Voting in the US Presidential Elections

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Voting in the US Presidential Elections

US citizens living overseas in France are eligible to vote by absentee ballot in the General Presidential Elections.

Assistance is readily available from the Office of American Services at the US Embassy in Paris 

• Tel: 01 43 12 49 59 / 01 43 12 49 93 / 01 43 12 45 01 / 01 43 12 45 18
• e-mail

The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) has complete information and online registration and absentee ballot request forms for the Federal Post Card Application (OFPCA). They provide a toll free number for citizens outside of the US to call for information.

• Toll Free number to call from within France: 0800 917 304 
• e-mail 
• Postal address: 
  Federal Voting Assistance Program
  Department of Defense
  1155 Defense Pentagon
  Washington, DC 20301-1155 
• Website

Party Websites and Absentee Voter Assistance

• The Democratic Party
• Democrats Abroad, a very active organisation in France, assists American's living outside the US to vote by overseas absentee ballot
  • See the website for full instructions: VoteFromAbroad.org
• GOP (Republican Party)
• Republicans Abroad has voter assistance on its website
• Youth Vote Overseas (YVO), an initiative of the Overseas Vote Foundation, provides online tools and services for young US voters studying or residing overseas
• OVF or Overseas Vote Foundation provides an online tool to generate an emergency ballot (FWAB) and reduced FedEx rates to express the ballot to the US

Further Information

• Refer to the AngloINFO INFOrmation Page Citizens Guides in the Consulates & Embassies category (refer above).