Voting Assistance for Sailors

Week of August 18, 2008

Election Day, Nov. 4, is quickly approaching, and Sailors and their families are reminded that Navy voting assistance officers are available to help them with the process of absentee voting during the election season. "It's very important for voters to register as an absentee voter with their local election offices early and to receive their absentee ballot in time to vote in the November election," says Lt. Jason Watkins, Navy Voting Assistance Program manager, Commander, Navy Installations Command, Millington Detachment. Specific information regarding registration and absentee ballot request form deadlines is located in the 2008-2009 Voting Assistance Guide, as well as online at the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) website, under "State by State Instructions."

Read more election and voter information, visit the 2008 Election Center on Military.com.