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Fedex And Overseas Vote To Offer Absentee Ballot
Delivery For Presidential Election |
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October 18, 2012 - As Americans prepare to vote
for the next U.S. President on November 6th,
FedEx and Overseas Vote Foundation (OVF) want to
ensure the votes cast by citizens living abroad
are delivered on time to the thousands of local
elections offices across the country.
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., is
teaming up again with OVF for the Express Your
Vote initiative, which helps U.S. citizens
living overseas remain active in the federal
election process. Since the two began working
together in 2008, FedEx Express and Overseas
Vote Foundation have helped more than 10,000
U.S. expatriates exercise their right to vote.
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Using the FedEx International Priority delivery
service, Express Your Vote offers the estimated
3.5 million, non-military American citizens
living in 94 countries worldwide access to
discounted express delivery of their absentee
ballots through October 31, 2012. The service is
available to Americans living in Canada, 14
countries in the Asia/Pacific region, 51
countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa,
and 28 countries in Latin America and the
Caribbean.
“Because mail delivery is unreliable in some
parts of the world, Americans voting from
overseas need assurance their ballots will
arrive back in the U.S. by the required state
deadlines. If those ballots are late, they’re
not counted in the presidential election. With
this initiative, FedEx and OVF offer peace of
mind to overseas citizens that their ballots
will be delivered on time and their votes will
count,” said Raj Subramaniam, senior vice
president of marketing at FedEx.
“After successfully running
Express Your Vote during the 2008 and 2010
general elections, Overseas Vote Foundation is
excited to again team up with FedEx to help U.S.
overseas absentee voters living all over the
world,” said Susan Dzieduszycka-Suinat,
president and CEO of Overseas Vote Foundation.
“Thanks to this unique relationship,
FedEx and OVF can offer Americans abroad the
speed and reliability they need to make sure
their votes get counted.
This initiative supports secure,
verifiable, auditable elections through paper
balloting. A paper trail is essential for audits
and recounts.”
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