Voting by mail is a great way for citizens of Conroe, Texas to participate in elections. The Uniformed and Foreign Citizens Absent Voting Act (UOCAVA) provides the legal basis for absentee voting requirements for federal offices. Active members of the Uniformed Services, the Merchant Marine, the commissioning body of the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, their eligible family members, and other United States citizens who reside outside the United States are all eligible to vote by mail. The Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) is used to request an absentee ballot.
It can be sent by mail, email, or fax*. The voter can also hand it over to the early voting secretary before the 11th before election day. To find out the status of your FPCA, contact your election official. Your election official will contact you if your FPCA is not accepted.
When filling out the FPCA, enter your current mailing address, even if you request your ballot by email, online or by fax. If you want your election materials sent to a different address or have a forwarding address, use the forwarding address space to provide this information. Your contact information is recommended so that your election official can contact you if they need additional information about you to accept your FPCA. If you want to receive your absentee ballot by email or online, you must provide your email address.
Select your preferred method for receiving your voting materials. You can choose to receive your voting materials by mail, email, or online. To vote in the primary elections, you must enter the name of the ballot of the party you want to receive. Political party membership is not required if an absentee ballot is requested for the general election. Please provide any information that may help your election official accept this form.
You can use this space to designate specific elections or the period in which you want to receive ballots. Sign and date the form. Once you receive your absentee ballot from your state, you must return it in accordance with the deadlines and requirements of the federal election deadline table. For special federal elections, visit FVAP, gov for specific deadlines. You can send the state's absentee ballot by mail or fax*.
Contact information can be found in the Local Election Offices section. If you don't have access to a fax machine to fax directly to your election official, you can use the DoD Fax Service to fax your ballot. Foreign Uniformed Service members can request that the 11-DoD prepaid mailing label be applied to the general ballot. Additional information about this label can be found in the Important Information section. Citizens who are not eligible for UOCAVA voting may use a Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot (FWAB) as an emergency backup ballot. The FWAB cannot be used for voter registration or as a ballot application.
To vote, type the name of the candidate or political party for each office. You don't need to make a selection for each and every contest. You can send the FWAB by mail or fax (fax only if you are in a hostile fire zone). Additional information about this label can be found in the Important Information section or online at FVAP, gov. See the federal election deadline table for the deadline to file the FWAB. If you receive an absentee ballot from your state after broadcasting your voted FWAB, you can also vote and return the state's absentee ballot.
If both are received before the deadline, only the state absentee ballot will be counted. If you have not been issued a Texas driver's license, a Texas personal identification number, a Texas voter identification certificate number, or a social security number, you must indicate this by checking the appropriate box on the ABBM or transport envelope. If your state accepts your election materials via email, you must send them directly to your election official. It provides a free express mail service to its election official for absentee ballots from general elections. The DoD fax service is for those voters who cannot send their election materials directly to their election officials. It is important that voters mail their voting materials well in advance of deadlines in order to account for mail delivery times.
For more information on recommended shipping dates please refer to chapter 1.
