" Using the FPCA ensures that your state will send your ballot to you at least 45 days before the election — a protection not guaranteed when using other forms. It's a good idea to send in a new FPCA every January and each time you move. " HAHAHA !!! 45 days before ? Just found out I had to use this FPCA yesterday !
You should have tried voting from a US Navy ship on deployment, where parts and pax take priority over mail. IRS didn’t receive my tax forms until July, and we routinely received Christmas cards well into April.
I was able to vote from abroad online as a S. Carolina resident. Easier than I thought, though I did have to sign and send the initial document.
My daughter is a NY resident, and requested to have her absentee ballot sent to my address. She said she filled out the online request on September 1. Ballots supposedly were to start sending on September 18, so this is 8 days later. Still have no ballot but hope it shows up in the next day or so. I’m planning to overnight it to her if I ever get it. Do you think I should tell her about that other form (FPCA) you mentioned? Or is that only applicable overseas? She will be in the continental US until December.