Voter registration team members from American Voices Abroad (AVA) and Democrats Abroad - Berlin (DA) are gearing up to Get Out The Vote again and personally register American expats in Berlin for the federal midterm elections. As most Americans in Berlin tend to be registered already, the primary message now is “”
Voter Registration / Ballot Request - Online
Voters can fill out an online-assisted registration and application for an absentee ballot at one of these three websites:
 Overseas Vote Foundation is a non-partisan site. Good and easy database for finding and contacting your registration office. There is a Candidate Finder tool to help identify Congressional candidates for example.  |
 VoteFromAbroad is from the Democratic Party. A tool to help identify Congressional candidates can be found here as well. Application for membership is an option. |
 Information is also available directly from the U.S. government's Federal Voting Assistance Program. The official Federal Post Card Application can be downloaded there directly. |
| 11-13 May – 33rd Black International Cinema Berlin |  |
| 9 June – Summerfest at the Berlin Brandenburg International School in Kleinmachnow |
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| 10 June – Potsdam Precinct of Democrats Abroad Berlin meeting in Lorettas Almhütte in Wannsee |   |
| 23 June, 12:00 to 16:00 – Summerfest at the Berlin Bilingual School |   |
27 June, 18:30 to 20:00 – Democrats Abroad Berlin was asked by David Byrne to set up a voter registration table at his American Utopia concert in the Tempodrom. |  |
| 30 June, 13:00 to 17:00 – International Day at the Berlin International School |  |
4 July, 18:30 to 21:30 – Democrats Abroad Berlin is hosting a 4th of July-Party with an Independence Day Potluck. |  |
| 21-22 July – DA Berlin will have a booth at the Lesbian and Gay City Festival near Nollendorf Platz | |
| 5 September, 19:00 to 21:00 – Info-Fair at John F Kennedy School in Zehlendorf | |
| 12 September, 18:30 to 21:00 – Democrats Abroad Berlin: Get Your Absentee Ballot & Beer at Stone Brewing Taproom |  |
| 15 September, 11:00 to 17:00 – John F Kennedy School |   |
| 22 September, 12:00 to 17:00 – Democrats Abroad Berlin: Voter Registration&Ballot Request for US Expats at the Workshop at Forster Straße 51 | |
| 17 October, evening – American Voices Abroad: Documentary Film Festival. AVA’s participation in the One World Berlin Human Rights Film Festival focused on the 6-part documentary series Rest in Power: the Trayvon Martin Story. In the aquarium at Südblock, Skalitzer Str. 6 |
More locations planned and suggestions are always welcome!
Downloadable flyers with some of the above information in various formats and promoting the different websites:
Promotional material
We try to get Americans interested in voting abroad by distributing flyers in American restaurants, stores, and other institutions. Will send them also by e-mail again to the foreign-student offices of universities where Americans might be enrolled.
Polls and Predictions
Electoral-vote.com is always a pretty accurate source to follow the tendencies.
RealClearPolitics is pretty good too.