Special Congressional Primary Election for New Jersey on June 6th (March 16, 2006)                                

On Tuesday, June 6, 2006, there will be a special primary election in New Jersey’s 13th Congressional District to fill the seat of Congressman Bob Menendez. Congressman Menendez was appointed to fill a vacancy as a United States Senator. This special primary election will be held in conjunction with the regularly scheduled state primary election. All members of the U.S. Uniformed Services, their family members and citizens residing outside the U.S. who are New Jersey residents from the 13th District who request a ballot for the primary will receive this special ballot automatically. Do this by completing and submitting a Federal Post Card Application (FPCA), SF-76, as soon as possible, if you have not done so already in calendar year 2006. The Registrar of Voters must receive applications for registration and request for absentee ballot not later than Friday, June 2, 2006. If you wish to receive your ballot by fax, the Registrar of Voters must receive your absentee ballot request not later than Friday, June 2, 2006.

The online version of the FPCA is available from the FVAP website at www.fvap.gov/pubs/onlinefpca.html.

Chapter 3 of the 2006-07 Voting Assistance Guide contains further instructions. The New Jersey state pages are available at: http://www.fvap.gov/pubs/vag/pdfvag/nj.pdf

The Registrar of Voters must receive voted ballots by close of polls on Election Day. You may submit the completed FPCA by fax using the following toll-free fax numbers for the U.S. and Canada: 1-800-368-8683, (703) 693-5527 or DSN 223-5527 (military). Also, at www.fvap.gov/services/faxing.html, there is a list of toll-free fax numbers from overseas countries for use by U.S. citizens. Citizens may receive the blank ballot via fax and return the voted ballot by fax. Citizens who desire to receive their absentee ballot by fax should provide their county election official with their complete commercial fax number, including country codes necessary when dialing from the U.S.

A citizen returning the voted ballot by fax which was either received by mail or by fax should refer to Appendix C of the 2006-07 Voting Assistance Guide (located at www.fvap.gov/services/faxing.html for instructions and a cover sheet for use when transmitting the voted ballot by fax. Citizens should be sure to fax the entire ballot including any oath or signature required on the ballot-mailing envelope. After faxing, the ballot should also be returned by mail.

For inquiries on voting in US Elections, you may also contact the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar by phone at 976-11-329-095, by email at cons@usembassy.mn or by fax at 976-11-353-788.