posting vote forms
Turned out writing a simple letter to my US election authority did suffice to get them to change my overseas address, as my voting forms turned up yesterday! And unlike last time, they've actually got the names of candidates printed on, rather than telling you to do it yourself.
I've figured out which bits to put in the various envelopes - not sure about whether I want to vote $400 million dollars for water improvements in Pennsylvania, but that's a different problem.
What I was wondering is what postal service to use to return my vote - as far as I remember registered overseas delivery stops tracking the letter as soon as it leaves the UK, and Swiftair relies on the foreign country providing them with any info about delivery, which the US doesn't. I guess I'm left with trusting the USPS to deliver what is obviously an overseas vote (any idea on the political leanings of the average mail carrier?), or splashing out on Fedex/DHL, which seems rather pricy just to get a vote to its destination...
what have other UK-based US voters done?
I've figured out which bits to put in the various envelopes - not sure about whether I want to vote $400 million dollars for water improvements in Pennsylvania, but that's a different problem.
What I was wondering is what postal service to use to return my vote - as far as I remember registered overseas delivery stops tracking the letter as soon as it leaves the UK, and Swiftair relies on the foreign country providing them with any info about delivery, which the US doesn't. I guess I'm left with trusting the USPS to deliver what is obviously an overseas vote (any idea on the political leanings of the average mail carrier?), or splashing out on Fedex/DHL, which seems rather pricy just to get a vote to its destination...
what have other UK-based US voters done?