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Students React To Absentee Voting Proposal

[Written by Don Burgess] The organizer for the campaign to allow Bermuda’s overseas college students to vote via absentee ballot is “thrilled” Government plans to change the voting laws. But some Bermudians are questioning why that right isn’t extended to all overseas Bermudians. Danielle Lightbourn, 21, helped bring attention to the plight... Read more of this article

Column: Determining Right To Absentee Voting

[Opinion column written by Quinton Berkley Butterfield] How do we determine who has the right to absentee voting? The latest Throne Speech had some very interesting ideas that will be coming up in the next legislative session. One of these is the introduction of absentee voting. This is an idea that is long-needed, and is a step closer for Bermuda to... Read more of this article

Govt To Introduce Voting For Students Overseas

The Government will introduce amendments to permit registered voters studying abroad at recognised educational institutions to have the right to vote in absentia, it was announced in this morning’s [Nov 13] Throne Speech. The relevant portion of the Throne Speech said, “The Government, through the Ministry of Home Affairs, will introduce amendments... Read more of this article

U.S. Consulate Announce Voter Outreach Effort

The U.S. Consulate in Bermuda announced a voter outreach effort on October 2, 2012. Consulate officers will be available at ACE Headquarters on Pitts Bay Road to help Americans register to vote and/or request an absentee voter ballot by using the www.fvap.gov website. Consul General Robert Settje will be on hand from 12:00-12:30 to request his own absentee... Read more of this article

New US Absentee Ballot Rules

New absentee voting laws are in effect for the 2012 US elections and Americans living in Bermuda will no longer automatically receive ballots based on a previous absentee ballot request, the US Consul General announced today [Dec.13]. All US citizens outside the United States who want to vote by absentee ballot in the 2012 primary and general elections... Read more of this article