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Voter Registration / Ballot Request – Online
Voter Registration / Ballot Request – Personal
Promotional material and publicity
Polls and Predictions

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It's time to Get Out The Vote (GOTV) again! This time for the General Elections on November 5^th.

Voter registration team members from American Voices Abroad (AVA) and Democrats Abroad - Berlin (DA) are gearing up to Get Out The Vote again and personally register American expats in Berlin for the federal elections. As most Americans in Berlin tend to be registered already, the primary message now is “Request your absentee ballot!”

Voter Registration / Ballot Request - Online

Voters can fill out an online-assisted registration and application for an absentee ballot at one of these three websites:

Overseas Vote Foundation is a non-partisan site. Good and easy database for finding and contacting your registration office.

VoteFromAbroad is from the Democratic Party. Application for membership is an option.

Information is also available directly from the U.S. government's Federal Voting Assistance Program. The official Federal Post Card Application can be downloaded there directly.

In all cases, the application needs to be printed out, signed, and mailed to hometown election offices. The possibility to correspond by e-mail has become standard. That is, the registration/application can be scanned in once it's been signed and sent to the election office by e-mail as an attachment. The ballot itself can optionally be sent via e-mail to be printed out. This finally can be scanned in again, if the option is provided, and sent back along with a signed voter declaration.
Do make sure you know whether you can return your ballot via e-mail, fax, or by post if it is mandatory.

Voter Registration / Ballot Request - Personal

Voter registration team members can personally help with registration or ballot requests at registration tables at various events around Berlin. I am organizing, participating in, or know about the following past and planned events (click on the pictures for a larger image):

2 June from 9:30am-3:30pm – John F Kennedy School Fleamarket / School fair in Zehlendorf at the Vote from Abroad table of the Democrats Abroad - Berlin
5 June from 8am-noon – at the Berlin Brandenburg International School in Kleinmachnow, only for staff, faculty, stundents, and parents in the Booster Club Room in the Sportshall on June 5th from 8 am - noon
4 July from 5pm – July 4th Party with Democrats Abroad - Berlin in the Vagabund Brauerei Kesselhaus
11 August from 10:30-12:30 – In front of the American Church in Berlin with Democrats Abroad - Berlin
4 September from 19:00-20:30 – Community Information Fair at John F Kennedy School in Zehlendorf
8 September from 15:00-17:00 – Voter Registration Drive at Hallesches Haus at Tempelhofer Ufer 1
10 September from 12:30-13:30 – Tabling event with Democrats Abroad - Berlin at the Bard College Berlin in Pankow
17 September from 13:30-18:30 – Tabling event with Democrats Abroad - Berlin at the Another Country bookshop in Kreuzberg

Voter registration and consultation is also possible occasionally at monthly meetings of
American Voices Abroad (AVA) and Democrats Abroad - Berlin (DA).

More locations planned and suggestions are always welcome!

Promotional material and publicity

We try to get Americans interested in voting abroad by distributing flyers in American restaurants, stores, and other institutions.

Downloadable flyers with some of the above information in various formats and promoting the different websites:

• Full page flyer VoteFlyer
• Page with 4 times 1/4 page leaflet VoteFlyer4

Polls and Predictions

Electoral-vote.com is always a pretty accurate source to follow the tendencies.
RealClearPolitics is pretty good too, but puts more states into the toss-up category.