State by State Updates |
| Pennsylvania |
PENNSYLVANIA ALLOWING EXPRESS MAILING OF BALLOTS, PARTICIPATING IN
ONLINE VOTING PROJECT, AND ALLOWS NEW ELECTRONIC ALTERNATIVES
Recent Pennsylvania state policy allows the following:
* Express and overnight mail from all uniformed and overseas
citizens
* Send the FPCA for registration and absentee ballot by fax. After
faxing, submit the FPCA by mail. The original FPCA must be received
prior to the election (by November 3, 2008) by the county election
office in order for the ballot to count.
* If you are in a designated hostile fire, imminent danger pay,
combat zone or qualified hazardous duty area, you may receive the blank
ballot by fax. If you receive the blank ballot by fax, you may use the
Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot return envelope and security envelope
on the FVAP's website (www.fvap.gov) to return your ballot in secret so
it will be counted.
In addition, Pennsylvania has 36 counties participating in the FVAP
online voting project, including Philadelphia and Allegheny. To see all
counties participating, visit the Pennsylvania state page on the FVAP
website (http://www.fvap.gov/contact/vrbdparticipants.html). Currently,
the application guides voters through completion of the Voter
Registration and Absentee Ballot Request Form (Federal Post Card
Application, FPCA, SF 76) according to the specific requirements of
Pennsylvania. Additionally, if a county chooses to participate, voters
from that county will also be able to submit the completed and signed
Voter Registration and Absentee Ballot Request Form online. Some of the
participating counties will also permit voters to receive their blank
ballot from the local election official via the secure server.
Please Note: This application is not intended for the submission of
voted ballots.
For technical assistance, please contact the Help Desk at 1-866-934-3997
or send an email to FPCA-Help-Desk@csc.com.
Additional information on elections in Pennsylvania can be found on the
Pennsylvania Department of State's educational website
(www.VOTESPA.COM).
Questions regarding the above may also be referred to the Director,
Federal Voting Assistance Program, Department of Defense, 1155 Defense
Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1155 or through email:
vote@fvap.ncr.gov. Visit the FVAP website at www.fvap.gov
<http://www.fvap.gov/> . |
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