3000 U.S citizens in Azerbaijan able to vote in presidential vote
Around 3000 U.S citizens temporarily residing in Azerbaijan will be able to take part in the U.S. presidential elections, the U.S. Embassy in Baku told Trend news agency on Tuesday.
U.S. citizens living abroad have the opportunity to take part in the presidential elections of the country, by sending an electronic request to get an absentee ballot, the embassy said.
Some U.S. citizens have the opportunity to return the filled in absentee ballot, by sending it by e-mail as an attachment or by visiting the secured Internet portal, the campaign reference materials distributed by U.S. State Department said.
According to the State Department, around 6.3 million U.S citizens live in more than 160 world countries.
The 57th U.S. presidential elections starts on Tuesday, Nov. 6,
and after the voting, the board of electors will name the U.S new
President and Vice President. The newly-elected president will be
inaugurated on January 20, 2013.
Incumbent President Barack Obama was nominated as a candidate from
the Democratic Party for a second term. Former Massachusetts
governor Mitt Romney is the candidate from the Republican
Party.
Here we are to serve you with news right now. It does not cost much, but worth your attention.
Choose to support open, independent, quality journalism and subscribe on a monthly basis.
By subscribing to our online newspaper, you can have full digital access to all news, analysis, and much more.
You can also follow AzerNEWS on Twitter @AzerNewsAz or Facebook @AzerNewsNewspaper
Thank you!