Americans abroad can now vote online

[MaineDem]

Source: MSNBC

MEXICO CITY - This year, for the first time, expatriate Democrats can cast their ballots on the Internet in a presidential primary for people living outside the United States.

Democrats Abroad, an official branch of the party representing overseas voters, will hold its first global presidential preference primary from Feb. 5 to 12, with ex-pats selecting the candidate of their choice by Internet as well as fax, mail and in-person at polling places in more than 100 countries.

Democrats Abroad is particularly proud of the online voting option _ which provides a new alternative to the usual process of voting from overseas, a system made difficult by complicated voter registration paperwork, early deadlines and unreliable foreign mail service.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22764413/

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They can also vote in person in many places, if they prefer.

[EV_Ares]

1. Dupe

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080121/ap_on_el_pr/overseas_voting

[MaineDem]

2. I did a search in LBN and I didn't see it posted.

:shrug:

[EV_Ares]

3. I know has happened to me before as well, no problem just thought you might

want to know.

[Kolesar]

4. The GOP has an incentive to suppress the votes of worldly overseas voters

The overseas votes that met the post mark date were counted for a period after the November 2004 election. The Kerry-Edwards vote count kept climbing throughout that period.

It's good to know that they have had no security breaches. At least none that they "knew of". :sarcasm"

"We've had no security breaches. We do constant monitoring," Steele said. Online voting "provides really a higher standard of security than is available in any other kind of system, including paper."

[benld74]

5. I was registering my Cuisinart coffee maker online this morning and

all of a sudden I was transferred to an online voting screen for 2008!