SJC Residents Voting Overseas? Your Absentee Ballot is In The Mail

If you are an Orange County Resident who lives overseas, it's time for you to receive your absentee ballot, according to the registrar of voters, Neal Kelley.

"If you are an overseas voter (UOCAVA) election officials are required to send your absentee ballot 45 days before an election for those who are registered and have requested a ballot," he said in an announcement.

Sunday, Sept. 25 was that 45-day deadline.

"We completed sending all requests for overseas absentee ballots just before midnight," Kelley said. "If you live or work overseas and submit a request within 45 days of the election, we will send your ballot as soon as possible, upon processing your form."

Submit your request here, or if you do not receive your absentee ballot in time to return it to our office to participate in the election, use the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB).

The Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot serves as a backup ballot for UOCAVA citizens, according to the Registrar of Voters office, and can be used in all States to vote for federal offices (President/Vice President, U.S. Senate, U.S. Representative and Delegate or Resident Commissioner).

"If you receive your absentee ballot after submitting the FWAB, vote and return it as well," they stated. "If both your original ballot and your FWAB are received by the deadline, only one will be counted."

Do you vote overseas? Have you requested your absentee ballot?

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