To all the FAWCO members who voted in the 2020 US election, and helped and encouraged other overseas Americans to vote, as individuals and through their FAWCO clubs and other organizations – thank you for spending your time, energy and in some cases money to help overseas Americans fulfil their right and duty as citizens to vote. Your efforts deserve...
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To all the FAWCO members who voted in the 2020 US election, and helped and encouraged other overseas Americans to vote, as individuals and through their FAWCO clubs and other organizations – thank you for spending your time, energy and in some cases money to help overseas Americans fulfil their right and duty as citizens to vote. Your efforts deserve...
To all the FAWCO members who voted in the 2020 US election, and helped and encouraged other overseas Americans to vote, as individuals and through their FAWCO clubs and other organizations – thank you for spending your time, energy and in some cases money to help overseas Americans fulfil their right and duty as citizens to vote. Your efforts deserve...
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Overseas US citizens can start or keep doing three things to contribute to a safe and legitimate election in 2020.
- Register to vote/request a ballot, and help/encourage others to do so.
- Make a plan to vote safely and successfully in 2020, carry it out and help others to do so.
- Spread accurate information about overseas voting and the election, and...
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The Crisis
The extended and increasing delays in mail delivery in the United States, as a result of changes to procedures and removal and dismantling of equipment ordered by the newly appointed Postmaster General of the US Postal Service, have received wide international coverage (1). These delays imperil not only businesses and the American people, who depend on USPS for...
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COVID-19 and other factors seem to be making it extra hard for overseas voters to take part in the 2020 US elections. But we will overcome them all to exercise our right to vote, 100 years after American women first started to vote nationwide.
This article covers not only making your plan to vote in 2020 but also spreading the...
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Continuing the Fight for Voting Rights
By Laureen Scharps, FAWCO Rep, AIWC Frankfurt
Continuing the Fight for Voting Rights
The 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States – giving women in the United States the right to vote* – is August 18, 2020. Like many past and current American protesters fighting for justice, generations of women fought to...
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By Olga Kocybik, CPA, US Tax & Banking Committee Chair, AIWC Düsseldorf
NOTE: At the end of this article you will also find direct links for general COVID-19 payment information
I. Introduction
Citizens of the United States and US resident aliens (such individuals also defined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as US Persons will, in this article regardless of...