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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Sam Levine

DNC sues Trump administration over last-minute changes to overseas voting form

a woman drops a ballot in a box under a banner that reads 'Americans can vote wherever they are'
Members of the group Democrats Abroad gather to post their ballots for the 2020 US presidential elections into a special postbox provided by US embassy in Bangkok on 24 September 2020. Photograph: Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images

The Trump administration broke the law when it pushed through a last-minute change to the form overseas citizens use to register and request absentee ballots, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) said in a lawsuit filed on Thursday.

Until recently, the form, the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA), gave overseas voters four options to choose from when describing their geographic location. Voters could say they needed an overseas ballot because they were on active military service, living outside the US with an intent to return, or living outside the US and uncertain about their return.

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