Urgent! Use of the return envelope template

The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) just informed us that voters using the return envelope template available at http://www.fvap.gov/pubs/returnenvelope.html must print it on an actual envelope.  The U.S. Postal Service reported that envelopes with plain paper templates affixed to them were jamming up mail sorting machines at gateway postal facilities.  USPS will not accept plain paper templates affixed to envelopes.

We encourage you to order hard copies of the FPCA (SF-76) and FWAB (SF-186) to minimize mailing problems.  See the Voting FAQs at http://intranet.ca.state.gov/services/nonemergency/voting/faq/11720.aspx for ordering instructions.  For voters using the PDF versions, however, please print out return envelopes in advance.  You may use a standard business size, or larger, envelope.

Thanks,

Jack Markey
Chief Voting Action Officer
Bureau of Consular Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC 20520
(202)736-4937
markeyjd@state.gov