American Views Abroad

 
This summer I applied for my absentee ballot at the voter registration drive sponsored by the American Women's Club, in cooperation with the U.S. Consulate here in Hamburg. As I haven't yet received my absentee ballot (for Ohio) and am about to go on a two week vacation, I will have to go through all the channels to make sure my registration is in order. The lady who assisted me with the application told me that Ohio sends their ballots out in September and that if there was a problem I could check with the consulate. They kept a record of who registered. So I just phoned the Consulate about that and they gave me this toll free number within Germany to call to check my registration status:

0-800-1007-428 (Federal Voting Assistance Program)

I tried but could not get a live person. It was however possible to leave a message. I'll try again tonight and post my experiences.

- posted by Fred @ 11:50 AM