American Citizens
Abroad (ACA), the Washington DC-based non-partisan, non-profit
advocacy organisation representing Americans living and working
overseas, has launched its Five-Day Challenge to encourage Americans
overseas to ensure their vote is heard in the upcoming elections, it
said in a media statement on August 24.
Its Five-Day Challenge asks individuals to watch a short video and read a short article on a voting-related topic and then use the ACA Voice Your Vote write-in campaign to contact those standing for office asking where they stand on issues.
Day One of the challenge features a short video and article about eligibility requirements for voting from overseas. In each daily challenge, ACA includes the Voice Your Vote write-in campaign. With this campaign, individuals can directly ask incumbents and challengers standing in the upcoming election for their opinions on the issues, the media statement said.
Subsequent day
challenges will feature topics such as: Your Voting Rights,
Submitting A Ballot and other important topics.
“Lots of Americans
overseas aren’t aware that they can actually vote in federal
elections,” ACA executive director Marylouise Serrato said, “but
they can and should, even Americans who were born overseas may have
the ability to vote from overseas.
“Thirty-seven of
the US States allow children of US citizens born overseas to use
their parent’s last residential address in the US to vote. Although
it would be great if all 50 states allowed this, it’s encouraging
that 75 per cent do.”
“The Five-Day
Challenge will be publicized on the ACA and ACAGF websites, included
in member and supporter mailings and on social media, and we hope
this will encourage the overseas Americans community to register and
vote,” ACA chairman Jonathan Lachowitz said.
“ACA does the heavy
lifting in Congress to educate and inform offices about the issues
facing the community, but the community has to do its part and vote
to make their voice heard.”
ACA’s advocacy work
on voting is a fundamental part of the organisation’s history, the
statement said.
More than 40 years ago,
ACA’s founders worked, along with other overseas organisations, on
the campaign that resulted in allowing Americans overseas to vote in
federal elections via absentee ballot.
“ACA’s advocacy on
voting shows just what can be accomplished if organisations work
together and strategically advocate to Congress. ACA believes we can
replicate this with our educational and advocacy work for tax reform
and residency-based taxation (RBT),” ACAGF chairman Charles Bruce
said.
“The best way to
educate Congress so they can write legislation and regulations to
correct problems resulting from current tax policy is to hold
hearings. It’s time Americans abroad get their issues in front of
those who can effect change. With dedication and focus, we are
confident this can happen.”
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