FVAP encourages overseas U.S. citizens to take these individual actions:

1. Register and request your ballot through FVAP.gov:  Use the online Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) at FVAP.gov to simultaneously register and request an absentee ballot.
2. Consider asking that your ballot be sent to you electronically:  Voters should select an electronic option for receiving their blank ballot from their election official.  Not all states and counties allow electronic receipt of blank ballots; check FVAP.gov or ask your state voting office if this is an option for you.
3. Consider state ballot submission alternatives:  Refer to your state’s instructions on FVAP.gov for ways to return your completed ballot. Most states allow voters to submit ballots online.

Voters who have questions about overseas voting should contact VoteJerusalem@state.gov or VoteTelAviv@state.gov.

Voters are strongly encouraged to submit ballots directly to their home states via email or fax where possible.  Where mail-in ballots are the only option, please consider using a courier service to send your ballot directly to your home state to be counted.  Learn more about your state’s voting regulations at the Federal Voting Assistance Program’s website (https://www.fvap.gov/).

As a last resort, eligible voters are permitted to drop off ballots without an appointment at the American Citizen Services Unit at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem or Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv.  Ballots can be dropped off at the drop box at American Citizen Services Unit at the U.S. Embassy Jerusalem from 8:00AM-2:00PM Monday, Wednesday, and Friday or at the Embassy Branch Office Tel Aviv from 8:00AM-2:00PM on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. No appointment is necessary.

Please note that it can take up to four weeks for mail to reach its destination if sent by diplomatic pouch.  The diplomatic pouch leaves weekly on Tuesday mornings.  Ballots should be dropped off no later than Monday to be included in the weekly pouch shipment.