democracy begins at home and abroad: voter registration tools for u.s. students studying abroad
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ADP 2007 - Panel Presentation: Democracy Begins at Home and Abroad. Democracy Begins at Home and Abroad: Voter Registration Tools for U.S. Students Studying Abroad. Overseas Vote Foundation Marina Mecl - Director, Voter Outreach. Can I vote while I’m abroad?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Democracy Begins at Home and Abroad:Voter Registration Tools
for U.S. Students Studying Abroad
Overseas Vote Foundation
Marina Mecl - Director, Voter Outreach
ADP 2007 - Panel Presentation: Democracy Begins at Home and Abroad
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Can I vote while I’m abroad?
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At 11:20 PM 2/18/2007, you wrote:
i am a us citizen and have recently moved overseas and am no longer an official resident of any state. am i still eligible to vote? - gaby
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2005
205,983 Americans students studied
abroad in 2005
56% chose affordable summer programs
38% studied abroad for one semester
6% studied abroad a full academic year
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2008
If numbers increase at the same rate per year,
more than 100,000 students may well be
studying abroad on an official program for a
semester or a year in 2008.
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Key Question
Why do voters often find it confusing or
difficult to register to vote and request an
absentee ballot from abroad?
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Registration form issues
The overseas voter registration form (FPCA) - same for all states and territories
Information requirements vary from state to state
Some states offer ‘alternative’ methods of registering to vote from overseas
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Form facts
Awareness of the form and how to obtain it is
limited
Consulates and Embassies have limited hours
and accessibility
The same form functions as a ‘change of
address’ form
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Outreach in 2006
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Volunteers
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Press and Publicity
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University Study Abroad Programs
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Featured Site: San Mateo County,California
HOME pagehttp://www.shapethefuture.org/default.asp
The Blazer Abroad
Blog Entry Sep 1, 2006
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Consulates and Embassies
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Featured Site: US Department of State
http://www.state.gov/m/fsi/tc/1875.htm
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Preparing for 2008
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Strategies
Sustain and expand our presence in the English
media abroad – paper and online
Contact study abroad departments at universities
and colleges
Contact foreign universities
Offer OVF Internships
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Tactics
Implement Google AdWords online advertising to target college and university study abroad students
Double our volunteer team
Contact campus newspapers and magazines at home and abroad
Create an Overseas Student Voter group in Facebook
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Additional tactics
Print card kits
Design and launch a post election survey
specifically designed for students
Increase publicity in foreign print newspapers
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Collaboration
Continue to collaborate with groups in the U.S. who are
dedicated to stimulating and increasing student civic and
electoral participation
AmericanDemocracy Project
Rock the Vote
Project Vote Smart
League of Women Voters
National Campus Voter Registration Project
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Please inform students studying
abroad about voting in 2008
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How you can help
Contact your university study abroad office reminding
them to inform students about voting before they leave
Link to www.overseasvotefoundation.org in handbooks,
websites and newsletters
Ask your school’s study abroad department to contact their
offices overseas
Contact OVF for outreach card kits and bulletin board
notices
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Thank you
OVF thanks the American Democracy Project for its
ongoing support and the opportunity to share
overseas voter information with ADP conference
participants