Overseas Voting

Brent Emricson, Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy, has seen a need to increase the voting efforts of officers and citizens who are stationed and live on a base in another country. Brent is currently stationed at a naval base in Japan. His project began there.

His vision for the project was to get military personnel, families, and Department of Defense civilians to become more engaged in this year’s upcoming election. He sees the need for more civic engagement on his base and wants there to be more engagement on bases around the world.

The project is a collaborative effort between Brent and the Naval Air Facility Atsugi Voting Officer, Lieutenant John Mills, as well as the advertising agents that exist on the base.

Activities will include informing community members of their obligation to vote, supplying training and publishing information for people to learn to register to vote on their base, and instructing citizens on how to obtain an absentee ballot for the election.

Brent Emricson speaks on the importance of voting (Real media)