Voting Information

VOTING INFORMATION NEWS JANUARY 2008 - Vol. 18, No. 1 A roundup of voting news from the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) for voters, potential voters and those who assist voters.

State Voter Registration Verification Websites

States and territories are making it easier to find out your voter registration status. Twenty-two states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia have web sites where a voter can check their registration status. NOTE: The website addresses are subject to change.

Please check http://www.fvap.gov/vao/stregissites.html for updates.

• Arizona: https://servicearizona.com/webapp/evoter/select_language.do

• Arkansas: https://www.voterview.ar-nova.org/

• Delaware: pollingplace.delaware.gov/

• District of Columbia: www.dcboee.org/voterreg/vic_step1.asp

• Georgia: www.sos.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/Locator.asp

• Indiana: www.indianavoters.com/PublicSite/Public/PublicVoterRegistration.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

Note: You can also check the status of your Provisional Vote.

• Iowa: www.sos.state.ia.us/elections/VoterReg/RegToVote/search.aspx

• Kansas: https://myvoteinfo.voteks.org/

• Kentucky: cdc.ky.gov/VICWeb/index.jsp

• Louisiana: sos.louisiana.gov/polllocator/

• Maryland: mdelections.umbc.edu

NOTE: You can get a sample ballot at this site also.

• Michigan: michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1633-49313--,00.html

• Nebraska: https://www.votercheck.necvr.ne.gov/

Note: You can also check the status of your Provisional Vote.

• New Mexico: https://voterview.state.nm.us/

• North Carolina: www.sboe.state.nc.us/

NOTE: You can check the status of your Provisional Vote at this site also.

• Ohio: www.sos.state.oh.us/sosapps/elections/voterquery.aspx

• Pennsylvania: www.dos.state.pa.us/voting/cwp/view.asp?a=1206&Q=446253&sureNav=|

• Puerto Rico: www.ceeput.org/serviciosLineas/estatusEelectoral/index.htm

NOTE: This site is in Spanish and you need your voter registration number to verify your status.

• Rhode Island: www.sec.state.ri.us/vic/

• South Carolina: https://webprod.cio.sc.gov/SCSECVoterWeb/voterInformationSearch.do

• Utah: gva1.utah.gov/elections/polling.aspx

• Virginia: www.sbe.state.va.us/VotReg/VR_Confirmation/Default.html

NOTE: To get this information you must have a Personal Identification Number (PIN) from the VA Department of Motor Vehicles. To request a PIN via mail, you must have a Virginia Drivers License or a Virginia State Identification Number.

• Washington: www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/lookup.aspx/

• West Virginia: www.wvvotes.com/voters/am-i-registered.php

Washington State Presidential Primary and Caucus Information

Presidential Primary

Washington State will be holding the Presidential Primary election on February 19th, 2008. If you have not done so already in calendar year 2008, all members of the U.S. Uniformed Services and their family members and citizens residing outside the U.S. who are Washington residents should request a ballot by completing and submitting a registration and ballot request Federal Post Card Application (FPCA), SF-76, as soon as possible. The online version of the FPCA is available from the FVAP website at www.fvap.gov/pubs/onlinefpca.html. Specific instructions for Washington are available at: http://www.fvap.gov/pubs/vag/pdfvag/wa.pdf.

FWAB Expansion

Washington has expanded use of the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB) to include Presidential Primary elections. For instructions on using the FWAB and to download the on-line version of the FWAB, go to http://www.fvap.gov/pubs/onlinefwab.html.Candidate names for the Primary election are available on the Washington Secretary of State website at http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/2008presidential_primary.aspx.

Party Caucuses

Washington Democratic and Republican parties will hold party caucuses ten days before the Presidential Primary on Saturday, February 9, 2008.

The Washington Democratic Party allows members of the military, unable to attend the caucus in-person because of military service, to participate in the Democratic Party precinct caucuses by submitting a Surrogate Affidavit form. The procedures for eligibility and use of the Surrogate Affidavit form are set forth on the form, which will be available at http://www.wa-democrats.org/index.php?page=events&view=eventdetail&eventid=490

Information from the Washington Republican Party is available at http://www.wsrp.org/

Federal Voting Assistance Program

Department of Defense

1155 Defense Pentagon

Washington, DC , 20301-1155

Phone:(703) 588-1584

DSN 425-1584

FAX: (703) 696-1352

DSN: 426-1352

TOLL FREE: 1-800-438-VOTE (8683)

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E-Mail:

vote@fvap.ncr.gov

Website: www.fvap.gov

VOTE!