Hey guys,
If any of you know of any American citizen (who is preferably a Kerry supporter
) living abroad in your country, please feel free to send them these links for getting them registered to vote against this travesty of an administration.
Even if you're not friends with these people, its just an email pushing them to practice democracy. So spread the word!!!!! We've got to do our part to get rid of this guy!
Democrats Abroad,
www.democratsabroad.org 
Republicans Abroad,
www.republicansabroad.org 
Registration forms (for all Americans living inside or outside the country) are downloadable at
www.fvap.gov.
FYI: I attach here a valuable link to an article discussing the impact absentee ballots may have on the upcoming election. Feel free to forward them to any or all American citizens you know.
These things have to be done with plenty of time to spare since most of them have deadlines way before the actual election date, which is around Nov. 7th I think.
Don't be fooled by what anyone else is saying. Its going to be a close one. The Republicans are going to use every stinkin' trick in the book to get Bush re-elected. God knows they've done it before.
Cheers!!!!
~Undomiele
Dems, GOP Target American Voters Abroad
Mon May 17, 8:33 AM ET
By WILLIAM J. KOLE, Associated Press Writer
KLOSTERNEUBURG, Austria - Rubber ducks scribbled with the names of John Kerry (news - web sites) and George W. Bush bob and swirl down a babbling brook in this Vienna suburb.
"Go, John, go!" shouts a group of American expatriates, some using hockey sticks to give the Kerry ducks a helpful slap downstream. Not surprisingly, the Democrat wins by a waterslide.
The Federal Election Commission (news - web sites) wouldn't approve. But the Austrian chapter of Democrats Abroad says the mock race achieved its aim: to awaken the 7,000 Americans in Austria to the approaching U.S. presidential election, and get eligible voters to register.
Mindful of the recount fiasco that put Bush in the White House four years ago, Democrats and Republicans everywhere from Hong Kong to Hungary are aggressively targeting American expatriates, whose absentee ballots could prove decisive in a tight race.
With an estimated 3 million U.S. citizens of voting age living overseas, "We're like the 51st state," said Katie Solon, a Colorado Springs, Colo., native and Democrats Abroad volunteer in Austria. "We're riding a wave of renewed interest."
Strong anti-American sentiment overseas is driving U.S. citizens to register to vote, and both Democrats and Republicans could benefit. On the GOP side, a backlash against the anti-Bush fervor has attracted Republicans, while dismay over Bush's stewardship is getting Democrats who haven't voted for more than 30 years.
Republicans, who claim to dominate the overseas vote by a 3-to-1 margin, are mobilizing to ensure him a second term.
"It's difficult to be an American abroad now with the hatred around the world for the U.S. government and President Bush (news - web sites)," said Stephen O'Connor, who runs Republicans Abroad in Hungary, where an estimated 20,000 Americans live. "You need thick skin to be an American."
"What we're seeing, all of us, is this malaise, this feeling of anti-Americanism," said Nancy Galan, chairwoman of Republicans Abroad in Italy, home to an estimated 60,000 Americans of voting age.
Eileen Wilkinson, of the Rome chapter of Democrats Abroad Italy, said people have signed up "who haven't voted since Nixon in 1960 or McGovern in 1972."
In Hong Kong, Republicans Abroad is getting daily inquiries from the 50,000-strong U.S. expatriate community, vice chairman Mark Simon said. Bush's narrow victory over Al Gore (news - web sites) in 2000 has driven home the message that every vote matters, he said.
Canada, Mexico and Britain have the world's biggest American communities. Fourth is Germany, with roughly 250,000, and party activists are trying to draw interest with visits by former Vice President Dan Quayle (news - web sites) and Kerry's sister, Diana.
"We have 33 Senate races that are going to decide who controls Congress," said Ronald Schlundt, chairman of Democrats Abroad Germany. "Bush is almost certain to win Alaska, but it looks like a Democrat might win the Senate seat there. I registered someone from Alaska the other day."
Overseas voters can find it a hassle to get absentee ballots from their home states, and traditionally haven't played a key role in past presidential elections. Turnout in 2000 was 37 percent among expatriates, compared to 51.3 percent overall.
No one knows just how many Americans abroad intend to vote this time, since the party groups can only give them registration forms to mail to the U.S. county where they voted last.
But election fever runs strong. Democrats Abroad Thailand recently revived itself after lying dormant for 16 years. It now has chapters in Bangkok and the northern city of Chiang Mai, and has participated in conference calls with Kerry and former presidential hopefuls Howard Dean (news - web sites), Wesley Clark (news - web sites) and Dennis Kucinich (news - web sites).
"The response has been incredible," said the group's head, Gary Suwannarat.
Peter Kropp, a suburban Washington, D.C., native who works for a cosmetics company in Belgium, didn't vote in 2000.
He registered this year, he said, because he disagrees with the Bush administration's handling of the economy and the gay marriage issue — "and because I'm tired of always having to apologize for American behavior."
Get Americans Abroad Registered to VOTE~~~! (Against Bush!)
Get Americans Abroad Registered to VOTE~~~! (Against Bush!)
Re: Get Americans Abroad Registered to VOTE~~~! (Against Bush!)
There would be no point in even counting the votes.
