Mailing Options for Voting Materials
Voters in Panama have a number of options for mailing Federal Postcard
Applications, voted state ballots, and Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots
to their local election officials in the United States. Mailing
addresses for local election officials and state mailing deadlines can
be found in the Voting Assistance Guide, available on-line at
www.fvap.gov.
1. First Class Mail: You may mail your Federal Postcard
Application or voted ballot to the United States through the Panamanian
mail system, with appropriate international postage. Mail to the U.S.
takes approximately ten days.
2. DPO (or APO) Mail: DPO mail to the United States takes
approximately 8 days. Voters should submit their ballots to the U.S.
Embassy no later than October 27, 2008 for DPO mail. Ballots must be
postage-paid or have first-class U.S. postage (42 cents). The DPO’s
service hours are from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 3:00 p.m. to
4:30 p.m. The DPO is located in the US Embassy compound at Clayton.
3. Diplomatic Pouch: Diplomatic pouch to the East Coast takes
approximately two weeks. Processing of mail at the diplomatic pouch
facility in the Washington, D.C. area and onward delivery by the U.S.
Postal Service to local election officials across the U.S. can take
another one to four days. The Consular Section will place a date stamp
and seal on your ballot as evidence of the date and location from which
the ballot was mailed. However, this is not a postmark. Voters should
make every effort to submit their ballots to the U.S. Embassy no later
than October 14 for diplomatic pouch mail.
Voting Assistance Officer: Sandra Snyder; email: sandra@livinginpanama.net
or
UNITED STATES EMBASSY PANAMACONSULAR SECTION
VOTING INFORMATION
E-Mail: Panama-ACS@state.gov
Location: Building 783, CLAYTON, PANAMA.
We are open Monday to Friday, from 08:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
Telephone number: 207-7000.
