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FVAP release its 2017 Annual Report
Report provides assessment of 2017 efforts and plans for 2018

The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) has released its 2017 Annual Report to the President and Congress.

The report provides an assessment of FVAP’s activities supporting the special elections for federal office in 2017 -- and FVAP’s preparations for the 2018 election cycle.

"Much of FVAP's 2017 activities represent an examination of the 2017 election cycle, and how we're enhancing our products and services for 2018,” said David Beirne, director of FVAP. “We take tremendous pride in hearing stories about how election officials leverage our online tools, training resources, policy support, and marketing materials to help our military and overseas citizens while saving their own valuable resources."

Using lessons learned since the 2016 election cycle, FVAP further explored how to reduce obstacles by improving its resources throughout the Department of Defense, establishing mechanisms to expand voter awareness, and enhancing measures of effectiveness to refine its research approach to identify exactly what challenges remain with UOCAVA voters. Read more…