The League of Women Voters of the US reposted a Facebook message from the U.S. Vote Foundation

Overseas Voting Forms Changed Without Public Review. Here Is What It Means for Voters.
The Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) and the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB), the two federal forms that military and overseas citizens use to register and vote from abroad, have been changed under an emergency justification that bypassed the Federal Register public comment process. U.S. Vote Foundation has seen no evidence of an emergency, and we are asking that these changes go through public review.

In August 2026, the U.S. Department of War invoked an emergency to change both the FPCA and FWAB forms outside the normal process. That process has, for two decades, given election officials, usability experts, nonprofits and voters the chance to flag problems before a federal voting form changes nationwide. The changed forms are posted at FVAP.gov and GSA.gov.

Take Note: The Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) law has not changed. But a form is how a voter finds their place in the law. When a classification disappears, instructions conflict and deadlines are buried, eligible voters are more likely to give up, and states may receive both old and new versions of the forms without clear guidance.