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(詳細はUnited States federal law dealing with elections and voting rights for United States citizens residing overseas. The act requires that all U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands allow certain U.S. citizens to register to vote and to vote by absentee ballot in federal elections. The act is Public Law 99-410 and was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on August 28, 1986.〔Coleman, Kevin J. ("Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act: Background and Issues." ) Congressional Research Service, 2014.〕 Groups of people covered under the act are: *Members of the seven Uniformed Services *Members of the U.S. Merchant Marine *Eligible family members of the above *U.S. citizens employed by the federal government residing outside the U.S. *Other private U.S. citizens residing outside the United States〔 The act provides for an emergency back-up ballot, the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB), which can be cast by voters who "have made a timely application for but have not received their regular ballot from the state or territory, subject to certain conditions."〔 The act does not apply to non-federal elections, although some states and territories also allow citizens covered by the UOCAVA to register and vote in state and local elections as well.〔(Federal Voting Assistance Program )〕 ==FVAP== The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), part of the Department of Defense, is the program that administers the UOCAVA as well as the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 on behalf of the Secretary of Defense.〔 The FVAP states its goals as to "inform and educate U.S. citizens worldwide of their right to vote; facilitate voting participation; and protect the integrity of, and simultaneously enhance, the electoral process at the Federal, State and local levels."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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