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Ballot Curing-What is it?

It’s been an historic election season with unprecedented levels of early and absentee voting. Local Election Officials (LEOs), already…

3 min readNov 4, 2020

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Ballot Curing-What is it?

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Request, receive, return: the challenges of casting your overseas ballot

Americans living abroad are 13 times less likely to vote in U.S. elections than our compatriots back home. So what keeps us from casting…

3 min readJul 30, 2021

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Request, receive, return: the challenges of casting your overseas ballot

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Representation Matters: The Still-Relevant Legacy of President James Madison

“It was politic as well as just that the interests & rights of every class should be duly represented & understood in the public Councils…

3 min readJul 2, 2021

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Representation Matters: The Still-Relevant Legacy of President James Madison

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This 4th of July, Express Your Patriotism by Voting

I’ve never been all that patriotic.

2 min readJul 1, 2021

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This 4th of July, Express Your Patriotism by Voting

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A Brief History of the Gerrymander, with Relevance for Today

Elbridge Gerry would probably have preferred to be remembered as John Adams’s friend, or a key framer of the Constitution, or the fifth…

3 min readJun 10, 2021

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A Brief History of the Gerrymander, with Relevance for Today

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Americans Abroad: Protect Your Voting Rights

Restrictive voting laws are currently sweeping the United States. Georgia recently came under fire for a law which would — among other…

2 min readJun 8, 2021

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Americans Abroad: Protect Your Voting Rights

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Overseas Ballot Security with Global Head of GOTV Heidi Burch

This year, Americans abroad are concerned about their ballot arriving securely and on time. With postal delays and late court rulings…

4 min readOct 29, 2020

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Overseas Ballot Security with Global Head of GOTV Heidi Burch

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Voting from Abroad? Help is On the Way

When I raised my virtual hand to volunteer with Vote from Abroad back in March, I was motivated primarily by a desire to give back. Little…

3 min readOct 20, 2020

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Voting from Abroad? Help is On the Way

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Mythbusting

Roughly 6.5m US citizens living abroad are eligible to vote, but turnout is a fraction of domestic turnout (anywhere from 9% to 20%). The…

3 min readOct 16, 2020

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Mythbusting

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Top Tips: Returning your Ballot

It is officially Ballot season! U.S. voters abroad are enthusiastic about voting this year. Vote from Abroad’s website is seeing 2 to 3…

4 min readOct 16, 2020

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Top Tips: Returning your Ballot

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Vote from Abroad

Vote from Abroad has one goal: to make sure every U.S. citizen has the info and tools to vote. Request a ballot now! votefromabroad.org

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