SPECIAL DETAILS FOR ACCELERATED RETURN OF BALLOTS FOR GEORGIA RUNOFF ELECTION ON AUGUST 10, 2004

The State of Georgia will hold the following federal runoff elections on
August 10, 2004:

Democratic Party
* Denise Majette and Cliff Oxford will meet for the open Senate seat vacated by Senator Zell Miller.

Republican Party
* Congressional District 6- Robert B. Lamutt and Tom Price will meet for this open seat being vacated by Representative Johnny Isakson.

* Congressional District 8- Dylan Glenn and Lynn Westmoreland will meet for this open seat being vacated by Representative Mac Collins.

The U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has ordered the State of Georgia to accept and count the ballots from overseas voters whose application for an absentee ballot was received on or before June 21, 2004 for all Federal offices as long as they were cast by 7:00 p.m. eastern daylight time on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 and received by 5:00 p.m. eastern daylight time on August 13, 2004.

Additionally, the Court has ordered Georgia to pay for the overnight mailing of overseas absentee ballots.

To do this, Georgia overseas voters should return their absentee ballot to their county board of elections as soon as possible, using the accounts that the State has arranged with both United Parcel Service (UPS) and Federal Express (FEDEX) free of charge. You may obtain the UPS or FEDEX account numbers by calling the Federal Voting Assistance Program at 1-800-438-VOTE (8683), (703) 588-1584, DSN 425-1343 (Military) or toll-free from 64 countries listed at the following web address:
http://www.fvap.gov/services/tollfree.html or by fax at (703) 588-0108, DSN
425-0108 or toll-free from 50 countries at http://www.fvap.gov/services/faxing.html. You may also call the Georgia Department of State at (404) 656-2871. Information is also available at http://www.fvap.gov and http://www.sos.state.ga.us.

The Court has ordered Georgia to accept faxed delivery of overseas ballots. It requires that the voter be informed of and agree to waive his or her right to a secret ballot. All faxed ballots must be received by county elections officials by 7:00 p.m. eastern daylight time on August 10, 2004.

Citizens should be aware that by faxing the ballot they are waiving the right to secrecy of their vote for this election and must sign a waiver that will be included in the faxed ballot materials. A citizen returning the voted ballot by fax which was either received by mail or by fax should refer to Appendix C of the 2004-2005 Voting Assistance Guide (located at http://www.fvap.gov/pubs/vag/pdfvag/appendix_c.pdf) for instructions and a cover sheet (which includes a secrecy waiver) for use when transmitting the voted ballot by fax. Citizens should be sure to fax the entire ballot
including any oath or signature required on the ballot-mailing envelope. See below for FVAP toll-free fax numbers. Citizens may also fax their voted ballots to the George Secretary of State's Office at (404) 657-5371. Voters must provide a return transmission fax number (including international prefixes) on all documents sent via fax.

As another reminder, overseas voters who have not received their state absentee ballot may also use the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (Standard Form 186) (FWAB) to vote for candidates for Federal office for the August 10, 2004 primary runoff election. These ballots must be cast by 7:00 p.m. eastern daylight time on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 and received by 5:00 p.m. eastern daylight time on August 13, 2004. FWABs are available from their Voting Assistance Officer (VAO) in their unit or at their embassy or consulate. Additionally, the state of Georgia has made the FWAB available online in PDF format on their website, http://www.sos.state.ga.us. You will need to submit both the ballot and the Voter Declaration/Affirmation. If you
receive your official Georgia absentee ballot after submitting a FWAB, you should vote and return it prior to the August 10, 2004 deadline. If it is received by August 13, 2004, the official absentee ballot will supersede and replace your FWAB.

Additionally, you may scan your voted FWAB and your completed Voter Declaration/Affirmation, and e-mail them to ets@fvap.ncr.gov.

VAOs should contact those citizens they assist who are Georgia voters and inform them of this news release and provide help to them in returning their absentee ballot. Overseas UOCAVA citizens should fill out and return their ballots immediately upon receipt.

Questions regarding the above may also be referred to the Director, Federal Voting Assistance Program, Department of Defense, 1155 Defense Pentagon, Washington DC 20301-1155. Additionally, the FVAP can be reached via e-mail at vote@fvap.ncr.gov.

FVAP Toll-Free Fax Numbers

COUNTRY FAX NUMBER
AUSTRALIA 1-800-887858
AUSTRIA 0800-292502
BAHAMAS 1-8665605844
BAHRAIN 800-921
BELGIUM 0800-72216
BRAZIL 00081-4-550-4354
CANADA 1-800-368-8683
CHILE 123-0-020-2892
CHINA 10-800-120-0855
COLOMBIA 01800-9-155253
COSTA RICA 0800-012-1163
DENMARK 8088-4568
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1-8881562004
FINLAND 0-800-1-17346
FRANCE 0800-916557
GERMANY 0 800-1002793
GREECE 00800-12-5816
GUAM 1-800-368-8683
GUYANA 1-8665605844
HONG KONG 800-968820
HUNGARY 06-800-14980
INDONESIA 001-803-011-3094
IRELAND 1-800-300015
ISRAEL 1-800-9213783
ITALY 800-783943
JAMAICA 1-800-9266606
JAPAN 00531-1-20833
KOREA 00798-14-800-5648
LATVIA 800-0069
MEXICO 001-8665605844
NETHERLANDS 0800-0223962
NEW ZEALAND 0800-445874
NICARAGUA 001-800-2201638
NORWAY 800-18037
PANAMA 001-800-507-1671
PHILIPPINES 105-11 (AT&T), then dial 800-323-8180
POLAND 00-800-1112004
PORTUGAL 800-8-12463
PUERTO RICO 1-800-368-8683
SINGAPORE 800-1203862
SOUTH AFRICA 080-09-90857
SPAIN 900-961800
ST LUCIA 1-8665605844
SWEDEN 020-79-1472
SWITZERLAND 0800-564752
TAIWAN 00801-13-7287
THAILAND 001-800-12-066-4459
TURKEY 00-800-151-1139
UNITED KINGDOM 08-000280262
UNITED STATES 1-800-368-8683
URUGUAY 000-413-598-2820
VIRGIN ISLANDS 1-800-368-8683
If your country is not listed above, please use one of the central numbers:
(703) 693-5527 or DSN 223-5527
5527 or DSN 223-5527