Website Outlines Voting Options

Week of October 23, 2006

The DoD's new Integrated Voting Alternative Site (IVAS) provides information on electronic voting options for servicemembers and other U.S. citizens living overseas and includes information from all 55 states and territories on the various electronic ballot request and delivery alternatives available to U.S. citizens living overseas. The IVAS is also found on the Federal Voting Assistance Program and will be updated to reflect changes to state laws. The by-mail ballot system is still the preferred, and most used, voting method for troops and citizens overseas. But, it is not always available. So, DoD developed electronic alternatives starting in 1990.

To learn more about voting and the veterans running for Congress, visit the Military.com 2006 Election Center.