If you are a United States uniformed services member on active duty, a Merchant Marine member, spouse or dependent thereof, or a United States citizen residing outside of the United States, you can register to vote and request a vote-by-mail ballot at the same time by using a Federal Post Card Application (FPCA). You can obtain the FPCA from any Voting Assistance Officer or at www.fvap.gov. You can also call or request by mail, fax, or e-mail to your Supervisor of Elections that a voter registration application or a vote-by-mail ballot be sent to you.

Vote-by-mail ballots are mailed to military and overseas citizens no later than 45 days before each election. However, if you are a uniformed services member on active duty or a Merchant Marine member, absent stateside or overseas from your place of residence, including a spouse or dependent thereof (who is also absent due to the member’s absence), or a United States citizen residing overseas, you can ask that your vote-by-mail ballot either be faxed or e-mailed to you, in lieu of receiving it by regular mail. If you include an e-mail address with your vote-by-mail ballot request, the Supervisor will notify you by e-mail that your request has been received. The Supervisor will also provide you the estimated date the ballot will be sent to you and let you know when he or she has received your voted ballot.