Warden Message: Vote NOW!

American citizens should vote now in the November 4, 2008 presidential and general elections. If you registered to vote and requested an absentee ballot by your state’s deadline, you should receive your state absentee ballot in October. Please return your marked ballot as soon as possible to ensure that it arrives in time to be counted!

Forgot to register or request an absentee ballot?

Some states have late registration deadlines for overseas voters. Check your state’s deadlines on the Federal Voting Assistance Program’s website. If your state’s registration deadline has not passed, complete the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) to register to vote and request your ballot. The FPCA is available at www.fvap.gov or from any U.S. Embassy or Consulate.

Ballot hasn’t arrived?

If your ballot has not arrived by mid-October, we strongly encourage you to use the Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot (FWAB). The FWAB serves as an emergency ballot for voters who registered in time but fail to receive an official ballot from local election officials. The FWAB is available at www.fvap.gov or from any U.S. Embassy or Consulate.

Returning your ballot

Voted ballots, FPCAs and FWABs may be mailed to your local voting officials in the United States through first-class international mail or from any U.S. Embassy or Consulate. Last-minute voters should consider using an express courier company to deliver their ballots. Some states also accept FPCAs and voted ballots by fax or e-mail.

Special Service for American Citizens in Ukraine: Free DHL service for returning voting materials: To help you vote via absentee ballot and meet the deadline of your state, the American Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with DHL are again offering their support to U.S. Citizen Voters by providing two shipments for voting materials.

Ballot requests and voted absentee ballots delivered to the American Citizens Services (ACS) Unit at the Embassy's Consular section before 5:00 PM on October 10th and 5:00 PM on October 24th will be shipped to the U.S. by DHL free of charge the following day. Please make sure the envelopes containing your ballot have appropriate postage since they will be put into the U.S. postal system after reaching the United States. If you do not have a return envelope from your Local Election Official or you are sending in the Online Version of the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (OFWAB), you can print a

Questions?

The Voting Assistance Officer at the US Embassy Kyiv, Ukraine is also always available to answer questions about absentee voting. To contact the Voting Assistance Officer, call 38-044-4904445 or send an e-mail or kyivacs@state.gov.

U.S. Embassy in Ukraine:
10, Yuriy Kotsyubynsky St.
01901 Kyiv, Ukraine

Consular Section:
6, Mykola Pymonenko St.
01901 Kyiv, Ukraine