Information for Travelers

Warden Message

November 25, 2007

NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MICHIGAN PRIMARY ELECTION DATES

New Hampshire and Michigan have scheduled their Presidential Primary elections.  New Hampshire will conduct their Presidential Primary election on January 8, 2008 and Michigan will conduct their Presidential Primary election for January 15, 2008.

REGISTERING TO VOTE AND REQUESTING A BALLOT:

If you have not done so already in calendar year 2007, all members of the U.S. Uniformed Services and their family members and citizens residing outside the U.S. who are either New Hampshire or Michigan residents should request a ballot by completing and submitting a registration and ballot request Federal Post Card Application (FPCA), SF-76, as soon as possible.  The online version of the FPCA is available from the FVAP website at www.fvap.gov/pubs/onlinefpca.html.

OTHER EARLY PRIMARY ELECTIONS

The following states will hold Primary elections early in 2008.  An asterisk indicates a change from the date printed in the Voting Assistance Guide:

New Hampshire*  January 8, 2008
Michigan*   January 15, 2008
South Carolina* (R)  January 19, 2008
Florida    January 29, 2008
South Carolina* (D)  January 29, 2008
Alabama   February 5, 2008
Arizona*   February 5, 2008
Arkansas   February 5, 2008
California   February 5, 2008
Connecticut   February 5, 2008
Delaware   February 5, 2008
Georgia   February 5, 2008
Illinois    February 5, 2008
Missouri   February 5, 2008
New Jersey   February 5, 2008
New Mexico (D)  February 5, 2008
New York   February 5, 2008
Oklahoma   February 5, 2008
Tennessee   February 5, 2008
Utah    February 5, 2008
Louisiana   February 9, 2008
District of Columbia*  February 12, 2008
Maryland   February 12, 2008
Virginia   February 12, 2008
Washington   February 19, 2008
Wisconsin   February 19, 2008
Massachusetts   March 4, 2008
Ohio    March 4, 2008
Rhode Island   March 4, 2008
Texas    March 4, 2008
Vermont   March 4, 2008
Puerto Rico   March 9, 2008
Mississippi   March 11, 2008

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The FVAP can be contacted via 1-800-438-8683. Citizens may reach the FVAP toll-free from 67 countries using the toll-free numbers listed on the FVAP website, www.fvap.gov. Questions regarding the above may also be referred to the Director, Federal Voting Assistance Program, Department of Defense, 1155 Defense Pentagon, Washington DC 20301-1155, and email at vote@fvap.ncr.gov.

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