Helping Military Service Members Vote By Mail

U.S. Postal Service Publishes Recommended Mailing Dates from APO/FPO Locations

September 20, 2016 



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WASHINGTON — Helping military service members around the world participate in the U.S. electoral process by voting this election season is a priority for the U.S. Postal Service.

To ensure absentee ballots are delivered in time, the Postal Service recommends that ballots be mailed no later than the mailing dates given in the table below. The table shows locations requiring 14 mailing days or more. A complete list of countries and mailing dates can be found at usps.com/election-mail/2016-americans-overseas-ballot-mailing-deadlines.pdf.

2016 Election Season Recommended Absentee Ballot Mailing Dates by APO/FPO

APO/FPO

AA/AE/AP

ZIP CODE

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION

MAILING DAYS
(FROM ELECTION DATE)

RECOMMENDED MAILING DATE
(FROM ELECTION DATE)

APO

AE

09397

ETHIOPIA

30

OCT 09 2016

NAVY SHIP (DEPLOYED) FLEET POST OFFICE (FPO)

AA/AE/AP

DEPLOYED

ATLANTIC/ PACIFIC FLEETS

25

OCT 10 2016

APO

AE

09304

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

20

OCT 19 2016

APO

AE

09305

IRAQ

20

OCT 19 2016

APO

AE

09315

JORDAN

20

OCT 19 2016

APO

AE

09320

AFGHANISTAN

20

OCT 19 2016

APO

AE

09815

TURKEY

20

OCT 19 2016

APO

AE

09832

EGYPT

20

OCT 19 2016

APO

AE

09851

GAZIANTEP

20

OCT 19 2016

APO

AE

09861

NIGER

20

OCT 19 2016

APO

AE

09753

BULGARIA

17

OCT 22 2016

FPO

AE

09313

KUWAIT

15

OCT 24 2016

APO

AE

09720

PORTUGAL

15

OCT 24 2016

APO

AE

09340

KOSOVO

14

OCT 25 2016

APO

AE

09343

ISRAEL

14

OCT 25 2016

APO

AE

09365

QATAR

14

OCT 25 2016

 

The Postal Service works closely with the Federal Voting Assistance Program, Military Postal Service, Council of State Governments and Local Election Officials to enable end to end tracking of military ballots for active servicemen, serving overseas at APO/FPO addresses.

Military personnel with APO/FPO addresses can now return absentee ballots via Priority Mail Express using Label 11-DOD. “Waiver of Signature” and “Guaranteed by End of Day” endorsements are printed on the label, so ballots sent with Priority Mail Express are delivered on the day they arrive at the destination Post Office.

Official absentee voter ballot

  1. The Military Postal Service distributes the labels overseas. Postage is paid through a congressional appropriation.
  2. The Priority Mail Express ballot label is only for absentee ballots mailed from Military Post Offices overseas by military members and their qualified dependents.
  3. The label may be used on any size ballot envelope. Always place the label in the upper-right corner.
  4. Voters can keep part of the tracking label and use the tracking number to track their ballots.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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