VOTING INFORMATION

IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT THE 2008 U.S. ELECTIONS

All American citizens are reminded that 2008 is an election year in the United States. Every seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and one-third of the seats in the U.S. Senate are being contested this year. Overseas citizens are eligible to participate in primary, run-off, and special elections that occur throughout the year, as well as the general elections in November.

We strongly encourage you to register to vote and/or request absentee ballots as early in the year as possible to ensure that you will receive all ballots for which you are eligible. Should questions or problems occur, you would still be able to address them in time to vote in the 2008 general elections.

THE "WWW.FVAP.GOV" WEBSITE INCLUDES INTERNET LINKS TO SPECIFIC STATE VOTING WEB SITES FOR STATE VOTING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS EACH STATE’S TIMELINES FOR VOTING AND REGISTRATION. http://www.fvap.gov/overseas-citizens/request-registration-absentee-ballot/index.html

Forms for registration and absentee voting are available at WWW.FVAP.GOV

Toll-Free Telephone Number to the FVAP from Italy: 800-784460. For more information, please http://www.fvap.gov/contact/toll-free-phone/index.html

Local information

The Voting Assistance Officers at the U.S. Embassy in Rome and the Consulates General in Milan, Florence and Naples are available to answer questions about absentee voting.

The Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Rome is available to accept ballots for mailing to the U.S and to answer all voting inquiries Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 1:00pm and from 2:00pm to 5:00pm. Please contact the Consulates General in Milan, Florence and Naples respectively for their voting hours

To contact the Voting Assistance Officers, call the Consular Section nearest you or send an e-mail to:

• USCitizensRome@state.gov for the Consular District of Rome,
• USCitizensMilan@state.gov for the Consular District of Milan,
• USCitizensNaples@state.gov for the Consular District of Naples and
• USCitizensFlorence@state.gov for the Consular District of Florence.

Look for notices from the Embassy/Consulates throughout the year relating to the 2008 elections.

Voting Information News

There may be last minute changes to your state's voting calendar, procedures or deadlines. When these occur, the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) will issue a News Release which can be accessed at http://www.fvap.gov/global/news/index.html