Check this out...looks like you may want to contact your county asap to figure out how to have your vote count 
http://register.verifiedvoting.org/
Overseas Voter Website Censored by U.S. Government
What's Censored?
The International Herald Tribune reported on September 20th that "the Pentagon has begun restricting international access to the official Web site intended to help overseas absentee voters cast ballots." Pentagon spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Ellen Krenke confirmed that a number of Internet service providers worldwide had been blacklisted "to thwart hackers." Such measures are generally recognized to be ineffective against hackers while blocking legitimate users.
Apparently, the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) website is now blocked to civilians overseas trying to find out how to obtain absentee ballots in at least 25 countries--including Japan, France, Great Britain, and Spain--although military personnel overseas have other mechanisms for requesting absentee ballots.
Workaround to Access Website
As a service to overseas U.S. citizens, the Verified Voting Foundation (VVF) is making the FVAP website available through connections in the U.S. at http://register.verifiedvoting.org/
Once at that web page, click here to use our proxy server that's configured to only connect to the offending website.
Or browse the local mirror of the website if the proxy above is broken or blocked by the US Government.
Everyone denied access to the absentee ballot information site is invited to access it freely, courtesy of the Verified Voting Foundation.
Background
"We at the Verified Voting Foundation are shocked that the Pentagon has decided to prevent overseas civilians from accessing absentee ballot information," said the organization's Executive Director Will Doherty. "We abhor any policy that prevents or deters eligible voters from voting and having their votes counted accurately."
Although other governments--notably the People's Republic of China and Saudi Arabia--prevent citizens' access to certain websites through official censorship and blocking, this is an unusual case because it blocks the government's own public information site from certain groups of citizens.
Two states currently allow military voters overseas to email their votes. Twenty others permit faxed votes. Verified Voting Foundation Nationwide Coordinator Pamela Smith commented, "It is an excellent use of electronic resources to email or fax a blank ballot or instructional materials to a voter, but for a voter to return a voted ballot by email or fax is NOT a secure system of voting."
In a recent article, a spokesman for the email voting program suggested this was a better alternative to "ballots getting lost in the mail"--but ballots could also be "lost" via email.
Even worse, voters who fax or email their votes lose the benefits of a long tradition of secret ballots in the U.S.
If you vote from overseas, be sure to mail your ballot if at all possible. If you cannot mail it due to time constraints, then contact your county DIRECTLY (not through an intermediary contractor) and ask how to send the ballot directly to the county offices.
Why is the FVAP site so important? Each state has different rules on filling out absentee and "emergency ballots" (Federal Write In Absentee Ballots). If overseas voters do not follow the specific, detailed rules for their individual states, THEIR VOTES WILL NOT BE COUNTED!
FVAP is currently the only site that gives detailed information on:
* how to get and use an "emergency ballot" (Federal Write In Absentee Ballot)
* state-by-state instructions for filling out and sending in a state-generated ballot and
* state-by-state instructions for obtaining and correctly filing an FWAB.
The FVAP site offers a wealth of information. Now that you can access it, please make use of it and ABOVE ALL - VOTE!!!
To register to vote in the U.S. (use the FVAP site above if overseas):
VOTE
For media coverage of this story:
http://www.iht.com/articles/539597.html
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/09/21/overseas_voting/index.html
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6030168
http://www.stltoday.com
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3893779
For more information on reliable and secure voting: http://www.verifiedvoting.org/
Screen snapshot of what happens when the FVAP website is blocked:
FVAP blocking screenshot
How to Mirror the Website
If you would like to mirror the functionality of this site please read below:
Without compression, the entire fvap.gov website is 168,445,146 bytes (163M) in 470 files.
If you are blocked by the United States Government, please mirror the site by getting it from us. Use this data to put up a local mirror and share it with people in your area. If you would like to download the entire website very quickly, download an archive of the fvap.gov website below:
You may download a .zip (168445146 bytes) of the entire website from our server (useful for windows users).
You may download a .tar.gz (139212370 bytes) of the entire website from our server (useful for unix users).
http://register.verifiedvoting.org/
Overseas Voter Website Censored by U.S. Government
What's Censored?
The International Herald Tribune reported on September 20th that "the Pentagon has begun restricting international access to the official Web site intended to help overseas absentee voters cast ballots." Pentagon spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Ellen Krenke confirmed that a number of Internet service providers worldwide had been blacklisted "to thwart hackers." Such measures are generally recognized to be ineffective against hackers while blocking legitimate users.
Apparently, the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) website is now blocked to civilians overseas trying to find out how to obtain absentee ballots in at least 25 countries--including Japan, France, Great Britain, and Spain--although military personnel overseas have other mechanisms for requesting absentee ballots.
Workaround to Access Website
As a service to overseas U.S. citizens, the Verified Voting Foundation (VVF) is making the FVAP website available through connections in the U.S. at http://register.verifiedvoting.org/
Once at that web page, click here to use our proxy server that's configured to only connect to the offending website.
Or browse the local mirror of the website if the proxy above is broken or blocked by the US Government.
Everyone denied access to the absentee ballot information site is invited to access it freely, courtesy of the Verified Voting Foundation.
Background
"We at the Verified Voting Foundation are shocked that the Pentagon has decided to prevent overseas civilians from accessing absentee ballot information," said the organization's Executive Director Will Doherty. "We abhor any policy that prevents or deters eligible voters from voting and having their votes counted accurately."
Although other governments--notably the People's Republic of China and Saudi Arabia--prevent citizens' access to certain websites through official censorship and blocking, this is an unusual case because it blocks the government's own public information site from certain groups of citizens.
Two states currently allow military voters overseas to email their votes. Twenty others permit faxed votes. Verified Voting Foundation Nationwide Coordinator Pamela Smith commented, "It is an excellent use of electronic resources to email or fax a blank ballot or instructional materials to a voter, but for a voter to return a voted ballot by email or fax is NOT a secure system of voting."
In a recent article, a spokesman for the email voting program suggested this was a better alternative to "ballots getting lost in the mail"--but ballots could also be "lost" via email.
Even worse, voters who fax or email their votes lose the benefits of a long tradition of secret ballots in the U.S.
If you vote from overseas, be sure to mail your ballot if at all possible. If you cannot mail it due to time constraints, then contact your county DIRECTLY (not through an intermediary contractor) and ask how to send the ballot directly to the county offices.
Why is the FVAP site so important? Each state has different rules on filling out absentee and "emergency ballots" (Federal Write In Absentee Ballots). If overseas voters do not follow the specific, detailed rules for their individual states, THEIR VOTES WILL NOT BE COUNTED!
FVAP is currently the only site that gives detailed information on:
* how to get and use an "emergency ballot" (Federal Write In Absentee Ballot)
* state-by-state instructions for filling out and sending in a state-generated ballot and
* state-by-state instructions for obtaining and correctly filing an FWAB.
The FVAP site offers a wealth of information. Now that you can access it, please make use of it and ABOVE ALL - VOTE!!!
To register to vote in the U.S. (use the FVAP site above if overseas):
VOTE
For media coverage of this story:
http://www.iht.com/articles/539597.html
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/09/21/overseas_voting/index.html
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6030168
http://www.stltoday.com
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3893779
For more information on reliable and secure voting: http://www.verifiedvoting.org/
Screen snapshot of what happens when the FVAP website is blocked:
FVAP blocking screenshot
How to Mirror the Website
If you would like to mirror the functionality of this site please read below:
Without compression, the entire fvap.gov website is 168,445,146 bytes (163M) in 470 files.
If you are blocked by the United States Government, please mirror the site by getting it from us. Use this data to put up a local mirror and share it with people in your area. If you would like to download the entire website very quickly, download an archive of the fvap.gov website below:
You may download a .zip (168445146 bytes) of the entire website from our server (useful for windows users).
You may download a .tar.gz (139212370 bytes) of the entire website from our server (useful for unix users).
