voting Week, Sept. 26 through Oct. 6, is an opportunity to ensure that everyone is properly prepared to exercise that right to vote. The week is devoted to ensuring that all military personnel and their family members are educated and enabled to file absentee ballots on time.

In November, there will be the opportunity to elect a president. There will also be elections, or re-elections, for 435 members of the House of Representatives, six non-voting delegate seats in the House of Representatives, 34 members of the Senate, 12 state governors and two territorial governorships. Additionally, there will be numerous other state and local offices up for election.

Voting is one of the fundamental rights that is protected every day and it is important that this right is exercised this fall. November elections are the time to speak your mind and have a say in the future of our great nation.

For details on primaries and election dates, visit www.fvap.gov. For
unbiased partisan candidacy information, visit www.votesmart.org.
Your Installation Voting Assistance Officers can assist you with the voting process and the absentee voting system. Their goal is to educate voters about the voting process, not to guide anyone towards a particular candidate or party.

If you have any questions, email arnold.vote@us.af.mil or call 454-7809 or 454-6316.


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