Voting in the 2008 General Election

From American Citizen Services in Shenyang:

Have you registered to vote for the 2008 general election yet? If not, now is the time to do so!

The official U.S. voter assistance website is: http://www.fvap.gov. Please visit this site for the most complete, up-to-date information on voting abroad. Basic information can be found below.

All U.S. citizens 18 years or older living abroad can use the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) to register to vote and request an absentee ballot. This form is easy to fill out and can be picked up and mailed from the U.S. Consulate in Shenyang, China with no need to pay for postage. Fill it out here, mail it out here. It's that simple!

The FPCA can be mailed without paying postage only by using U.S. Embassy or Consulate mail facilities or from any U.S. Post Office. If you decide to use the Chinese mail service, you will have to affix the correct postage.

You can also fill out the Online Federal Postcard Application (OFPCA) on . There's an option to print a postage-paid envelope that also can be mailed from the U.S. Consulate.

The FPCA must be sent to your local election official. You can find that address at this website: