{"id":21759,"date":"2025-10-08T12:03:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T09:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bg.usembassy.gov\/?p=21759"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:05:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T09:05:56","slug":"voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bg.usembassy.gov\/voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"ga-title stacking-slide dark-blue-section-background-color container-fluid internaltitle-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"internal-title alignwide internalpage container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"internal-title-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"internal-title-header\" class=\"internal-title-header medium\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVoting \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n<section  class=\"ga-content-block stacking-slide light-purple-section-background-color paragraphsection\">\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container meta-info-top\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"toptitle\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p><p><strong>Department of State\u2019s website at\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/international-travel\/while-abroad\/voting.html\"><strong>Absentee\u00a0Voting for U.S. Citizens Abroad\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0provides updated information on absentee voting for Americans living abroad including:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/international-travel\/while-abroad\/voting.html\"><strong>Absentee Voting Basics\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/international-travel\/while-abroad\/voting.html\"><strong>Registration\/Absentee Ballot Request\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/international-travel\/while-abroad\/voting.html\"><strong>Receiving Your Blank Absentee Ballot\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/international-travel\/while-abroad\/voting.html\"><strong>Voting and Returning Your Ballot\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/international-travel\/while-abroad\/voting.html\"><strong>Using an Emergency Write-In Ballot\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Returning Your Completed, Signed Ballot:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Local mail\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 If you have a reliable mail service to the United States, mail your ballot with appropriate international postage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>U.S. embassy diplomatic pouch:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Ballot drop-off:<\/strong> Ballots can be dropped off at the U.S. Embassy Service Entrance from 8:30 \u2013 15:30 Monday \u2013 Friday. Ballots must be placed in a postage-paid envelope (available on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fvap.gov\/\">FVAP website<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Courier Service:<\/strong> Send your ballot to the U.S. Embassy via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbe.bg\/usv-adocs-en\">MBE courier service<\/a> or use a courier of your choice. Ballots must be placed in a postage-paid envelope (available on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fvap.gov\/\">FVAP website<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Address: <\/strong><br \/>\nU.S. Embassy Sofia<br \/>\nATTN: ACS Voting<br \/>\n16 Kozyak<br \/>\nSofia 1408<\/p>\n<p>* It can take up to four to six weeks for mail to reach its destination if sent through the Embassy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fax, e-mail, or Internet<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Some states permit electronic transmission of completed ballots. 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