Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot

The Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB) is a write-in ballot for use by overseas American citizens. Under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, the ballot was created for citizens who "have made a timely application for but have not received their regular ballot from the state or territory, subject to certain conditions."{{Citation

|url = http://www.fvap.gov/laws/uocavalaw.html

|title = The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act

|publisher = Voting Section Home Page. U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division

|accessdate = 2007-12-03

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080126231627/http://www.fvap.gov/laws/uocavalaw.html

|archivedate = 2008-01-26

}} (archived from [http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/misc/activ_uoc.htm the original] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825165057/http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/misc/activ_uoc.htm |date=2009-08-25 }} on 2008-01-26) Parts of the act are administered by the Federal Voting Assistance Program.