7 FAM 1550
Voting Assistance REPORTING
(CT:CON-804; 04-30-2018)
(Office of Origin: CA/OCS)
7 FAM 1551 Department of state
requirements
(CT:CON-742; 10-17-2017)
Following an election, the consular voting assistance
officer at post must respond to inquiries from Departments Chief Voting Action
Officer (VAO). These inquiries may come in the form of questionnaires or web
based surveys. These inquiries generally seek the following types of
information:
(1) Maintenance of posts required email distribution
group;
(2) Completion of required voting assistance
trainings;
(3) Outreach and voting assistance actions taken by
post;
(4) Social Media activities;
(5) Interest in hosting a FVAP Voting Assistance
Workshop;
(6) Motivational Voting Materials orders for the
following election year;
(7) Lessons learned from the election;
(8) Successes or ideas useful for other posts.
7 FAM 1552 Federal voting assistance
program (FVAP) Requirements
(CT:CON-742; 10-17-2017)
The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) is required
by law to conduct a survey after every Presidential election, and to send the
results to the White House and Congress. FVAP generally surveys five groups:
local election officials in the United States, military voting assistance officers
(VAOs), State Department VAOs, military personnel in the United States and
abroad. VAOs are strongly encouraged to participate in the VAO survey and
provide critical feedback to the Federal Voting Assistance Program Office at
the Department of Defense (DOD) on the FVAP Web site, as well as to the
Department of States Chief Voting Action Officer.
7 FAM 1553 through 1559 Unassigned