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Morning today regarding military
and overseas voting the director

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of the federal voting assistance program
that bomber told lawmakers

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the biggest challenge facing officials
is informing service members

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of the voting resources
that are. Available.

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The twenty fourteen election cycle
where spanning several key

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average efforts and watching some new
initiatives to raise awareness

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of our voting resources.

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Specifically at happens developing
new public service announcements

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aimed outer overseas citizens
and military spouses.

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We're providing customize digital tool kits
to are voting assistance officers.

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Election officials have advocacy organizations
and overseas companies

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with large number of U.S.
citizen employees.

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We're also targeting our younger
population with an integrated

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communications planned leveraging
social media and mobile devices.

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Military members are consistently
to register to vote at a rate

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equal to or greater than that
of the general population.

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The registration isn't
the end of the story.

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As you know service members and
especially mobile population.

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And keeping up to date contact information
on file at the appropriate

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election office is an ongoing challenge
at that there's also

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working and to initiatives that
automate address updates for

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more information you can
head to their website..