Overseas Vote Foundation

Overseas Vote Foundation
Established 2005
Chairman Chip Levengood
President & CEO Susan Dzieduszycka-Suinat[1][2]
Location Arlington, VA
Address 4325 Old Glebe Road
Arlington, VA 22207
Website overseasvotefoundation.org

Overseas Vote Foundation (OVF) is a non-partisan[3] non-profit voter assistance organization that helps American citizens overseas and in the military participate in elections. These voters' rights are protected under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA). OVF was founded in 2005.

Mission

OVF was founded to facilitate and increase participation of overseas and military absentee voters by providing public access to Internet-based voter services. The organization's primary objective is to enable all Americans residing around the world, and all military and dependents residing outside their home jurisdiction, to stay active in elections for which they are eligible.

OVF's key activities are:

Voter Services and Site Usage

OVF provides services for voters in all states and territories. Overseas American citizens, U.S. State Department employees, and active duty uniformed service members and their accompanying families, within and outside of the United States can register to vote from abroad and request their ballots using OVF's suite of voter services.

In 2012, the organization launched the U.S. Vote Foundation program. U.S. Vote Foundation serves domestic U.S. voters, overseas voters, and military personnel with registration, absentee ballot request, and voter information services for all states.

Through OVF's websites, voters have access to registration information, a downloadable Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (Vote-Print-Mail Ballot), state-specific voter information directory (SVID), a local election official directory, and a "voter help-desk." In total, the organization's voter services include the following:

Additional Information

OVF and US Vote also offer the following:

See also

References

  1. "OVF Board". Overseas Vote Foundation. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  2. Altman, Alex (October 15, 2010). "Will Online Voting Turn Into an Election Day Debacle?". Time. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  3. Knowlton, Brian (January 30, 2013). "Internet and Federal Act Ease Overseas U.S. Voting". New York Times. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
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