Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Good Citizenship

Are you an American living overseas? If so, are you registered to vote in this November's election?

Are you sure?

Luckily for you, there's an easy way to make sure you're registered: Overseas Vote 2004. This is the first online overseas voter registration and absentee ballot request system. All you have to do is fill out the form for your state, send it in to your local registrar, and an absentee ballot will arrive in your mailbox wherever you live. It's so easy!

Back in July when we were still living in Munich, Marty was involved with the preparation of the data for this system. He combed through Excel files state by state to clean the data up for the database. At the time, we both wondered what kind of impact his work would have. But we recently learned that Overseas Vote has already helped over 40,000 Americans living overseas to register to vote! Go, Marty!

There are between 4 and 7 million Americans living overseas right now. The margin of victory in 2000 was 573 votes in the state of Florida. You really can make a difference. But the registration deadlines are approaching for many states. Check yours out today.

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