Saturday September 18, 2010 11:00 – 13:00
Daisy’s Sallad and Sushibar
Åttingsstigen 10, Halmstad
035-10 22 65
(type address in www.hitta.se for directions)

Come meet other Americans and learn how to register to vote in the midterm elections.

Bring your appetite and stay for reasonably priced “Mikey Q’s” American Breakfast Cafe.

If you would like to register, bring your US driver’s license (if you still have one), social security number and complete address of where you last lived in the US.

Questions? nancyeichenlaub@hotmail.com

The US Embassy American Citizen Services Consular Section invites Democrats Abroad Sweden’s members to attend the Voter Registration Fair.

Please R.S.V.P. to secretary@democratsabroad.se by Wednesday, May 12th and include the following information:
1. U.S. Passport number
2. Name on the passport
3. Date of birth

Consular Section, American Citizen Services, US Embassy Stockholm

P.S. According to the new Military Overseas Voters Empowerment Act (MOVE), you must register/request your absentee ballot for every election cycle.

Come and mingle with other Americans and register to vote with the help of our Voter Registration Committee. Please have the following information with you: your Social Security Number, the address of your last US residence, your passport number, driver’s license, or ID #. The hours are from 11 am to 1 pm and we must l……eave the locale at 1 pm, so please come before 1 pm.

Democrats Abroad Sweden will be having it’s Voter Registration Kickoff and Mingle on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 6-9 pm, at the Scandic Anglais Upstairs Bar, Humlegårdsgatan 23, Stockholm. There is no cover charge or pre-signups for the event. Just drop in after work, register to vote with the help of our Voter Registration Committee, and mingle with your friends.

Our first Voter Registration Assistance Session at Tully’s will be on Saturday, January 30, 2010, 11 am to 1 pm, Götgatan 42, Stockholm, T-Medborgarplatsen.

At that time we will also be collecting items for care packages for our Wounded Warriors at Landstuhl Hospital, as well as for the Swedish Battalion in Afghanistan. Please bring such things as warm t-shirts and sweatshirts, socks, hygiene articles, books, magazines, games, and candy. You can also mail packages to Landstuhl Hospital: Rafael Hernandez, 10th Mountain Wounded Warriors, Haupstrasse 120, 66882 Heytschenhausen, Germany. Packes or letters to the Swedish Battalion may be sent to Mats Blom, SC ATS HKV, 107 85 Stockholm.

We will also have another Service Project in honor of Martin Luther King Day on January 20-21, 2010, at Bostället, Högbergsgatan 51, Stockholm, in an arrangement with Stadsmissionen.

We still need volunteers to help renovate a room on the 6th floor. If you would like to help out, please contact our Outreach Chair on dashalland@gmail.com. Lunch will be provided for volunteers.

You can also go online to register to vote in the 2010 mid-term elections at www.votefromabroad.org . Get your state-specific information at www.fvap.gov .

Those who are registered in Illinois and Texas have early primaries in on February 2, 2010 respective March 2, 2010. Florida also has a Special Primary on February 2, 2010.

Here is the Democrats Abroad Sweden Voter Registration Plan for 2010:

January 30, 2010 Voter Registration at Tully’s, 11 am -1 pm, Götgatan 42, T-Medborgarplatsen

February 27, 2010 Voter Registration at Tully’s, 11 am -1 pm

March 27, 2010 Voter Registration at Tully’s, 11 am -1 pm

April 24, 2010 Voter Registration at Tully’s, 11 am -1 pm

May 29, 2010 Voter Registration at Tully’s, 11 am -1 pm

June 19, 2010 Voter Registration at Tully’s, 11 am -1 pm

June 28-July 7 Overseas Citizen Voter Week ( House Party, TBA )

July 4, 2010 DASweden 4th of July Picnic

July 31, 2010 Voter Registration at Tully’s, 11 am -1 pm

August 28, 2010 Voter Registration at Tully’s, 11 am -1 pm

September 4, 2010 Voter Registration at Tully’s, 11 am -1 pm

September 4, 2010 Phone-banking at English School North, 3-6 pm

September 5, 2010 Phone-banking at English School North, 3-6 pm

September 11, 2010 Voter Registration at Tully’s, 11 am -1 pm

September 18, 2010 Voter Registration at Tully’s, 11 am -1 pm

September 25, 2010 Voter Registration at Tully’s, 11 am -1 pm

October 2, 2010 Voter Registration at Tully’s, 11 am -1 pm

October 9, 2010 Voter Registration at Tully’s, 11 am -1 pm

October 14, 2010 FWAB Evening at English School North, 6-9 pm

October 16, 2010 Voter Registration at Tully’s, 11 am -1 pm

October 23, 2010 Voter Registration at Tully’s, 11 am -1 pm

November 2, 2010 Mid-term Elections

There will be Voter Registration at all Democrats Abroad events, starting in January, 2010.

The Phone-banking will take place on Saturday, October 17th, 2-6 pm, and Sunday, October 18th, 1-6 pm, at Åsögatan 103, T-Medborgarplatsen. Lunch will be served. 10 volunteers per day are needed to calls in Stockholm and around Sweden where there is no local chapter. Help pave the way for the 2010 elections. For more information contact secretary(at)democratsabroad.se.